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Q - Cheshire Quarter Sessions - 16th century-20th century

A - Quarter Sessions Administration

A - Accounts

B - Building and Gaols

1 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester - Buildings - 1784-1881

2 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester - List of plans and drawings of Chester Castle and its surroundings by Thomas Harrison and others.

3 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester: Minutes of Visiting Justices - 1851-1878

4 - Gaol and County hall at Chester: Rules and Fees for Gaol - 1729-1869

5 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester: Papers concerning prisoners - 1726-1857

1 - Orders by Quarter Sessions and Chester Sessions for transportation of convicts - 1747-1829

2 - Orders by Secretary of State for transportation of convicts to the hulks. - 1802-1846

3 - Reports and returns of convicts transported and under sentence of transportation. - 1802-1856

4 - Circulars and correspondence on transportation of convicts. - 1802-1851

5 - Miscellaneous. - 1726-1857

1 - Bond in £160 to secure transportation of Thomas Griffith and John Brook for 7 years. - 1 Nov 1726

2 - Certificate of indentured service of John Brownsword of Somerford Radnor, schoolmaster, under sentence of transportation, to William Thurstan in Antigua. - 24 Apr 1729

3 - Reports and correspondence on lunatics. - 1816-1820

8 - Correspondence on deserters. - 1818-1850

12 - Circulars and reports on prisoners executed. - 1818-1820

18 - Circulars and reports on persons committed under the Game Laws. - 1819-1821

25 - Circulars and reports on debtors. - 1819-1835

43 - Circular and report on prisoners for trial at Lent Assizes. - 1819

45 - Orders for removal of convicts to Millbank, Wakefield and Parkhurst. - 1821-1857

59 - Circular and report on persons committed under Vagrant Laws. - 1822

60 - Calendars of prisoners and related papers. - 1823-1835

70 - Order relating to Robert Swindells' diet of bread and water. - 23 Mar 1818

71 - Order to transmit to Secretary of State a Copy of Rules and Regulations in Chester Castle and House of Correction, Middlewich. - 30 Jan 1819

72 - Orders as to reading matter allowed political prisoners. - 1819-1820

75 - Order by Secretary of State for Lawrence Kenworthy to be committed to custody. - 23 May 1823

76 - Request by Secretary of State for return of persons in prison charged with Criminal Offences in execution on summary process, 1822-1823. - 24 Jun 1824

77 - Enquiry by Secretary of State on instances of bodily mischief or inconvenience to 'Prisoners labouring on the Tread Wheel'. - 23 Dec 1824

78 - Order by Quarter Sessions for committal of John Moran of Dukinfield, convicted of petty larceny. - 11 Jan 1825

6 - Respites of death sentences - 1806-1843

7 - Pardons - 1802-1852

8 - Death Warrants - 1801-1848

9 - Warrants to the Constable of Chester Castle to take prisoners into custody - 1796-1800

10 - Calendars of prisoners tried at Quarter Sessions - 1892-1964

11 - Calendar of Prisoners at the Assizes, Castle of Chester - Feb 1955-Nov 1964

6 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester: Miscellaneous records relating to Gaol - 1785-1884

7 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester: Reference books etc. on prisons.

8 - Gaol and Sessions House at Knutsford: Administrative records of Gaol.

9 - Gaol and Sessions House at Knutsford: Rules of Gaol and House of Correction

10 - Gaol and Sessions House at Knutsford: Plans - 1840, 1877

C - Coroners - 1837-1937

L - Licensing Committee

M - Committee Minutes

R - Roads and bridges

V - Vagrancy

X - Administration - Miscellaneous

C - Quarter Sessions: Clerk of the Peace

D - Quarter Sessions: Enrolment Registration and Deposit

J - Quarter Sessions: Judicial