Catalogue description Supreme Court of Judicature: Palatinate of Lancaster equity jurisdiction in the Court of Chancery from 1875; Supreme Court Pay Office: Suitors Accounts

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Reference: PL 52
Title: Supreme Court of Judicature: Palatinate of Lancaster equity jurisdiction in the Court of Chancery from 1875; Supreme Court Pay Office: Suitors Accounts
Description:

The records comprise suitors accounts for the Palatinate Court of Lancaster which after 1875 became part of the larger jurisdicition of the equity side of the Court of Chancery. The accounts record the investments and payments of monies from deceased or incapacitated persons estates to their dependants and was managed by the Paymaster General in the Court of Chancery and successor bodies. Suits covered here relate to the Courts of the Palatinate at Preston, Liverpool and Manchester.
Date: 1856-1972
Arrangement:

Arranged Chronologically by Court.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Paymaster General of the Court of Chancery, Supreme Court Pay Office, 1884-1925

Supreme Court of Judicature, Clerk of the Crown's Office, Supreme Court Pay Office, 1926-1974

Supreme Court of Judicature, Office of the Paymaster General in the Court of Chancery, 1872-1883
Physical description: 140 volume(s)
Restrictions on use: 3 working 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.
Accumulation dates: 1875-1977
Selection and destruction information: All accounts have been preserved (where extant).
Accruals: Series is not accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Please refer to the Divisional and Departmental administrative histories.

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