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Catalogue description Records of Equity Side: The Clerk of Records and Writs
| Reference: | Division within C |
|---|---|
| Title: | Records of Equity Side: The Clerk of Records and Writs |
| Description: |
Records of the Clerk of Records and Writs appointed in 1842. Pleadings are in C 14, C 15, C 16 and C 18 Administration and other summonses are in C 17 Cause books are in C 32 Leases and mortgages, etc, are in C 45 Records upon outlawries are in C 88 Copies of private acts of Parliament and legal records brought into Chancery on certiorari are in C 89 Surveys of church livings are in C 94 The Chancery orders formerly assigned to C 34 and C 35 have now been destroyed. |
| Date: | 1277-1880 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Chancery, Office of the Clerk of Records and Writs, 1842-1875 Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875- |
| Physical description: | 12 series |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
When the six clerks were abolished in 1842, it was provided that their remaining duties should be transferred to a Clerk of Records and Writs. Thenceforward pleadings, depositions and other equity proceedings were filed together, and the whole procedure was undertaken by a subordinate staff of twenty-one clerks, in contrast to the large number who had preceded them. This change was effected despite the addition of extra duties to the office as a result of the abolition of other clerkships in 1842; for example, the registrar of affidavits and the subpoena office. The Clerk of Records and Writs was transferred to the Chancery Division of the Supreme Court of Judicature in 1875. |
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