Classes of documents in the Public Record Office used

A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7, Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1999.

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'Classes of documents in the Public Record Office used', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7, Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds, (London, 1999) pp. xii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol7/xii [accessed 4 May 2024]

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
C 44 Placita in Cancellaria, Tower Series
C 54 Close Rolls
C 60 Fine Rolls
C 66 Patent Rolls
C 78 Decree Rolls
C 85 Significations for Excommunication Inquisitions post mortem
C 132 Series I, Hen. III
C 133 Edw. I
C 134 Edw. II
C 135 Edw. III
C 137 Hen. IV
C 138 Hen. V
C 139 Hen. VI
C 140 Edw. IV and V
C 141 Ric. III
C 142 Series II
C 143 Inquisitions ad quod damnum
C 145 Miscellaneous Inquisitions
C 260 Chancery Files (Tower and Rolls Chapel), Recorda
Court of Common Pleas
Feet of Fines
CP 25(1) Series I
CP 25(2) Series II
CP 40 De Banco Rolls
CP 43 Recovery Rolls
Duchy of Lancaster
DL 29 Ministers' Accounts
Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt
Ancient Deeds
E 41 Series AA
Exchequer, King's Remembrancer
E 126 Entry Books of Decrees and Orders, Series IV
E 134 Depositions taken by Commission
E 135 Ecclesiastical Documents
E 142 Ancient Extents
Inquisitions post mortem
E 149 Series I
E 150 Series II
E 159 Memoranda Rolls
E 172 Outlawries
E 178 Special Commissions of Inquiry
E 179 Subsidy Rolls
Exchequer, Augmentation Office
E 310 Particulars for Leases
E 315 Miscellaneous Books
E 317 Parliamentary Surveys, Commonwealth
E 318 Particulars for Grants Ancient Deeds Ancient Deeds
E 326 Series B
E 328 Series BB
Exchequer, First Fruits and Tenths Office
E 331 Bishops' Certificates of Institution
Home Office
HO 107 Census Papers, 1841 and 1851 Census
HO 129 Census Papers, 1851 Census: Ecclesiastical Returns
Exchequer, Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue
LR 2 Miscellaneous Books
LR 14 Ancient Deeds, Series E
Prerogative Court of Canterbury
PROB 4 Probate Inventories
PROB 11 Registered Copies of Wills proved in PCC
Registrar General
RG 4 Non-Parochial Registers
RG 9 Census Returns, 1861
RG 10 Census Returns, 1871
RG 11 Census Returns, 1881
RG 12 Census Returns, 1891
Court of Requests
REQ 1 Miscellaneous Books
REQ 2 Proceedings
Special Collections
SC 2 Court Rolls
SC 6 Ministers' Accounts
Court of Star Chamber Proceedings
STAC 3 Edw. VI
STAC 7 Eliz. I: Addenda
Court of Wards and Liveries
WARD 7 Inquisitions post mortem
War Office
WO 30 Miscellaneous