Classes of documents used

A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1983.

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'Classes of documents used', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8, ed. W R Powell, Beryl A Board, Nancy Briggs, J L Fisher, Vanessa A Harding, Joan Hasler, Norma Knight, Margaret Parsons( London, 1983), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/xvii-xx [accessed 5 November 2024].

'Classes of documents used', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8. Edited by W R Powell, Beryl A Board, Nancy Briggs, J L Fisher, Vanessa A Harding, Joan Hasler, Norma Knight, Margaret Parsons( London, 1983), British History Online, accessed November 5, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/xvii-xx.

"Classes of documents used". A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8. Ed. W R Powell, Beryl A Board, Nancy Briggs, J L Fisher, Vanessa A Harding, Joan Hasler, Norma Knight, Margaret Parsons(London, 1983), , British History Online. Web. 5 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/xvii-xx.

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

Clerks of Assize
ASS 35 Indictments
Chancery
C 1 Proceedings, Early
C 2 Series I
C 3 Series II
C 47 Miscellanea (Guild Certificates)
C 60 Fine Rolls
C 66 Patent Rolls
C 109 Judicial Proceedings (Equity), Masters' Exhibits, Humphrey Inquisitions post mortem
C 132 Series I, Henry III
C 133 Edward I
C 134 Edward II
C 135 Edward III
C 136 Richard II
C 137 Henry IV
C 138 Henry V
C 139 Henry VI
C 140 Edward IV and V
C 142 Series II
C 147 Ancient Deeds
C 149 Modern Deeds
Court of Common Pleas
CP 25(2) Feet of Fines, Series II
CP 40 Plea Rolls
CP 43 Recovery Rolls
Duchy of Lancaster
DL 25 Deeds, Series L
DL 30 Court Rolls
DL 41 Miscellanea
DL 42 Miscellaneous Books
Department of Education
ED 2 Elementary Education, Parish Files
ED 21 Elementary Education, School Files
ED 33 Certified Efficient, School Files
ED 49 Elementary Education, Endowment Files
Exchequer, Treasury of the Receipt
E 32 Forest Proceedings
Exchequer, King's Remembrancer
E 142 Ancient Extents
E 150 Inquisitions post mortem, Series II
E 152 Inquisitions post mortem, Enrolments
E 179 Subsidy Rolls etc.
E 210 Ancient Deeds, Series D
Exchequer, Augmentation Office
E 301 Certificates of Colleges and Chantries
E 326 Ancient Deeds, Series B
Exchequer, Exchequer of Receipt
E 403 Enrolments and Registers of Issues
Home Office
Various, Census
HO 107 Population Returns
HO 129 Ecclesiastical Returns
Justices Itinerant, Assize and Gaol Delivery Justices, etc.
JUST 1 Eyre Rolls, Assize Rolls, etc.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
MAF 68 Agricultural Returns, Parish Summaries
Prerogative Court of Canterbury
PROB 11 Registered Copy Wills
Court of Requests
REQ 2 Proceedings
Registrar General
RG 9 Census Returns, 1861
RG 31 Register of Places of Worship, 1689–1852
Special Collections
SC 2 Court Rolls
SC 6 Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts
Court of Wards and Liveries
WARD 3 Depositions

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

County Council of Essex
C/DP Deposited Parliamentary Plans
C/M Minutes
C/ME and N/CME Education Committee Minutes
C/MFb Fire Brigade Committee Minutes
C/MH Highways Committee Minutes
Deposited Records
D/AB Bishop of London, Commissary in Essex and Herts.
D/AE Archdeacon of Essex
D/AM Archdeacon of Middlesex
D/AZ Archdeacons, Miscellaneous Extracts and Indexes Diocesan Records
D/CC Consecrations
D/CE New Parishes, etc.
D/CF Faculty Papers
D/CP Deeds
D/CPc Orders in Council
D/CT Tithe Apportionments and Maps
D/D Estate and Family (many sub-classes, D/DA to D/DZ)
D/F Business
D/NB Nonconformist, Baptists
D/NC Nonconformist, Congregationalists
D/P Parish Records
D/Q Charities
D/SH Commissioners of Sewers, Havering Levels
D/SR Commissioners of Sewers, Rainham Levels
D/UB Urban District Councils
D/Z Miscellaneous Archives
Education Records
E/P Plans of New Schools
E/Z Schools (Miscellaneous)
Poor Law Guardians
G/Bi Billericay Union
G/E Epping Union
Court of Quarter Sessions
Q/AB County Bridges
Q/AC Committees
Q/CP Clerk of the Peace, Precedents
Q/CR Clerk of the Peace, Parliamentary Returns
Q/RDc Inclosure Awards
Q/RDm Miscellaneous Deeds
Q/RHi Highways Diversion, Closure, Widening
Q/RLv Alehouse Recognizances
Q/RP1 Land Tax Assessments
Q/RRp Papists' Estates, Registers
Q/RSg Gamekeepers' Deputations
Q/RSr Charities
Q/RSw Workhouses
Q/RTh Hearth Tax Assessments
Q/RUa Public Undertakings, Company Reports and Accounts
Q/RUm Public Undertakings, Plans of Schemes
Q/SBa Sessions Bundles, Early
Q/SBb Sessions Bundles, Later
Q/SO Order Books
Q/SR Sessions Rolls
Transcripts
T/A Originals in public repositories
T/B Originals in private custody
T/M Maps
T/P Material for parish histories
T/Z Miscellaneous

Some of the foregoing classes contain sub-classes which are denoted by additional letters, not shown here, but fully cited in footnotes in this volume. The group called 'Transcripts' includes all forms of copies or catalogues of documents of which the originals are elsewhere, or notes and extracts taken from them.

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