List of classes of public records used

A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 11, Downton Hundred; Elstub and Everleigh Hundred. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1980.

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'List of classes of public records used', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 11, Downton Hundred; Elstub and Everleigh Hundred, (London, 1980) pp. xvii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol11/xvii [accessed 17 March 2024]

LIST OF CLASSES OF DOCUMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE USED IN THIS VOLUME WITH THEIR CLASS NUMBERS

Air Ministry
Air 2 General Correspondence
Air 28 Stations Operation Record Books
Chancery
Proceedings
C 1 Early
C 2 Series I
C 3 Series II
C 54 Close Rolls
C 66 Patent Rolls
C 78 Decree Rolls
C 115 Masters' Exhibits, Duchess of Norfolk Deeds
Inquisitions post mortem
C 134 Series I, Edw. II
C 136 Ric. II
C 137 Hen. IV
C 138 Hen. V
C 139 Hen. VI
C 140 Edw. IV and V
C 142 Series II
C 143 Inquisitions ad quod damnum
C 145 Miscellaneous Inquisitions
C 146 Ancient Deeds, Series C
Court of Common Pleas
Feet of Fines
C.P. 25 (1) Series I
C.P. 25 (2) Series II
C.P. 40 Plea Rolls
C.P. 43 Recovery Rolls
Duchy of Lancaster
D.L. 1 Equity Proceedings, Pleadings
D.L.3 Depositions and Examinations, Series I
D.L. 29 Ministers' Accounts
D.L. 30 Court Rolls
D.L. 41 Miscellanea
D.L. 42 Miscellaneous Books
D.L. 43 Rentals and Surveys
D.L. 44 Special Commissions and Returns
Exchequer, King s Remembrancer
E 106 Extents of Alien Priories, etc.
E 126 Entry Books of Decrees and Orders, Series IV
E 134 Depositions taken by Commission
E 149 Inquisitions post mortem, Series I
E 159 Memoranda Rolls
E 178 Special Commissions of Inquiry
E 179 Subsidy Rolls etc.
Exchequer, Augmentation Office
E 301 Certificates of Colleges and Chantries
E 317 Parliamentary Surveys
E 318 Particulars for Grants of Crown Lands
Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's and Pipe Offices
E 372 Pipe Rolls
Exchequer, Exchequer of Receipt
E 407 Miscellanea
Home Office
Census Papers
H.O. 107 Population Returns
H.O. 129 Ecclesiastical Returns
Inland Revenue
I.R. 29 Tithe Apportionments
I.R. 30 Tithe Maps
Supreme Court of Judicature
J 4 Affidavits, Series I
J 15 Entry Books of Decrees and Orders (Chancery Division)
Justices Itinerant, Assize and Gaol Delivery Justices, etc.
J.I. 1 Eyre Rolls, Assize Rolls, etc.
Court of King's Bench (Crown Side)
K.B. 26 Curia Regis Rolls
Ministry of Health
M.H. 12 Poor-Law Union Papers
Maps and Plans
M. R. Maps, plans, or pictures taken from various classes
Privy Council Office
P.C. 1 Papers, mainly unbound
Probate
Prob. 11 Registered Copies of Wills proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Court of Requests
Req. 2 Proceedings
Special Collections
S.C. 2 Court Rolls
S.C. 6 Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts
S.C. 12 Rentals and Surveys (Portfolios)
Court of Star Chamber
Sta. Cha. 8 Proceedings, Jas. I
Court of Wards and Liveries
Wards 2 Deeds and Evidences
Wards 7 Inquisitions post mortem