King's Bench

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Date:	1490-1785
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central) > Court of King's Bench
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C52909 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O48560 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1490-1500: Lucas's book of entries	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division	acc no 1093.5	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 30
2	1490-1520: Maycote's book of entries	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division	Acc no 1093.2	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA
3	1597-1601: precedent book	Kent History and Library Centre	U1006 O3	NRA 4540
4	c1600-16: reports of cases	Harvard University: Law School	MS 1018	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 552
5	1607-09: reports	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division	Law MS 34	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 354
6	1609-31: reports	Georgetown University: Law Center	MS B88 1,6	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 468, 473
7	1670-72: lawyer's notebook of pleas	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	WRO 413/422	NRA 7085
8	1682-83: reports	Folger Shakespeare Library	MS V a 426	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 406
9	1696-1719: reports	Columbia University Libraries: Arthur W Diamond Law Library	MS 3,5	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 271-3
10	1714-27: reports	Harvard University: Law School	MS 1017, 1019	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 551, 553
11	1735-54: reports	Columbia University Libraries: Arthur W Diamond Law Library	MS G 79(1-4)	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 257-8
12	1760-75: bail-book	Harvard University: Law School	MS 4004	See Baker, English legal MSS in USA, 734
13	1780-85: papers	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development	NRAS776	NRA 10988 Murray