List of classes of public records used

A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 14, Malmesbury Hundred. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1991.

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A P Baggs, Jane Freeman, Janet H Stevenson, 'List of classes of public records used', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 14, Malmesbury Hundred, ed. D A Crowley (London, 1991), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol14/xiv-xv [accessed 31 January 2025].

A P Baggs, Jane Freeman, Janet H Stevenson, 'List of classes of public records used', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 14, Malmesbury Hundred. Edited by D A Crowley (London, 1991), British History Online, accessed January 31, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol14/xiv-xv.

A P Baggs, Jane Freeman, Janet H Stevenson. "List of classes of public records used". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 14, Malmesbury Hundred. Ed. D A Crowley (London, 1991), British History Online. Web. 31 January 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol14/xiv-xv.

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

Clerks of Assize
ASSI 24 Western Circuit, Miscellaneous Books
Chancery
Proceedings
C 1 Early
C 2 Series I
C 3 Series II
C 5 Six Clerks Series, Bridges
C 10 Whittington
C 33 Judicial Proceedings (Equity Side), Entry Books of Decrees and Orders
C 54 Close Rolls
C 66 Patent Rolls
C 78 Decree Rolls
Masters' Exhibits
C 104 Tinney
C 108 Farrar
C 112 Rose
C 116 Court Rolls
Inquisitions post mortem
C 135 Series I, Edw. III
C 138 Hen. V
C 139 Hen. VI
C 140 Edw. IV and V
C 142 Series II
C 260 Files (Tower and Rolls Chapel), Recorda
Court of Common Pleas
Feet of Fines
CP 25(l) Series I
CP 25(2) Series II
CP 40 Plea Rolls
CP 43 Recovery Rolls
Duchy of Lancaster
DL 1 Equity Proceedings, Pleadings
Depositions and Examinations
DL 3 Series I
DL 4 Series II
DL 29 Ministers' Accounts
DL 30 Court Rolls
DL 42 Miscellaneous Books
DL 43 Rentals and Surveys
DL 44 Special Commissions and Returns
Exchequer, King's Remembrancer
Entry Books of Decrees and Orders
E 123 Series I
E 126 Series IV
E 134 Depositions taken by Commission
E 150 Inquisitions post mortem, Series II
E 159 Memoranda Rolls
E 178 Special Commissions of Inquiry
E 179 Subsidy Rolls, etc.
Exchequer, Augmentation Office
E 301 Certificates of Colleges and Chantries
E 305 Deeds of Purchase and Exchange
E 309 Enrolments of Leases
E 310 Particulars for Leases
E315 Miscellaneous Books
E 317 Parliamentary Surveys
E 318 Particulars for Grants of Crown Lands
Exchequer, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's and Pipe Offices
E 370 Miscellaneous Rolls
E 372 Pipe Rolls
Ministry of Education
ED 2 Parish Files
ED 7 Public Elementary Schools, Preliminary Statements
ED 21 Public Elementary School Files
ED 49 Endowment Files, Elementary Education
Registry of Friendly Societies
Rules and Amendments
FS 1 Series I
FS 3 Series II
FS 4 Indexes, Series II
Home Office
HO 52 Correspondence and Papers, Municipal and Provincial
HO 67 Acreage Returns
HO 107 Census Returns, 1841
HO 129 Ecclesiastical Returns
Indexes
IND Indexes, Various
Board of Inland Revenue
IR18 Tithe Files
IR 29 Tithe Apportionments
IR 30 Tithe Maps
Justices Itinerant
JUST 1 Eyre Rolls, Assize Rolls, etc.
JUST 3 Gaol Delivery Rolls
Exchequer, Office of the Auditors of Land Revenue
LR 2 Miscellaneous Books
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
MAF 68 Agricultural Returns, Parish Summaries
Privy Council Office
PC 1 Papers, mainly unbound
Prerogative Court of Canterbury
PROB 6 Act Books, Administrations
PROB 11 Registered Copies of Wills
Court of Requests
REQ 2 Proceedings
General Register Office
RG 4 Non-parochial registers
Census Returns
RG 9 1861
RG 11 1881
Special Collections
SC 2 Court Rolls
SC 6 Ministers' Accounts
Court of Star Chamber
Proceedings
STAC 1 Hen. VII
STAC 2 Hen. VIII
STAC 8 Jas. I
Court of Wards and Liveries
WARD 7 Inquisitions post mortem
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