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Catalogue description Court of Chancery: Office of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery: Indexes and Accounts
| Reference: | C 276 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Court of Chancery: Office of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery: Indexes and Accounts |
| Description: |
These records comprise the account ledgers and indexes relating to funds in Chancery. Indexes provide the names of all the parties named in the Chancery action who are to be provided money from the estate |
| Date: | 1725-1841 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Supreme Court of Judicature, Office of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, 1726-1976 |
| Physical description: | 100 volume(s) |
| Restrictions on use: | Except for the indexes, pieces require 3 days notice to produce |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 2010 Ministry of Justice |
| Custodial history: | The custody of these records can only be traced back with certainty to 1972 when they were known to be in the custody of the Supreme Court Pay Office to 1975 and the Court Funds Office, thereafter, both at the Royal Courts of Justice London WC2A 2LL. During the 1980s the records were moved to the Public Record Office repository, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1RF. In 2003, the records were temporarily held in the basement of the Court Funds Office in 22 Kingsway, London WC2B 6LE before being moved in the same year into private storage at Bishops Furniture Storage in Battersea London acting on the behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs. In 2008 the records were briefly moved to Bishops Storage in Chessington London before being moved in 2009 to Harwell Laboratories in Oxfordshire for preparation for transfer to The National Archives. The remaining records that were not selected for preservation are in the custody of Bishops Storage in Chessington. |
| Selection and destruction information: | All extant Account indexes and ledgers have been preserved. |
| Accruals: | Series is not accruing. |
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