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LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 COURTS OF LAW CLA/040 Reference Description Dates ROYAL COURTS CLA/040/01/001 Roll of Pleas held before the Itinerant Justices 1244 - 6 at the Tower (Iter Roll) Pleas at the Tower in the 28th & 30th years of Henry III Former reference: AA CLA/040/01/002 Roll of Pleas held before the Itinerant Justices 1276 at the Tower (Iter Roll) Fines and amencements at the Iter of 4 Edward I Former reference: BB CLA/040/01/003 Transcript with index of Roll of Pleas held 1244 - 6 before the Itinerant Justices at the Tower (Iter Roll) By Miss H.M.Chew. 1 volume CLA/040/01/004 Iter Roll: Negative Photostats of British 1276 Museume Additional Charter 5153 Being 20 membranes, recto + verso, of pleas before the Itinerant Justices at the Tower, 4 Edward I 1 bdle CLA/040/01/005 A copy of Dr. Weinbaum's annotated transcript nd of British Museum. Additional Charter 5153 (Received from the Hon. Editor of the London Record Society 1979) 1 bdle CLA/040/01/006 Photostats of Eyre Roll of Common Pleas 1320 - 1321 heard before Itinerant Justices at the Tower, (Iter Roll) Eyre Roll, 14 Edward II. Menus. 1-65 only on 248 sheets N.B. menus.66-83 contain appointments of attorneys 1 bdle Former reference: [P.R.O.ref.J.I.1/546] LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 COURTS OF LAW CLA/040 Reference Description Dates CLA/040/01/007 M.S.Calendar of Eyre Roll of Common Pleas 1320 - 1321 heard before Itinerant Justices at the Tower, by Dr.H.M.Chew (English; 113 fos. Includes Index of [Personal] Names, & of Places but subjects are not indexed.) From Eyre Roll, 14 Edward II (former ref PRO J.I.1/546) [Ship index to trades mentioned on original S.I. card was not found at 206 c in Nov 1985. Original S.I card referred to P.R.O.J.1/546 as 'Assize Roll' but 'Eyre Roll is used by H.M.Cam in The Eyre of London 14 Edward II, 1321 (Vol. I p. xii) 1 bdle CLA/040/01/008 Photostats of Eyre Roll of Pleas of the Crown 1320 - 1321 heard before Itinerant Justices at the Tower, (Iter Roll) 1 bdle Former reference: [P.R.O.ref.J.I.1/547A] CLA/040/01/009 M.S.Calendar of Eyre Roll of Pleas of the 1320 - 1321 Crown heard before Itinerant Justices at the Tower, Dr.H.M.Chew (English 220 fos.Includes of Persons and Places) [Ship indexes to trades and to subjects (part only) mentioned on original S.I. card were not found at 206c in Nov. 1985. Original card referred to P.R.O.J.I.1/547A 'Assize Roll' but 'Eyre Roll' is used by H.M.Cam in The Eyre of London 14 Edward II, 1321 (Vol. p.xii) 1 bdle CLA/040/01/010 Rough ship indexes to Eyre Rolls, 14 Edward II c. 1321 Indexes relate to Eyre Roll of Common Please (CLA/040/01/006 - Former reference PRO J.I.1/546) and Eyre Roll of Pleas of the Crown (CLA/040/01/008 - Former Reference PRO J.I.1/547A) These ship indexes appear to be only for names and places (arranged in small alphabetical groups for each roll) and were presumably used to compile the nominal indexes included in Dr. P.M. Chew's M.S. Calendars of these rolls. - see CLA/040/01/007. These indexes were listed separately from ship indexes to trades etc. which were not found at 206 C in Nov 1985. 1 box LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 COURTS OF LAW CLA/040 Reference Description Dates CLA/040/01/011 "Itinerant Justices in English History" by R.B. 1965 Pugh. The Harte Memorial Lecture in Local History delivered at the University of Exeter, 14 May 1965. (Univ. of Exeter, 1967). Former reference: PD.92.13 CLA/040/01/012 Escheat in the City: Cecilia Lucy Stolleny Decd. 1926 - 1927 (1) Copy Commission, 23rd Dec. 1926 (2) Copy Inquisition, 14th June 1927 (3) Notes of proceedings, 14th June 1927. Former reference: Misc.Ms.42.1 CLA/040/01/013 "The Office of Escheaton in the City of London 1943 during the Middle Ages", by Helena M. Chew In The English Historical Review. July 1943. Former reference: PD.53.17 CLA/040/01/014 Escheat Rolls c. 1340 - 1377 The records of Inquests held by the Mayor as Escheator Former reference: EE CLA/040/01/015 Escheat Rolls c. 1340 - 1377 The records of Inquests held by the Mayor as Escheator Former reference: GG CLA/040/01/016 Escheat Rolls 1388 - 1389 The records of Inquests held by the Mayor as Escheator Former reference: HH CLA/040/01/017 Calendar and indexes to Escheat Rolls of 1340 1340 - 1389 -1389, by Dr. Chew Indexes cover subjects and names 1 volume CLA/040/01/018 Letter of Attorney from Sir Wm Peake, Lord 17th Mar 1667 Mayor to John Robotham, to execute his office of Eschaetor of the City. Former reference: Misc.Ms.3.35 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 COURTS OF LAW CLA/040 Reference Description Dates CLA/040/01/039 Calendar by Helena Chew to Rolls of Assizes 1340 - 1591 of Novel Disseisin, Fresh Force & Mort d'Ancestor held before the Coroner and Sheriffs of the City of London at various dates between 1340 and 1591 Relates to Possessory Assizes Rolls AA-EE and 1-15 [formerly Mort d'Ancestor and Fresh Force Rolls respectively]. Introduction xii. Calendar 174 pp; indexed to persons, places & subjects. 