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A - Administration
Expand AA - Assessments: Wage Rates - 1575AA - Assessments: Wage Rates - 1575
Expand AB - City of Chester Probation Committee - 1928 - 1957AB - City of Chester Probation Committee - 1928 - 1957
Expand AG - Gaol and House of Correction - 1808-1872AG - Gaol and House of Correction - 1808-1872
Expand AP - Point of Air Lighthouse Trust - 1775-1889AP - Point of Air Lighthouse Trust - 1775-1889
Expand AR - River Dee - 1800-1831AR - River Dee - 1800-1831
Expand AS - Quarter Sessions: Administration: Special Sessions - 1864-1880AS - Quarter Sessions: Administration: Special Sessions - 1864-1880
Expand C - Chester City Coroner - 1442-1973C - Chester City Coroner - 1442-1973
Expand CI - Coroners' Inquests. - c1442-1839CI - Coroners' Inquests. - c1442-1839
Expand CR - Crownmote Court Rolls - 1316-1611CR - Crownmote Court Rolls - 1316-1611
F - Finance
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J - Justices of the Peace
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R - Registration and Deposit
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Expand RP - Deposited plans - 1772-1935RP - Deposited plans - 1772-1935
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Expand RTC - Transportation Contracts - 1764-1775RTC - Transportation Contracts - 1764-1775
S - Court in Session
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Collapse SF - Quarter Sessions Files - 1488-1971SF - Quarter Sessions Files - 1488-1971
1 - Miscellaneous file - 1488-1508
2 - William Sneyde, Mayor, Richard Sneyde, Recorder - 1531-2
3 - William Goodman, Mayor, Richard Sneyde, Recorder - 1532-1533
4 - Henry Gee, Mayor, Richard Sneyde, Recorder - 1533-4
5 - Ralph Rogerson, Mayor, Richard Sneyde, Recorder - 1534-5
6 - Sir Thomas Smith, Mayor, Richard Sneyde, Recorder - 1535-6
7 - William Goodman, Mayor, Richard Sneyde, Recorder - 1536-7
8 - David Middleton, Mayor, Ralph Waryne, Recorder - 1538-1539
9 - Miscellaneous file - 1540-1544
10 - Miscellaneous file - 1540-1
11 - Lawrence Smith, Mayor, Ralph Waryne, Recorder - 1540
12 - Lawrence Smith, Mayor, Ralph Waryne, Recorder - 1540
13 - William Sneyde, Mayor, Ralph Waryne, Recorder - 1543-4
14 - William Holcroft and John Walley, Mayors, Ralph Waryne, Recorder - 1545-6
15 - Thomas Aldersey, Mayor - 1549-1550
16 - William Glazier, Mayor, Richard Sneyde, Recorder - 1551-2
17 - Miscellaneous file - 1552-3
18 - Miscellaneous file - 1548-1554
19 - Fulk Dutton, Mayor, Richard Sneyde and William Gerard, Recorders - 1554-5
20 - John Smith, Mayor, William Gerard, Recorder - 1555-6
21 - John Webster, Mayor, William Gerard, Recorder - 1556-7
22 - John Cowper, Mayor, William Gerard, Recorder - 1561-2
23 - Miscellaneous file - 1560-1566
24 - Thomas Green, Mayor, William Gerard, Recorder - 1565-6
25 - Richard Dutton, Mayor, William Gerard, Recorder - 1567-8
26 - John Hanky, Mayor, William Gerard, Recorder - 1571-2
27 - Richard Dutton, Mayor, William Gerard, Recorder - 1575-4
28 - Sir John Savage, Mayor, William Gerard, Recorder - 1574-5
29 - Henry Hardware, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1575/6
30 - John Harvey, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1576-7
31 - Thomas Bellin, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1577-1578
32 - Miscellaneous file - 1572-5
33 - William Jewet, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1578-9
34 - William Styles, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1582-3
35 - Valentine Broughton, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1584-5
36 - Edmund Gamull, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1585-6
37 - Robert Brerewood, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1587-8
38 - Robert Brock and William Hamnet, Mayors, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1588-9
39 - William Cotgreave, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1589-1590
40 - William Massy, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1590-1
41 - Thomas Lyniall, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1591-2
42 - John Fitton, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1592-3
43 - David Lloyd, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1593-4
44 - Fulk Aldersey, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1594-5
