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Catalogue description Palatinate of Durham: Court of Pleas: Declarations, Draft Judgments etc.
| Reference: | DURH 10 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Palatinate of Durham: Court of Pleas: Declarations, Draft Judgments etc. |
| Description: |
This series combines two groups of records of the Prothonotary of the Court of Pleas at Durham: declarations in ejectment and other pleadings, and draft judgments. Typical cases concern debt, trespass or injury. There are some early gaps in the series dating from the reigns of Charles I and Charles II. |
| Date: | 1640-1852 |
| Arrangement: |
Arrangement is chronological. The documents have been given individual numbers which run consecutively from pieces 2-5, 6-11 and 12-17. Thereafter the foliation is distinct for each piece. |
| Related material: |
Indexes by name of plaintiff, followed by the defendants', and sometimes by a regnal year, to the declarations and pleadings are in IND 1 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English and Latin |
| Creator: |
Durham Court of Pleas, 1293-1873 |
| Physical description: | 186 bundles and files |
| Physical condition: | Paper documents, some with parchment writs attached. |
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