1 volume CLA/040/01/040 London Possessory Assizes, A Calendar edited 1340 - 1591 by Helena Chew, with index. (London Record Society Vol. 1, 1965). Covers mainly Possessory Assizes Rolls AA -EE but also includes 'Roll FF' reconstituted from Possessory Assizes Rolls 1-12 and other sources etc. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 COURTS OF LAW CLA/040 Reference Description Dates CLA/040/01/041 Role of Inquisitions post-mortem 1619 - 1620 Inquisitions post mortem of the following: Mem. 1. Henry GUY(E) John HODGES 1d. Richard GARDINER, clerk 2. John READE 3d. Edward PEIRSON, gent. John ENGLISH, junior 4. William NOTTINGHAM, cit. & woodmonger William BURG'S 4d. Hugh RYMILL Elizabeth WOOTTON, widow. 5. James HODGSON 6d. Thomas MOORE, late of London, plumber 7. Richard OSMOTHERLAW 7d. George HOLMAN, junior 8. John HYDE 9. Adrian MOORE Clement WEBSTER 9b. John HIGHLORD 10. Nicholas HOLBEAM cit. & saddler John DUN, esq. 10d. John BAKER Richard DICKENSON cit. & Skimmer 11. Robert THURSTON cit. & Salter Edward THURSTON cit. & Salter 11d. TEDDERUS ROBERTS cit. & vintner. Christopher COWLYN, cit. & cook William JORDEN 12. Thomas BALDWYN 12d. Robert PEACOCKE late of London, grocer 13. Robert WHEATLYE Hugh SEXEY 13d. William HARRISON 14 Edward SPRINGE John HOLLINGSHEAD 14d. Marcus BERRY William PACKINGTON gent. 15. John ROGERS James RANDOLFE 15d. William MASSEY 16 George PETT gent. John SAUNDERS cit. & draper 16d. Richard HUISH Esq. 17. Daniel BURRELL gent. 17d. George PEASE Giles DUNCOMBE, cit. & leatherseller 18. William ROBBINSON 18d. Edward COXE, cit. & clothworker 19. Nathaniel WADE 19d. Thomas FORMAN Mary PENDLEBURY 20. Dame Anne EGERTON, widow. 20d. Reginald HUGHES, gent. 21. Richard SCARLETT cit. & painter-stainer Ralph SHURLAND 21d. John LAWNDE, clerk 22d. Henry CLETHEROWE, Alexander ASHURST 23. Nicholas FERRAR David POWELL 23d. Robert WARDEN cit. & poulter 24. Martin ARCHDALE cit. & grocer. Former reference: Miscellaneous Rolls LL LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 COURTS OF LAW CLA/040 Reference Description Dates CLA/040/01/042 File of writs of capias directed principally to the 1805 - 21 Sheriff of Middlesex, but some to the Sheriffs of Essex, London, Kent and Surrey on notification from the Sheriff of Middlesex that the persons concerned were not in his bailiwick, to take certain named persons and compel their appearance at the Court of King's Bench in actions mainly of trespass 1 box CLA/040/01/043 Extracts of Proceedings in the Kings Bench in 1717 case to be heard at the Guildhall before the Chief Justice on a nisi prices, on policies of assurance for merchandise lost in Mar. 1716 on the ship "Happy", master James Robins, in a voyage between Barbadoes and Boston, New England Silvanus Grove v Henry Herring Silvanus Grove v. John Radburne Sarah Bligh v. William Hayton Sarah Bligh v. George Nelthorpe Sarah Bligh v. William Dunch By Randolph Stracey, their attorney 3 Geo I. Easter & Trinity terms (Good example of Kings Bench Script) Former reference: Misc.Ms.15.23 CLA/040/01/044 Papers, mainly correspondence between 1716 - 7 Robert Hewer and Silvanus Groves about the loss of the ship "Happy" [number not used. This item recoded as COL/SJ/08/013] Former reference: Misc.Ms.7.12 CLA/040/01/045 Kings Bench: Extracts of proceedings 1680 - 1681; John Kinaston v. James Longbotham (Mutilated 1721 - 1722 ) 1680-1681 Georgehudlan, Chamberlain v. Daniel Martines 1721 - 1722 Former reference: Misc.Ms. 20.8 CIVIC COURTS CLA/040/02/001 Assizes of Nuisance - Pleas of Nuisance: 1301 - 1356 Miscellaneous Roll Rolls include Viewers' certificates [info. J. Loengard, July 1983] Former reference: Misc. Roll DD LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 7 COURTS OF LAW CLA/040 Reference Description Dates CLA/040/02/002 Assizes of Nuisance - Pleas of Nuisance: 1356 - 1378 Miscellaneous Roll Rolls include Viewers' certificates [info. J. Loengard, July 1983] Former reference: Misc. Roll FF CLA/040/02/003 Assizes of Nuisance - Pleas of Nuisance: 1378 - 1431 Miscellaneous Roll Rolls include Viewers' certificates [info. J. Loengard, July 1983] Former reference: Misc. Roll II CLA/040/02/004 Calendar to the Rolls of Assize of Nuisance 1301 - 1427 Index to persons and places.