List of classes of public records used

A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 12, Ramsbury and Selkley Hundreds; the Borough of Marlborough. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1983.

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'List of classes of public records used', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 12, Ramsbury and Selkley Hundreds; the Borough of Marlborough, (London, 1983) pp. xvii-xviii. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol12/xvii-xviii [accessed 17 March 2024]

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

Exchequer and Audit Department
AO 3 Accounts, various
Chancery
Proceedings
C 1 Early
C 2 Series I
C 3 Series II
C 5 Six Clerks Series, Bridges
C 6 Collins
C 12 1758–1800
C 33 Decrees and Orders, Entry Books
C 52 Cartae Antiquae Rolls
C 53 Charter Rolls
C 54 Close Rolls
C 60 Fine Rolls
C 66 Patent Rolls
C 78 Decree Rolls
Inquisitions post mortem
C 136 Series I, Ric. II
C 137 Hen. IV
C 139 Hen. VI
C 140 Edw. IV and V
C 141 Ric. III
C 142 Series II
Ancient Deeds
C 146 Series C
C 148 Series CS
C 219 Writs and Returns of Members to Parliament
Court of Common Pleas
Feet of Fines
CP 25(1) Series I
CP 25 (2) Series II
CP 40 Plea Rolls
CP 43 Recovery Rolls
Duchy of Lancaster
DL 1 Equity Proceedings, Pleadings
Depositions and Examinations
DL 3 Series I
DL 4 Series II
DL 5 Decrees and Orders, Entry Books
DL 25 Deeds, Series L
DL 28 Accounts (Various)
DL 29 Ministers' Accounts
DL 30 Court Rolls
DL 31 Maps
DL 36 Cartae Miscellaneae
DL 42 Miscellaneous Books
DL 43 Rentals and Surveys
DL 44 Special Commissions and Returns
Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt
E 36 Books
Ancient Deeds
E 40 Series A
E 42 Series AS
Exchequer, King's Remembrancer
E 106 Extents of Alien Priories etc.
E 112 Bills, Answers, etc.
E 126 Decrees and Orders, Entry Books, Series IV
E 134 Depositions taken by Commission
E 135 Ecclesiastical Documents
E 142 Ancient Extents
E 150 Inquisitions post mortem, Series II
E 154 Inventories of Goods and Chattels
E 159 Memoranda Rolls
E 178 Special Commissions of Inquiry
E 179 Subsidy Rolls etc.
E 210 Ancient Deeds, Series DD
Exchequer, Augmentation Office
E 301 Certificates of Colleges and Chantries
E 310 Particulars for Leases
E 315 Miscellaneous Books
E 317 Parliamentary Surveys
E 318 Particulars for Grants of Crown Lands
Ancient Deeds
E 326 Series B
E 328 Series BB
Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's and Pipe Offices
E 364 Rolls of Foreign Accounts (Pipe Office)
E 372 Pipe Rolls
Ministry of Education
ED 7 Public Elementary Schools, Preliminary Statements
ED 21 Public Elementary School Files
ED 49 Endowment Files
Home Office
HO 40 Correspondence etc., Disturbances
HO 52 Counties: Correspondence
Census Papers
HO 107 Population Returns
HO 129 Ecclesiastical Returns
Inland Revenue
IR 29 Tithe Apportionments
IR 30 Tithe Maps
Justices Itinerant, Assize and Gaol Delivery Justices, etc.
JUST 1 Eyre Rolls, Assize Rolls, etc.
Court of King's Bench (Crown Side)
KB 27 Coram Rege Rolls
Maps and Plans
MPC, MR Maps, plans, or pictures taken from various classes
Probate
PROB 11 Registered Copies of Wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Court of Requests
REQ 2 Proceedings
General Register Office
RG 4 Non-parochial Registers
RG 31 Registers of Places of Worship
Special Collections
SC 2 Court Rolls
SC 6 Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts
SC 8 Ancient Petitions
SC 12 Rentals and Surveys, Portfolios
State Paper Office
SP 46 State Papers Domestic, Supplementary
Court of Star Chamber
Proceedings
STAC 2 Hen. VIII
STAC 8 Jas. I
Court of Wards and Liveries
WARD 2 Deeds and Evidences