Classes of documents in the Public Record Office used

A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1965.

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'Classes of documents in the Public Record Office used', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8, Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds, (London, 1965) pp. xvii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol8/xvii [accessed 26 April 2024]

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LIST OF CLASSES OF DOCUMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

USED IN THIS VOLUME WITH THEIR CLASS NUMBERS

Chancery Proceedings
C 1 Early
C 2 Series I
C 3 Series II Six Clerks' Series
C 6 Collins
C 10 Whittington Placita in Cancellaria
C 44 Tower Series
C 47 Miscellanea
C 54 Close Rolls
C 60 Fine Rolls
C 66 Patent Rolls
C 131 Extents for Debts Inquisitions post mortem
C 136 Series I, Ric. II
C 137 Hen. IV
C 138 Hen. V
C 139 Hen. VI
C 140 Edw. IV
C 142 Series II
C 143 Inquisitions ad quod damnum
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
Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt
E 40 Ancient Deeds, Series A
Exchequer, King's Remembrancer
E 134 Depositions taken by Commission
E 164 Miscellaneous Books, Series I
E 178 Special Commissions of Enquiry
E 179 Subsidy Rolls, &c.
E 210 Ancient Deeds, Series D
Exchequer, Augmentation Office
E 301 Certificates of Colleges and Chantries
E 308 Particulars for the Sale of Fee-Farm Rents Ancient Deeds
E 326 Series B
E 329 Series BS
Exchequer, First Fruits and Tenths
E 347 Writs and Miscellanea
Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer
E 377 Recusant Rolls, Pipe Office Series
Home Office
H.O. 40 Disturbances, Correspondence
H.O. 67 Acreage Returns
H.O. 129 Census Papers: Ecclesiastical Returns
Justices Itinerant
J.I. 1 Assize Rolls, Eyre Rolls, &c.
J.I. 3 Gaol Delivery Rolls
Court of King's Bench (Crown Side)
K.B. 26 Curia Regis Rolls
K.B. 27 Coram Rege Rolls
Exchequer, Auditors of Land Revenue
L.R. 2 Miscellaneous Books
L.R. 14 Ancient Deeds, Series E
Court of Requests
Req. 2 Proceedings
Special Collections
S.C. 2 Court Rolls
S.C. 6 Ministers' Accounts
S.C. 11 Rentals and Surveys (Rolls)
S.C. 12 Rentals and Surveys (Portfolios)
Court of Star Chamber Proceedings
Sta. Cha. 4 Mary
Sta. Cha. 8 Jas. I
State Paper Office State Papers Domestic
S.P. 15 Addenda Edw. VI - Jas. I
S.P. 23 Committee for Compounding with Delinquents
Court of Wards and Liveries
Wards 2 Deeds and Evidences