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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2
TitleDerbyshire County Court
Date1826-1866
DescriptionCourt books, 1826-1844; with letter relating to will (1864) and list of prisoners in the custody of High Sheriff John Broadhurst (1866)
Extent1 box
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorDerbyshire County Court
Administrative HistoryThe original County Courts developed out of the shire courts of Anglo-Saxon England. After the Norman Conquest, the shire reeves (Sheriffs) became their presiding officers and remained so until the establishment of the modern County Courts under the Act of 1846. During the Middle Ages the County Courts lost their criminal jurisdiction and their judicial competence became restricted to pleas of certain trespasses and actions for less than 40 shillings. The court books also record the Sheriffs' proclamations, declarations etc relating to elections.
Custodial HistoryThese records were deposited with Derbyshire in October 1906 having been found amongst the County Quarter Sessions records, probably because the courts met in the same building.
Organisation Sub-TypeCounty Court
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialSee D5836 for a plea book 1785-1795. See also D3304/1
TermCounty courts
Courts
Elections
Archivist NoteCatalogue improved by Sarah Chubb, Sep 2020.
Collection level description amended by Ben Webster, 10/11/2011. Title amended in compliance with ISAD(G), 10/11/2011. Formerly "The Pre-1846 County Court".
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