Catalogue description Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice and predecessors: Principal Registry of the Family Division and predecessors: Correspondence and Papers

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Reference: J 86
Title: Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice and predecessors: Principal Registry of the Family Division and predecessors: Correspondence and Papers
Description:

Records of the Principal Probate Registry, later the Principal Registry of the Family Division relating to probate and divorce practice generally; to the administration of district registries; and to reorganisation schemes and staffing.
Date: 1841-1984
Arrangement:

The first two sections of the series are arranged in chronological order until 1938 after which date they are arranged according to file number. The papers referring to district registry discipline are arranged in chronological sequence, whereas Treasury files are listed by department and in chronological order within these groups.
Related material:

Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in PROB
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 452 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure

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