England Chancery Court Records: Difference between revisions

m
added category
No edit summary
m (added category)
Line 39: Line 39:
Chancery Court records are held at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk The National Archives].  
Chancery Court records are held at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk The National Archives].  


Anglo-American Legal Tradition has digitized 1000s of the earliest cases on their [http://aalt.law.uh.edu/ChanPro.html free website].
Anglo-American Legal Tradition has digitized 1000s of the earliest cases on their [http://aalt.law.uh.edu/ChanPro.html free website].  


==== Genealogical Value  ====
==== Genealogical Value  ====
Line 65: Line 65:
The information in the following chart was compiled from The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp#c Research Guides] to Chancery Records, and Ronald A. Hill's superb article “English Genealogical Research: Using Chancery Court Proceedings”. ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly''. Volume 91, No. 2, June 2007. pp. 111-138. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ NGS website] (£) (used with permission).  
The information in the following chart was compiled from The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp#c Research Guides] to Chancery Records, and Ronald A. Hill's superb article “English Genealogical Research: Using Chancery Court Proceedings”. ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly''. Volume 91, No. 2, June 2007. pp. 111-138. Digital version at [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ NGS website] (£) (used with permission).  


{| border="1" cellspacing="1"
{| cellspacing="1" border="1"
|-
|-
|  
|  
Line 513: Line 513:
*For C 6, C 7, C 8 and C 10, there are indexes to disputed wills (by the name of the testator, not of the plaintiff) available at The National Archives.  P W Coldham compiled these idexes.
*For C 6, C 7, C 8 and C 10, there are indexes to disputed wills (by the name of the testator, not of the plaintiff) available at The National Archives.  P W Coldham compiled these idexes.


{| width="735" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="735" border="1"
|-
|-
|     
|     
Line 585: Line 585:
==== Town Depositions  ====
==== Town Depositions  ====


{| width="735" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="735" border="1"
|-
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Date<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Range <br>  
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Date<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Range <br>  
Line 624: Line 624:
==== Country Depositions  ====
==== Country Depositions  ====


{| width="735" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="735" border="1"
|-
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Date<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Range <br>  
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Date<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Range <br>  
Line 668: Line 668:
=== Chancery Final Decrees  ===
=== Chancery Final Decrees  ===


Anglo-American Legal Tradition has digitised images and created many indices to chancery final decrees from 1534 up through the 1700s (C 78 and C 79): [http://aalt.law.uh.edu/C78_79.html Chancery Final Decrees].
Anglo-American Legal Tradition has digitised images and created many indices to chancery final decrees from 1534 up through the 1700s (C 78 and C 79): [http://aalt.law.uh.edu/C78_79.html Chancery Final Decrees].  


== References  ==
== References  ==
Line 674: Line 674:
{{reflist}}  
{{reflist}}  
{{-}} </div>  
{{-}} </div>  
[[Category:England|Chancery Court Records]]
[[Category:Court_records_of_England]]
70,044

edits