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''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[England_Court_Records|Court Records]]'' | ''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[England_Court_Records|Court Records]]'' | ||
[[Image:250px-Royal courts of justice London.jpg|frame|right| | [[Image:250px-Royal courts of justice London.jpg|frame|right|250x200px]] Court records will probably mention some of your ancestors as defendants, plaintiffs, jurors, or witnesses. Court records can establish family relationships and places of residence. They often provide occupations, descriptions of individuals, and other family information. They seldom provide birth, marriage, or death information. | ||
Most researchers use court records after they have investigated other records. Court records tend to be difficult to use since few are indexed, the handwriting is hard to read, and they include unfamiliar legal terms. To interpret court records, you may need to consult a dictionary. | Most researchers use court records after they have investigated other records. Court records tend to be difficult to use since few are indexed, the handwriting is hard to read, and they include unfamiliar legal terms. To interpret court records, you may need to consult a dictionary. | ||
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===== '''Lincoln’s Inn, London ''' ===== | ===== '''Lincoln’s Inn, London ''' ===== | ||
[[Image:Lincoln's Inn. London.jpg|thumb|right|298x190px]]The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is said to take its name from Henry de Lacy, third Earl of Lincoln, who died in 1311. His own great house was adjacent and he is credited with being the Society's patron. Although the other three Inns of Court are of comparable antiquity, having evolved from uncertain origins in the fourteenth century, Lincoln's Inn can claim the oldest extant records, the Black Books, which record its principal activities from 1422 to this day.[[|]]<br> | [[Image:Lincoln's Inn. London.jpg|thumb|right|298x190px|Lincoln's Inn. London.jpg]]The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is said to take its name from Henry de Lacy, third Earl of Lincoln, who died in 1311. His own great house was adjacent and he is credited with being the Society's patron. Although the other three Inns of Court are of comparable antiquity, having evolved from uncertain origins in the fourteenth century, Lincoln's Inn can claim the oldest extant records, the Black Books, which record its principal activities from 1422 to this day.[[|]]<br> | ||
*''The Records of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn; vol. 1 from 1420 to 1799, vol. II admissions from 1800 to 1893 and chapel registers''. London: Lincoln’s Inn, 1896-1902. (FHL film numbers {{FHL|118002|title-id|disp=845175 and 845176}}.) | *''The Records of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn; vol. 1 from 1420 to 1799, vol. II admissions from 1800 to 1893 and chapel registers''. London: Lincoln’s Inn, 1896-1902. (FHL film numbers {{FHL|118002|title-id|disp=845175 and 845176}}.) | ||
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*''Students admitted to the Inner Temple 1547-1660.'' London: Inner Temple, 1877. The registers for the later years are only available at the Inner Temple. The FHL does not have a copy of this book.<br> | *''Students admitted to the Inner Temple 1547-1660.'' London: Inner Temple, 1877. The registers for the later years are only available at the Inner Temple. The FHL does not have a copy of this book.<br> | ||
Source: [http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/temple-history/inner-temple-history-introduction-part-1.htm Inner Temple History Library] | Source: [http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/temple-history/inner-temple-history-introduction-part-1.htm Inner Temple History Library] | ||
===== '''Inns of Chancery''' ===== | ===== '''Inns of Chancery''' ===== | ||
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Source: Holdsworth, Sir William, ''A History of English Law'', 3 volumes. (London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., Sweet and Maxwell). Vol. 2, p. 498.(FHL book number {{FHL|386098|title-id|disp=942 P3h}}. BYU Howard W. Hunter Law Library book'''KD 532 .H6 1936-''' 17 volumes.) | Source: Holdsworth, Sir William, ''A History of English Law'', 3 volumes. (London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., Sweet and Maxwell). Vol. 2, p. 498.(FHL book number {{FHL|386098|title-id|disp=942 P3h}}. BYU Howard W. Hunter Law Library book'''KD 532 .H6 1936-''' 17 volumes.) | ||
=== Court of Hustings === | |||
Courts of Hustings were established before 1066 to register deeds and wills, and are in no way related to the modern hustings meetings leading up to parliamentary elections. Sheriff’s cravings are the annual accounts submitted by each county to the Exchequer for repayment of expenses; an example is shown below. | |||
'''Chart: Kent Sheriff’s Cravings for Gibbeting a Smuggler 1749<br>(TNA T 64/262)''' | |||
{| width="600" border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" | |||
|- | |||
! scope="col" | Item<br> | |||
! scope="col" | Amount claimed<br> | |||
! scope="col" | Amount allowed<br> | |||
|- | |||
| ''Charges and expences in removing and conveying in carriages the body of Fairall, a very notorious smugler under a strong guard after he was executed in Middlesex, but ordered to be hung in chains in this county, from New Cross turnpike to a place called Horsmonden Heath being upwards of fifty miles'' <br> | |||
| ''£5.0.0''<br> | |||
| ''£10.0.0 ''<br> | |||
|- | |||
| ''Chains and harness of iron being very strong to hang him up in''<br> | |||
| ''£6.0.0''<br> | |||
| ''£5.0.0''<br> | |||
|- | |||
| ''Wooden case to put him in to prevent his being exposed to publick view as he was conveyed''<br> | |||
| ''£1.1.0 ''<br> | |||
| <br> | |||
|- | |||
| ''Erecting a strong and high gibbett for that purpose and riveting it with iron to prevent the smugglers cutting him down''<br> | |||
| ''£7.0.0''<br> | |||
| ''£5.0.0''<br> | |||
|}<ref name="chris">Christensen, Penelope. "England Types of Civil Courts (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Types_of_Civil_Courts_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | |||
=== Resources === | === Resources === | ||
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*[http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1800.html 1800-1827 Public Executions] | *[http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1800.html 1800-1827 Public Executions] | ||
*[[Church Courts in England and Wales]] | *[[Church Courts in England and Wales]] | ||
*[[Records of the Old Bailey in London, England]] | *[[Records of the Old Bailey in London, England]] | ||
*[[Lawyers in England and Wales]] | *[[Lawyers in England and Wales]] | ||
== References == | |||
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{{Place|England}} | |||
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[[Category:England|Court Records]] [[Category:Court_records_of_England|Court_records_of_England]] | [[Category:England|Court Records]] [[Category:Court_records_of_England|Court_records_of_England]] | ||