45 - William Aldersey, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder Many documents illegible - 1595-6
46 - Thomas Smith, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder. Many documents illegible - 1596-7
47 - Sir John Savage and Thomas Fletcher, Mayors, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1597-8
48 - Henry Hardware, Mayor, Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1599-1600
49 - Miscellaneous file - c1561-1629
50 - Robert Brerewood and Richard Bavand, Mayors, and Richard Birkenhead, Recorder - 1600-1601
51 - John Ratcliffe, Mayor, Thomas Lawton, Recorder - 1601-2
52 - Hugh Glaseor, Mayor, Thomas Lawton, Recorder - 1602-3
53 - John Aldersey, Mayor, Thomas Lawton, Recorder - 1603-4
54 - Edward Dutton, Mayor, Thomas Lawton, Recorder - 1604/5
55 - John Littler, Mayor, Thomas Lawton, died, Thomas Gamull, succeeded, Recorder - 1605-6
56 - Sir John Savage, Mayor, Thomas Gamull, Recorder - 1607-8
57 - William Gamull, Mayor, Thomas Gamull, Recorder - 1608-9
58 - William Leicester, Mayor, Thomas Gamull, Recorder - 1609-10
59 - Thomas Harvey, Mayor, Thomas Gamull, Recorder - 1610-11
60 - John Ratcliffe, Mayor, Thomas Gamull, Recorder - 1611-1612
61 - Miscellaneous file containing a few constables' presentments and Crownmote examinations, but mainly relating to cases in the Portmote and Pentice Courts, i.e. strays from the Mayors' and Sheriffs' Files. - 1611-13
62 - Robert Whitby, Mayor, Thomas Gamull, Recorder - 1612-13
63 - William Aldersey, the younger, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1613-14
64 - William Aldersey, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1614-15
65 - Thomas Throppe, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder. - 1615-16
66 - Edward Button, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1616-17
67 - Charles Fitten, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1617-18
68 - Hugh Williamson, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1619-20
69 - William Gamull, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1620-21
70 - Sir Thomas Smith, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1622-3
71 - John Brereton, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1623-4
72 - Peter Drinkwater, Mayor Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1624-5
73 - Richard Dutton, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1627-8
74 - John Ratcliffe, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1628-9
75 - Christopher Blease, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1629-1630
76 - Charles Walley, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1630-1
77 - Thomas Knowles, Mayor, Edward Whitby, Recorder - 1635-6
78 - Thomas Aldersey, Mayor, 1640-1 Thomas Cowper, Mayor 1641-2, and William Ince, Mayor, 1642-3, William Brerewood, Recorder. In parchment wrapper endorsed 'The Quarter Sessions File in the year 1641: 1642 Thomas Cowper maior'. - 1640-3
79 - Miscellaneous file Peter Leigh, Mayor 1656-7, Thomas Minshull, Mayor 1657-8 [John Ratcliffe], Recorder - 1656-8
80 - Richard Harrison, Mayor 1667-8 to William Wilson, Mayor, 1671-2, William Williams, Recorder. - 1667-1672
81 - Gawen Hudson, Mayor, 1672-3, Thomas Simpson, Mayor, 1673-4, William Williams, Recorder. - 1672-4
82 - Thomas Simpson, Mayor, William Williams, Recorder. - 1673-4
83 - Richard Wright, Mayor, 1674-5 to George Mainwaring, Mayor, 1681-2, William Williams, Recorder. - 1674-1682
84 - Sir Thomas Grosvenor, Mayor, 1684-5, William Wilson, Mayor, 1685-6 and Edward Oulton, Mayor, 1686-7, Sir Edward Lutwych, Recorder, 1684-6, Richard Levinge, Recorder, 1686-7. - 1684-1687
85 - Edward Oulton, Mayor, 1686-7, and Hugh Starkey, Mayor, 1687-8, Richard Levinge, Recorder. - 1686-1688
86 - William Street, Mayor, 1688-9, to Henry, Earl of Warrington, Mayor, 1691-2. Sir William Williams, Recorder, Edward Wynne, Deputy Recorder 1688-9. Griffith Williams, Deputy Recorder, 1688-1692. - 1688-1692
87 - Roger Whitley, Mayor, Sir William Williams, Recorder, John Williams, Deputy Recorder - 1692-3
88 - Roger Whitley, Mayor, Sir William Williams, Recorder, John Williams, Deputy Recorder - 1695-6
89 - Peter Vennett, Mayor, 1696-7, to William Bennett, Mayor, 1699-1700, Sir William Williams, Recorder, John Williams, Deputy Recorder. - 1696-1700
90 - Miscellaneous file - c1656-1737
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92 - Richard Oulton and Hugh Starkey, Mayors, 1700-1, to Puleston Partington, Mayor, 1706-7, Roger Comberbach, Recorder. - 1700-1707
