A Guide to Chancery Equity Records and Proceedings, 1600-1800

A Guide to Chancery Equity Records and Proceedings, 1600-1800
Author: Henry Horwitz
Publisher: Public Record Office Publications
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

This is a revised edition of a guide to the exploration of the voluminous records of Chancery equity proceedings in the Public Record Office. It takes account of the results of the transfer of these records to Kew, to assure the guide's continuing availability to researchers. Additions include an appendix analyzing the contents of the Bernau Index and providing guidelines for its use, a review of the location and organization of the main finding aids to Chancery equity records at Kew, and a description of newly-completed listings of Chancery classes. The text also incorporates the results of ongoing research on Chancery (and Exchequer) equity proceedings.

A Guide to Chancery Equity Records and Proceedings, 1600-1800

A Guide to Chancery Equity Records and Proceedings, 1600-1800
Author: Henry Horwitz
Publisher: Public Record Office Publications
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781873162637

This is a revised edition of a guide to the exploration of the voluminous records of Chancery equity proceedings in the Public Record Office. It takes account of the results of the transfer of these records to Kew, to assure the guide's continuing availability to researchers. Additions include an appendix analyzing the contents of the Bernau Index and providing guidelines for its use, a review of the location and organization of the main finding aids to Chancery equity records at Kew, and a description of newly-completed listings of Chancery classes. The text also incorporates the results of ongoing research on Chancery (and Exchequer) equity proceedings.

Chancery Equity Records and Proceedings, 1600-1800

Chancery Equity Records and Proceedings, 1600-1800
Author: Henry Horwitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1995
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The searcher exploring the records of the Chancery's proceedings in equity, in the 17th and 18th centuries, encounters formidable hurdles in identifying and locating materials, either in a given suit, or category of suits. First there is the enormous volume of paper and parchment that the Court's caseload and increasingly elongated process generated. Second there is the fact that the materials for any suit are not grouped together. Third there is the absence of any index. This handbook has been produced to guide the searcher through any difficulties he or she may encounter in their research.

Tracing Your Ancestors Through the Equity Courts

Tracing Your Ancestors Through the Equity Courts
Author: Susan T. Moore
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2017-10-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 147389168X

The records of the Courts of Equity, which dealt with cases of fairness rather than law, are among the most detailed, extensive and revealing of all the legal documents historians can consult, yet they are often neglected. Susan Moore's expert introduction to them opens up this fascinating source to researchers who may not be familiar with them and dont know how to take advantage of them. As she traces the purpose, history and organization of the Courts of Equity from around 1500 to 1876, she demonstrates how varied their role was and how valuable their archives are for us today. She covers the Courts of Chancery, Exchequer, Star Chamber, Requests, Palatinates and Duchy of Lancaster in clear detail. Her work shows researchers why their records are worth searching, how to search them and how many jewels of information can be found in them. This introduction will be appreciated by local, social and family historians who are coming to these records for the first time and by those who already know of the records but have found them daunting.

Questioning Credible Commitment

Questioning Credible Commitment
Author: D'Maris Coffman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107039010

An interdisciplinary examination of credible commitment to fiscal responsibility and its relevance to current macroeconomic policy making.

Huguenot Prophecy and Clandestine Worship in the Eighteenth Century

Huguenot Prophecy and Clandestine Worship in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Georgia Cosmos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351929925

Following Louis XIV's revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, French protestants faced the stark choice of abandoning their religion, or defying the law. Many fled abroad, whilst others continued to meet clandestinely for worship and to organise resistance to government policy, culminating in the bloody Camisard rebellion of 1702-10. During this period of conflict and repression, a distinct culture of prophecy and divine inspiration grew up, which was to become a defining characteristic of the dispersed protestant communities in southern France. Drawing on a wide range of printed and manuscript material, this study, examines the nature of Huguenot prophesying in the Cévennes during the early years of the eighteenth century. As well as looking at events in France, the book also explores the reactions of the Huguenot community of London, which became caught up in the prophesying controversy with the publication in 1707 of Le Théatre sacré des Cévennes. This book, which recounted the stories of exiles who had witnessed prophesying and miraculous events in the Cévennes, not only provided a first hand account of an outlawed religion, but became the centre of a heated debate in London concerning 'false-prophets'. By exploring French protestantism through voluntary testimonies given by Huguenot exiles in London, this study not only offers a rare glimpse of a forbidden religion, but also shows how a long-established immigrant church in London confronted the problems posed by recent arrivals infused with a radical sense of mystic purpose and divine revelation.

Tracking Down Your Ancestors

Tracking Down Your Ancestors
Author: Harry Alder
Publisher: How To Books Ltd
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2002
Genre: Genealogy
ISBN: 9781857038286

Researching your family history can be an absorbing hobby, or a one-off project that your whole family will value and build on. This book is packed with ideas about the different aspects of genealogy and the main free or low cost resources available to help you in your quest. CONTENTS: Getting started - online family searching - harnessing internet sources - tearless transcribing - organised support - vital public records - interpreting old records - getting to know your ancestors About the author Dr Harry Alder is a prolific writer and long-time researcher. Here he passes on his passion for genealogy, his first-hand experience, lots of practical tips and key websites to support your research.

Women in Eighteenth Century Europe

Women in Eighteenth Century Europe
Author: Margaret Hunt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2014-06-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317883888

Was the century of Voltaire also the century of women? In the eighteenth century changes in the nature of work, family life, sexuality, education, law, religion, politics and warfare radically altered the lives of women. Some of these developments caused immense confusion and suffering; others greatly expanded women’s opportunities and worldview – long before the various women’s suffrage movements were more than a glimmer on the horizon. This study pays attention to queens as well as commoners; respectable working women as well as prostitutes; women physicists and mathematicians as well as musicians and actresses; feminists as well as their critics. The result is a rich and morally complex tale of conflict and tragedy, but also of achievement. The book deals with many regions and topics often under-represented in general surveys of European women, including coverage of the Balkans and both European Turkey and Anatolia, of Eastern Europe, of European colonial expansion (particularly the slave trade) and of Muslim, Eastern Orthodox, and Jewish women's history. Bringing all of Europe into the narrative of early modern women's history challenges many received assumptions about Europe and women in past times, and provides essential background for dealing with issues of diversity in the Europe of today.

Humanities

Humanities
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1996
Genre: Humanities
ISBN: