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HM Procurator General: Assignation Books
Description and record details
| Reference | TS 15 |
|---|---|
| Title | HM Procurator General: Assignation Books |
| Date | 1827-1878 |
| Description | Volumes of HM Procurator General, as representing the Crown, containing notes of proceeding in appeals from Admiralty Instance and Prize Courts, and from Vice-Admiralty Courts. Several volumes contain prize cases and draft bills of costs of prize cases from the Crimean or Russian War. There is also a volume relating to probate cases in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Court of Probate, and Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. Traditionally, such 'assignation books' were used in maritime and ecclesiastical courts to record briefly their business proceedings. |
| Related material |
For records of Vice-Admiralty courts see HCA 49 For records of Admiralty prize courts see HCA 33 For entry books of HM Procurator General containing reports on Crimean War prize cases see TS 10 Related probate material may be found especially in TS 17 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor, 1876 Treasury Solicitor, 1655-1876 |
| Physical description | 8 volume(s) |
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