Classes of documents in the Public Record Office used

A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1972.

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'Classes of documents in the Public Record Office used', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds, (London, 1972) pp. xvii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/xvii [accessed 23 April 2024]

LIST OF CLASSES OF DOCUMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

USED IN THIS VOLUME WITH THEIR CLASS NUMBERS
Clerks of Assize
Oxford Circuit
Assizes 2 Crown Books
Chancery Proceedings
C 1 Early
C 2 Series I
C 3 Series II
C 43 Rolls Chapel Series
C 47 Miscellanea
C 54 Close Rolls
C 66 Patent Rolls
C 115 Masters' Exhibits
Inquisitions post mortem
C 136 Series I, Ric. II
C 138 Hen. V
C 139 Hen. VI
C 140 Edw. IV and V
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 De Banco Rolls
C.P.43 Recovery Rolls
Duchy of Lancaster
Equity Proceedings
D.L. 1 Pleadings
D.L. 3 Depositions and Examinations,
Series I
D.L. 25 Deeds, Series L
D.L. 29 Ministers' Accounts
D.L. 30 Court Rolls
D.L. 42 Miscellaneous Books
D.L. 43 Rentals and Surveys
D.L. 44 Special Commissions and Returns
Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt
E 32 Forest Proceedings
E 40 Ancient Deeds, Series A
Exchequer, King's Remembrancer
Decrees and Orders
E 123 Series I
E 124 Series II
E 126 Series IV
E 134 Depositions taken by Commission
E 150 Inquisitions post mortem, Series II
E 159 Memoranda Rolls
E 164 Miscellanous Books, Series I
E 178 Special Commissions of Inquiry
E 179 Subsidy Rolls etc.
E 190 Port Books
Exchequer, Augmentations Office
E 301 Certificates of Colleges and Chantries
E 309 Enrolments of Leases
E 310 Particulars of Leases
E 315 Miscellaneous Books
E 317 Parliamentary Surveys, Commonwealth
Ministry of Education
Ed. 7 Public Elementary Schools, Preliminary Statements
Home Office
H.O. 42 Geo. III, Correspondence Various, Census
H.O. 107 Population Returns
H.O. 129 Ecclesiastical Returns
Justices Itinerant
J.I. 1 Eyre Rolls, Assize Rolls, etc.
Court of King's Bench (Crown Side)
K.B. 26 Curia Regis Rolls
K.B. 27 Coram Rege Rolls
Court of Requests
Req. 2 Proceedings
Special Collections
S.C. 2 Court Rolls
S.C. 6 Ministers' Accounts Rentals and Surveys
S.C. 11 Rolls
S.C. 12 Portfolios
Court of Star Chamber
Proceedings
Sta. Cha. 2 Hen. VIII
Sta. Cha. 8 Jas. I
Court of Wards and Liveries
Wards 7 Inquisitions post mortem