93 - Humphrey Page, Mayor, 1707-8, to John Stringer, Mayor, 1713-14, Roger Comberbach, Recorder. - 1707-1714
94 - John Stringer, Mayor, 1713-14 to Joseph Hodgson, Mayor, 1717-18, Roger Comberbach, Recorder. - 1713-1718
95 - Alexander Denton, Mayor, 1718-19 to Robert Pigot, Mayor, 1723-4. Roger Comberbach, Recorder, died Jan. 1719/20. Thomas Mather Recorder from Jan. 1719/20. - 1718-1724
96 - Robert Pigot, Mayor, 1723-4 to John Parker, Mayor 1726-7. Thomas Mather, Recorder. - 1723-1727
97 - James Comberbach, Mayor, 1727-8 to Trafford Massie Mayor, 1731-2. Thomas Mather, Recorder. - 1727-1732
98 - George Johnson, Mayor, 1732-3 to John Cotgreave, Mayor, 1735-6. Thomas Mather, Recorder. - 1732-1736
99 - Sir W.W. Wynn, Mayor, 1736-7 to John Marsden, Mayor, 1739-40. Thomas Mather, Recorder. - 1736-1740
100 - Thomas Duke, Mayor, 1740-1 to Thomas Maddock, Mayor, 1744-5. Thomas Mather, Recorder to 1745, William Falconer, Recorder from Sept. 1745. - 1740-1745
101 - Edward Griffith, Mayor, William Falconer, Recorder. - 1748-9
102 - John Hallwood, Mayor, 1750-1, to William Cowper, Mayor 1754-5. William Falconer, Recorder to 1754, Robert Townsend, Recorder from 1756. - 1750-1755
103 - William Cowper, 1754-5, to Henry Hesketh, Mayor, 1762-3. Robert Townsend, Recorder. - 1754-1763
104 - Holmes Burrows, Mayor 1763-4, to Charles Boswell, Mayor, 1768-9. Robert Townsend, Recorder. - 1763-1769
105 - Charles Boswell, Mayor, 1768-9, to Joseph Dyson, Mayor, 1774-5. Robert Townsend, Recorder. - 1768-1775
106 - Joseph Dyson, Mayor 1774-5, to Gabriel Smith, Mayor, 1779-80. Robert Townsend, Recorder. - 1774-1780
107 - Joseph Snow, Mayor, 1780-1, to Thomas Edwards, Mayor, 1786-7. Robert Townsend, Recorder. - 1780-1787
108 - John Hallwood, Mayor, 1787-8, to John Bramwell, Mayor, 1798-9, Thomas Cowper, Recorder, 1787-8, Foster Bowens, Recorder, 1788-1795, and Hugh Leycester, Recorder from 1795. - 1787-1799
109 - Daniel Smith, Mayor, 1799-1800, to John Larden, Mayor, 1801-2, Hugh Leycester, Recorder. - 1799-1802
110 - Miscellaneous file - c1737-1826
111 - Robert Hodgson, Mayor, 1802-3, to William Edwards, Mayor, 1804-5. Hugh Leycester, Recorder. - 1802-1805
112 - William Edwards, Mayor, 1804-5, to Thomas Rathbone, Mayor, 1806-7. Hugh Leycester, Recorder. - 1804-1807
113 - Robert, Earl Grosvenor, Mayor 1807-8, and William Neville, Mayor, 1808-9. Hugh Leycester, Recorder. - 1807-9
114 - Thomas Evans, Mayor, 1809-10. Hugh Leycester, Recorder. - 1809-10
115 - General Thomas Grosvenor, Mayor, 1810-11 and Robert Bowers, Mayor, 1811-12. Hugh Leycester, Recorder. - 1810-10
116 - Samuel Bennett, Mayor, 1812-13. Hugh Leycester, Recorder. - 1812-13
117 - Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Mayor 1813-14, Hugh Leycester, Recorder. - 1813-14
118 - Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Mayor, 1813-14 and John Bedward, Mayor, 1814-15, Hugh Leycester, Recorder, resigned 1814, David Francis Jones, Recorder from 1814. - 1813-1815
119 - John Cotgreave, Mayor, 1815-16, and Thomas Francis, Mayor, 1816-17. David Francis Jones, Recorder. - 1815-17
120 - Henry Bowers, Mayor, 1817-18, and Henry Bradford, Mayor, 1818-19. David Francis Jones, Recorder. - 1817-19
121 - William Williamson, Mayor, 1819-20. William Seller, Mayor, 1820-1. David Francis Jones, Recorder, to 1820. Samuel Tate Benyon, Recorder, from 1820. - 1819-21
122 - John S. Rogers, Mayor, 1821-2, William Massey, Mayor, 1822-3. Samuel Tate Benyon, Recorder, to 1822. Richard Tyrshitt, Recorder from 1822. - 1821-23
123 - Robert Morris, Mayor, 1823-4, Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder. - 1823-4
124 - George Harrison, Mayor, 1824-5. Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder - Apr Aug, 1825
125 - John Fletcher, Mayor, 1825-6. Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder - Apr Aug, 1826
126 - John Londen and Thomas Francis, Mayors, 1826-7. Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder. - Apr Sep 1827
127 - Quarter Sessions Files: Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder. - 1828
128 - Quarter Sessions Files, Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder. - Apr 1829
129 - Quarter Sessions File. Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder. - Apr Aug 1830
130 - Quarter Sessions File. Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder. - Mar Aug 1831
