amanda bevan 26 november 2011 opening up chancery litigation, 1558-1875
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Amanda Bevan
26 November 2011
Opening up Chancery litigation, 1558-1875
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The Six Clerks Office, Chancery Lane [1622-1778]
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Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn 1778-1882
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Court of Chancery goes back to 1380s
C 1 – 1383-1558:
75,000 detailed descriptions searchable when our online catalogue was launched in 2001
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Chancery Pleadings, 1558-1875
C 2- C 17 1,027,000 sets of pleadings
In 2001
half - no description in the catalogue
half - poor description in the catalogue
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25In 2011:
a quarter - no description
a quarter - good description
a quarter - poor description
a quarter - in progress
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10 years intermittent work – 2 years on something completely different
• data problems
• data structure problems
• software problems
• authenticity v searchability problems
• resource problems
• the ‘Why would anyone look at Chancery?’ problem
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Family Names of the United Kingdom (FaNUK)
Discovery
PROCAT Editorial
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C 2 in progress C 3 on catalogue(thanks to the Friends)
C 4 on catalogue(thanks to Alistair Hanson)
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C 5 - in progress
C 6 - 80% in
C 7-C 10- still to do
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C 11 1714-1758
25% detailed (thanks to volunteers)
75% in with a brief description(thanks to Jone’s team)
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1801-1875All in with a brief description: being improved by staff and volunteers
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After 1875:
Chancery becomes the Chancery Division of the Supreme Court
… and we have an even worse set of problems
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What can you find …ideally …? Short title
Document type
Plaintiffs
Defendants
Subject and place
A code
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Short titles change Document type helps you tie cases together
Short title and document type: 1558-1875
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Subject or place and most parties: 1558-1714
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1714-1758 (C 11)
Names Occupations
Residence
Not subject
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1801-1875
Names, relations.
Some idea of place.
No subjects.
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Codes to search by ….
SFP sole female plaintiffJFP joint female plaintiffsCBP corporate body plaintiffUBP unincorporate body plaintiff
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And the last problem …
‘Why would anyone look at Chancery?’
… because it gives us all the chance to uncover the worries and concerns of people in the past …