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Collapse Z M - Mayor of Chester - 14th century - 2016Z M - Mayor of Chester - 14th century - 2016
A - Account book - 1757-1759
AB - Apprenticeship Registers - 1556-1982
AI - Apprenticeship Indentures - 1604-1915
Expand B - Mayors' Books - 1392-1874B - Mayors' Books - 1392-1874
BB - Assize of Bread - 1767-1768
Expand C - Civic duties - 1909-2000C - Civic duties - 1909-2000
CP - Mayors' Company Papers - 1514-1627
Expand F - Mayors' Files - 1497-1837F - Mayors' Files - 1497-1837
Expand FR - Freemen's Rolls and Registers - 1538-FR - Freemen's Rolls and Registers - 1538-
Expand IP - Inner Pentice Files - 1696-1816IP - Inner Pentice Files - 1696-1816
L - Mayors' Letters - 1546-1716
MP - Mayors' Military Papers - 1550-1679
OB - Mayors' Order Books - 1607-1627
P - Proclamations - 1604-1779
PE - Mayors' Petitions - 1581-1621
Expand PF - Portmote Court: Fine Files - 1520-1833PF - Portmote Court: Fine Files - 1520-1833
Expand PI - Mayors' Plate Indentures - 1670-1826PI - Mayors' Plate Indentures - 1670-1826
PM - Portmote Court Minute Book - 1836-1874
Expand PR - Portmote Court: Recovery Files - 1601-1833PR - Portmote Court: Recovery Files - 1601-1833
Expand R - Portmote Court Rolls - 1295-1563R - Portmote Court Rolls - 1295-1563
Collapse RM - Portmote Court: miscellaneous papersRM - Portmote Court: miscellaneous papers
1 - Complaint of William de Hawardyn re debt owed by William de Lauton - nd, c1396
2 - Fragment of plea Thomas [--] v John [--] re armed assault. - 1398
3 - Plaint by John, Abbot of Whalley, re dispossesion of messuage in Chester - nd, ?13th century
4 - Presentment by William Webunbury and Richard de Merston(?), coroners re drawing in the River Dee - nd, 14th century
5 - Petition to the Mayor asking for removal of case from Pentice to Portmote court - 1387-88
6 - Draft letter re house in Chester in which Isabel Doble lived - nd, 15th centruy
7 - Plaints, responses, pleadings, memoranda, accounts etc; many are incomplete, fragmentary, and/or damaged - c1526 - 1579
8 - Plaints, responses, pleadings, memoranda, accounts etc; many are incomplete, fragmentary, and/or damaged - c1580 -1657
9 - File of accounts of costs in cases of debt brought before the Pentice court and then removed to the Portmote court ; and writ re plea of debt 1606-7 - 1602 -1612
10 - File of draft concords etc re cases in Portmote court relating mainly to property in the city of Chester, but including Buerton Heathe etc; includes some relating to debt. - c1655 - 1664
11 - Plaints, responses, pleadings, memoranda, accounts etc; many are incomplete, fragmentary, and/or damaged - c1650 - 1710
12 - Plaints, responses, pleadings, memoranda, accounts etc; many are incomplete, fragmentary, and/or damaged - 1707 - 1805
13 - Documents re cases in Exchequer referred to Portmote for jury hearing - 1778 - 1841
14 - Papers re recoveries etc - 1808-1848
Expand SAF - Affidavit files - 1726-1799SAF - Affidavit files - 1726-1799
Expand SR - General Court Rolls - 1561-1867SR - General Court Rolls - 1561-1867
Expand V - Mayoress's Holiday Fund for Children - 1926-1935V - Mayoress's Holiday Fund for Children - 1926-1935
W - War Relief Fund - 1944-1973
Expand X - Lord Mayor of Chester Charity FundX - Lord Mayor of Chester Charity Fund
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