Collection GB 0074 CLC/306 - COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

1 production unit.

GB 0074 CLC/306 1765 Collection 1 production unit. Court of Common Pleas

The Court of Common Pleas was founded by King Henry II to hear common pleas (matters between subject and subject). It was the only Court where personal actions of account, covenant, debt and detinue could be heard. The Court also had jurisdiction to review and change the decisions of older courts. From 1187 the Court sat at Westminster. The Court was headed by a Chief Justice, working with a team of lesser justices (between three and eight in number at various times) and a large number of clerks. The Court was abolished in 1875.

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Record of the Court of Common Pleas, comprising a brief for the defendants in an action for impounding and ill-treating cattle coming to Smithfield Market. The case arose from numerous complaints about the nuisance caused in Smithfield and other streets in the city by cattle dealers driving cattle and sheep on Sunday evenings into Smithfield in order to get the best stands and pens.

One item.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For other records of the Court of Common Pleas see ACC/0218, ACC/0589 and ACC/1031. For Smithfield Market see CLA/016.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

August to October 2010. People by occupation Personnel Agricultural personnel Drovers Records and correspondence Information sources Records (documents) Court records Commercial premises Livestock markets Administration of justice Courts Court of Common Pleas Zoology Animal welfare People Smithfield Market , Markets Committee , Corporation of London x Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market x London Central Markets Smithfield City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Record of the Court of Common Pleas, comprising a brief for the defendants in an action for impounding and ill-treating cattle coming to Smithfield Market. The case arose from numerous complaints about the nuisance caused in Smithfield and other streets in the city by cattle dealers driving cattle and sheep on Sunday evenings into Smithfield in order to get the best stands and pens.

One item.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

• anglais

• latin

English

For other records of the Court of Common Pleas see ACC/0218, ACC/0589 and ACC/1031. For Smithfield Market see CLA/016.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais