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- 1728 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres
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This letter has 'strayed' from official custody and become separated from the records of the Westminster Quarter Sessions among which it would have been expected to be found. It has therefore been catalogued separately, although a copy can be found in the main series of records.
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GB 0074 ACC/2583 1728 Collection 0.01 linear metres Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend
This letter has 'strayed' from official custody and become separated from the records of the Westminster Quarter Sessions among which it would have been expected to be found. It has therefore been catalogued separately, although a copy can be found in the main series of records.
Deposited on 4 July 1988.
Letter from Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend, to Lord Delaware, chairman of the sessions of the peace for Westminster, announcing the decision that the Treasury Solicitor will in future defend all constables and other peace officers of Westminster in actions brought against them 'for searching houses where Felons and other disorderly Persons resort' by warrant of the justices. Dated 26 October 1728.
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Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
A copy of the letter can be found at WJ/SP: Westminster Sessions Court in Session records.
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.
November 2009 to February 2010 Information sources Documents Quarter Sessions records Administration of justice Courts Court of Quarter Sessions Legal procedure Quarter sessions
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Deposited on 4 July 1988.
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Letter from Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend, to Lord Delaware, chairman of the sessions of the peace for Westminster, announcing the decision that the Treasury Solicitor will in future defend all constables and other peace officers of Westminster in actions brought against them 'for searching houses where Felons and other disorderly Persons resort' by warrant of the justices. Dated 26 October 1728.
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One document.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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A copy of the letter can be found at WJ/SP: Westminster Sessions Court in Session records.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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- English