Chancery (general)

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1610-1773
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central) > Chancery
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C33923 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O48400 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1639-41: docket book of warrants for letters patent under the great seal	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng hist c 230
2	1654: ordnance	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division	Peter Force Papers series VIII, 59(2)	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 367
3	1672-81: rolls of fines for writs of extent on Statutes staple	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MSS 2386-7
4	1676-1719: reports	Columbia University Libraries: Arthur W Diamond Law Library	MS 2,4,6-7,9	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 269-77
5	1719-25: accounts for the dues of chancery	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD124/10/509	NRA 32022 Erskine
6	1773: protonothary records	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	161	NRA 7427 Francis
7	1642-67: papers, Sir John Marsham, clerk in Chancery	Kent History and Library Centre	U1121	NRA 11026
8	1696-1709: Master of Chancery accounts (Dr Edisbury)	North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office)	D/E	NRA 18984 Erddig
9	1610-1714: bills of complaint, court cases	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale	SH: 6/C	NRA 13002 Lister