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Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Scire Facias , Series II
Description and record details
| Reference | C 246 |
|---|---|
| Title | Chancery: Files, Tower and Rolls Chapel Series, Scire Facias, Series II |
| Date | 1289-1656 |
| Description | Writs requiring the sheriff to summon debtors into court to show why the writ fieri facias or elegit should not issue against them, with regard to debts registered in Chancery upon the close rolls: C 54 Most of these records were formerly included in C 47 and C 202 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English Latin |
| Physical description | 158 file(s) |
| Administrative/ biographical background | By the Statute of Westminster II debts which had been outstanding for more than one year had to be revived by a writ of scire facias, which allowed the debtor to show why common law process to levy the debt should not issue against him. |
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