Guide to the Records of the Chancery (as filmed by the AJCP)
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National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2018
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Chancery. Great Britain.
- Title
- Records of the Chancery (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1797 - 1828
- Collection Number
- C
- Extent
- 2 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created by the National Library of Australia with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the National Archives of the UK. Further advice is available from: The National Archives of the UK. Copyright (http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/copyright/)
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material (The National Archives of the UK) and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Citation of items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material at the National Archives of the UK and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: TNA Series: CO 201/429, New South Wales. Original Correspondence. Despatches May-June 1850 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Further information on citation guidelines is available at The National Archives of the UK (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/citing-documents-national-archives/ ).
Archival History
Material selectively filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project. AJCP Reels: 5881.
Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: C. For further information, see C at TNA. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C43)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn558311] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding Aid Note
This finding aid is a revised online version of:
Australian Joint Copying Project. Handbook. Part 6. Public Record Group: Air Ministry, Board of Trade, Exchequer and Audit Department, Treasury and other Record Groups, Second Edition, pp xviii, 55, National Library of Australia, 1995.
Dates used in the this finding aid refer to those of the records selected for filming by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) rather than to the date range of the original Class, Series or File.
Subjects
Great Britain: Chancery
Bibliography
Originally published as:
Australian Joint Copying Project. Handbook. Part 6. Public Record Office: Air Ministry, Board of Trade, Exchequer and Audit Department, Treasury and other Record Groups, Second Edition, National Library of Australia, 1995, ppxii-xiii, 55.
Administrative History
The Chancellor was originally the King's principal secretary and advisor, and keeper of the Great Seal. By the fourteenth century he was entrusted with hearing petitions to the King in Council and empowered to proceed by rules of equity and conscience. His staff became domiciled on Chancery Land and, while their executive functions were curtailed, their legal powers grew rapidly. Equity jurisdiction became the main function of the Chancery. In 1873 Chancery became part of the Supreme Court of Judicature.
Item Descriptions
Series C 114. Records of the Equity Side: Unknown masters' exhibits, 1797 - July 1828
2 itemsExhibits of Masters of Chancery. The documents in this series consist of private papers of all kinds, delivered into the court of Chancery by plaintiffs and defendants as evidence in their suits.
The AJCP selectively copied Pieces 37 and 63. Including the Papers of Thomas Jamiesonn, concerning his trading activities with George Bass, William Kent and Charles Bishop, and the agent at Norfolk Island, M. Hayes. Also included are letters from Bass, some about trading in the Pacific and exploration of Bass Strait. Piece 63 contains log of ship Harvey from Australia to London, 1827-1828.
Existence and Location of Originals
The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
Series Reference: C 114. For further information, see C 114. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C3673)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn558311] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Subjects
Jamison, Thomas (1745-1811); Bass, George (1771-1803); Harvey (Ship); Merchants; New South Wales; Norfolk Island
Administrative History
Masters of Chancery reported to the Court of Chancery on matters of practice and the state of proceedings in litigation and had custody of title deeds and other original instruments which the Court placed under their care. The office was abolished in 1852.