131 - Miscellaneous Quarter Sessions documents found loose. - 1832
132 - Miscellaneous Quarter Sessions documents found loose. - 1833
133 - Miscellaneous Quarter Sessions documents found loose. - 1834
134 - Quarter Sessions File. Richard Tyrwhitt, Recorder. Also miscellaneous documents found loose. - 1835
135 - Miscellaneous Quarter Sessions documents found loose. John Cottingham, Recorder. - 1836
136 - Quarter Sessions file. - Oct 1837
137 - Quarter Sessions files. - 1838
138 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1839
139 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1840
140 - Quarter Sessions Files. William Newland Welsby, Recorder. - 1841
141 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1842
142 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1843
143 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1844
144 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1845
145 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1846
146 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1847
147 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1848
148 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1849
149 - Quarter Sessions files - 1850
150 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1851
151 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1852
152 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1853
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155 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1856
156 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1857
157 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1858
158 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1859
159 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1860
160 - Quarter Sessions Files - Dec 1860-Oct 1861
161 - Quarter Sessions Files - Dec 1861-Oct 1862
162 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1863
163 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1864
164 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1865
165 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1866
166 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1867
167 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1868
168 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1869
169 - Quarter Sessions Files - Dec 1869-Oct 1870
170 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1871
171 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1872
172 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1873
173 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1874
174 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1875
175 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1876
176 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1877
177 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1878
178 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1879
179 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1880
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182 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1883
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187 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1888
188 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1889
189 - Quarter Sessions Files - June, Oct 1890
190 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1891
191 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1892
192 - Quarter Sessions Files - Dec 1892-Oct 1893
193 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1894
194 - Quarter Sessions Files. - 1895
195 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1896
196 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1897
197 - Quarter Sessions Files - Dec 1897-Oct 1898
198 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1899
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266 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1967
267 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1968
268 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1969
269 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1970
270 - Quarter Sessions Files - 1971
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Expand SPE - Quarter Sessions Fine Rolls - 1561-1634SPE - Quarter Sessions Fine Rolls - 1561-1634
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