Devonshire Quarter Sessions

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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:	1591-1885
Places:	Devon Devon
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Quarter sessions
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C77017 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O41896 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1591-1711: recognizances & releases	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1332	NRA 4613 Devon RO
2	1710-42: justice's note & memoranda book	Plymouth Archives, The Box	733	NRA 4108
3	1795: memorandum book (5th Duke of Roxburghe as JP)	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1100	NRA 10542 Innes-Ker See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [57a]
4	1825-63: misc papers, county prison - MO report on diet 1863, treasurer's account 1825-6, applics for chaplaincy 1859, expenditure	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	54-8Z/Q	NRA 4613 Devon RO
5	1830: rough minutes of meeting with list of JPs	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1508.M/London 3	NRA 13511 Courtenay
6	1858-85: papers of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset, mainly corresp rel to applics for magistracy, confidential reports	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1392.M/1-22	NRA 12798 Seymour
7	1592-1649: examinations and memoranda	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	8406	See Annual Return 2012
8	16th-19th cent: papers, incl constables' presentments, jury lists and lists of freeholders 1599-1792, manuscript copy of broadside sheet 1710, constables' certificates rel to health of horned cattle 1747, land tax assessments 1790-1792, accounts and receipts, notice regarding impounding of stray animals, Wonford Division 1856, informations and examinations 1654	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	QS	See Annual Return 2021,2022