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Collapse ZQ - Chester Quarter SessionsZQ - Chester Quarter Sessions
A - Administration
Expand AA - Assessments: Wage Rates - 1575AA - Assessments: Wage Rates - 1575
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
Expand FA - Accounts - 1828-1836FA - Accounts - 1828-1836
J - Justices of the Peace
Collapse JC - Commissions of the Peace - 1836-1970JC - Commissions of the Peace - 1836-1970
1 - Letters patent from William IV to the mayor of Chester and the mayor for the time being, 'our most dear cousin and councillor' Robert Marquis of Westminster, Thomas Dixon of Littleton, banker, Edward Samuel Walker, lead merchant, William Cross, distiller, George Harrison, surgeon, George Brydges Granville, banker, William Brown, draper, and Robert Morris, painter, all of Chester, appointing them justices of the peace for the city of Chester. Great seal in skippet - in fragments. - 17 March 1836
2 - Letters patent from Queen Victoria to the mayor of Chester and the mayor for the time being, 'Our most dear cousin and councillor' Robert Marquis of Westminster, Thomas Dixon, banker, Edward Samuel Walker, lead merchant, William Cross, distiller, George Harrison, surgeon, George Brydges Granville, banker, William Brown, draper, Robert Morris, painter, [John Uniacke, John Clemison, Edward Francis French, Charles Gamon, Henry Raikes, Edward Roberts and Bevis Thelwall, esqs.] appointing them justices of the peace for the city of Chester. Great seal in leather bag - in fragments. Names in square bracket interlined. - 15 Nov 1837
3 - Letters patent from Queen Victoria to the mayor of Chester and the mayor for the time being, 'our most dear cousin' Richard Marquis of Westminster, Thomas Dixon, banker, William Cross, distiller, George Harrison, surgeon, William Brown, draper, Robert Morris, painter, John Clemison, Edward Francis French, Charles Gamon, Henry Raikes, Edward Roberts, Bevis Thelwall, Charles Potts, William Wardell, William Henry Brown [name crossed through], [Victor Alexander Grosvenor commonly called Earl Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, commonly called Earl Grosvenor, Sir Edward Samuel Walker, knt., Richard Phillips Jones, Llewelyn Jones, Thomas Davies Colley, doctors of physic,] *Henry Kelsall, Edward Tilstone, John Williams, Philip Stapleton Humberston, John Rogers and John Lloyd, Colonel in the East India Company Service, esqs., Edward Claudius Walker, Robert Roy Arthur Potts, Meadows Frost, esqs., John Trevor, gentleman, William Maysmor Williams and Robert Frost, esqs., Edward Stokes Roberts, John Smith, esqs., John Harrison, surgeon, William Johnson, esq., of Dee Mills, Thomas Gibbons Frost, esq., Francis Arthur Dickson, esq., William McEwan, M.D., Albert Wood, Joseph Oakes and Enoch R. Gibbon Salisbury, esqs., Thomas Finchett Maddock, esq., Charles Dutton, William Wynne Foulkes, Robert Nicholson, John Thompson, esqs., appointing them justices of the peace for the city of Chester. Great seal in leather container showing imprint. - 2 Dec 1845
4 - Letters patent from Queen Victoria to the mayor of Chester now and for the time being and the persons named on the schedule hereto appointing them justices of the peace for the city of Chester. - 1 March 1878
5 - Bundle of correspondence relating to the appointment of Justices of the Peace - 1891-1970
6 - Wooden box, ?original container, inscribed 'Commission Peace 1869'. - 1869
Expand JD - Declarations - 1860-1901JD - Declarations - 1860-1901
R - Registration and Deposit
Expand RJ - Jurors - 1608-1817RJ - Jurors - 1608-1817
Expand RL - Licenced Victuallers - 1552-1833RL - Licenced Victuallers - 1552-1833
Expand RP - Deposited plans - 1772-1935RP - Deposited plans - 1772-1935
Expand RR - Sacrament Certificates - 1673-1789RR - Sacrament Certificates - 1673-1789
Expand RTB - Transportation Bonds - 1731-1775RTB - Transportation Bonds - 1731-1775
Expand RTC - Transportation Contracts - 1764-1775RTC - Transportation Contracts - 1764-1775
S - Court in Session
Expand SE - Examinations and Depositions - 1522-1858SE - Examinations and Depositions - 1522-1858
Expand SF - Quarter Sessions Files - 1488-1971SF - Quarter Sessions Files - 1488-1971
Expand SM - Sessions Books Minute Books - 1814-1865SM - Sessions Books Minute Books - 1814-1865
Expand SMP - Sesions Books Register of Prisoners - 1853-1872SMP - Sesions Books Register of Prisoners - 1853-1872
Expand SMR - Sessions Books - Recognizance Book - 1780-1798SMR - Sessions Books - Recognizance Book - 1780-1798
Expand SO - Order Books - 1799-1866SO - Order Books - 1799-1866
Expand SP - Process Records Register of Prosecutions, etc.SP - Process Records Register of Prosecutions, etc.
Expand SPE - Quarter Sessions Fine Rolls - 1561-1634SPE - Quarter Sessions Fine Rolls - 1561-1634
Expand SPT - Petitions mainly for poor relief or for exemption from poor rate, 16th century. - 1563-1594SPT - Petitions mainly for poor relief or for exemption from poor rate, 16th century. - 1563-1594
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