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Court rolls. Judicial records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Court records limited to the daily court proceedings of a given court.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

`Record of the Writs, Orders and Proceedings of the Admirall Court in the office of Messrs. Gibson and Pringle’, bound into an album.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.12
Scope and Contents

The court was composed of the copiators (writers, and, presumably, apprentices) in the office, who elected an Admiral and other office-holders, the youngest in the office being the Macer of Court, and so on. Fines were imposed for untidiness, fighting, and similar disturbances, and were spent, when a sufficient sum had accumulated, upon a dinner for the members of the court. The court was held in Durie`s office.

Dates: 1751-1776.