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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 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
Collapse CI - Coroners' Inquests. - c1442-1839CI - Coroners' Inquests. - c1442-1839
Expand 1 - Coroners Inquests. - 1519-15401 - Coroners Inquests. - 1519-1540
Expand 2 - Coroners Inquests. - 1549-15522 - Coroners Inquests. - 1549-1552
Expand 3 - This bundle is largely illegible. - 1560-15753 - This bundle is largely illegible. - 1560-1575
Expand 4 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1582-15844 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1582-1584
Expand 5 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1585-15865 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1585-1586
Expand 6 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1588-15956 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1588-1595
Expand 7 - This bundle is faded. - 1594-15957 - This bundle is faded. - 1594-1595
Expand 8 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1602-16048 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1602-1604
Expand 9 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1610-16179 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1610-1617
Expand 10 - This bundle on paper, in English. - 1613-163610 - This bundle on paper, in English. - 1613-1636
Expand 11 - Paper, ff.2,3,4a,b, rep. M.S. 1952. - 1658-166811 - Paper, ff.2,3,4a,b, rep. M.S. 1952. - 1658-1668
Collapse 12 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1669-167312 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1669-1673
1 - Coroners' warrant. - April 25th 1669
2 - John Hulton and John Maddocke on John Shone, fell from his horse into the river near Dee Lane. - 25 April 1669
3 - Note re case of debt. - May 12th 1669
4 - Coroners' warrant. - 24 May 1669
5 - Examinations concerning death of John Morgell. - 24 May 1669
6 - The same on John Morgell, prisoner in Northgate gaol for debt, who fell on the stairs going to bed and died the next morning. N.B. Thomas Jones, barber-surgeon, contended that he died by the visitation of God, and not from the fall. - 24 May 1669
7 - Coroners' warrant; to the 'Black Lyon' in Boughton. - June 22 1669
8 - List of jurors warned. - n.d.
9 - The same on Catherinea Matthews, hanged herself. - June 22nd 1669
10 - Coroners' warrant. - Oct 5th 1669
11 - The same on a certain Ellicius, surname unknown, drowned by a high tide - 5 Oct 1669
12 - The same on Elizabeth Powell, prisoner in Northgate for last six years on charge of witchcraft, died from various ailments and from the long period of her detention. - March 7th 1670
13 - Coroners' warrant. - 5 April 1670
14 - The same on William Wainwright, prisoner in Northgate for debt, died from natural causes. - 5 April 1670
15 - Coroners' warrant. - April 8th 1670
16 - The same on Samuel Islecroft, drowned in the Dee. - 8 April 1670
17 - The same on Thomas Baker, died of a rapier thrust. - May 20th 1670
18 - Examinations concerning death of Richard Broster. - May 24th 1670
19 - The same on Richard Broster, a child of nine who got hold of some rat poison (arsenic) and ate it, thinking it to be sugar. - 24 May 1670
20 - The same on John Davies, slater, fell off a ladder. - May 28th 1671
21 - The same on James Dee, fell from a horse into the Dee near 'Le Port Poole'.-out of sequence.- - June 20th 1671
22 - Examination concerning deathof Edward Tittle. - July 28th 1670
23 - Draft of inquest. - n.d.
24 - The same on Edward Tittle, killed when he fell from a cartload of coals. - 28 July 1870
25 - The same on William Gwynne, drowned when taking a cartload of coals across the Dee from the Welsh shore. - n.d.
26 - Coroners' warrant. - Dec 25th 1670
27 - The same on Joseph Foster, tobacco cutter, died from natural causes while in the Northgate gaol. - 25 Dec 1670
28 - The same on Robert Robinson, died of various ailments. - Feb 23rd 1671
29 - Coroners' warrant. - Feb 28th 1671
30 - The same on Joseph Cope, son of Joseph Cope, silkweaver, fell from horse into the Dee and was drowned. - 28 Feb 1871
31 - Coroners' warrant. - 11 March 1671
32 - The same on Thomas Swinburne, prisoner in Northgate for debt, died from natural causes. - 11 March 1671
33 - The same on Jane Jones, drowned in the Dee. - see f.21.- - May 10th 1671
34 - Examination concerning death of Richard Maddock, son of Alderman Maddock. - June 28th 1671
35 - Coroners' warrant. - 28 June 1671
36 - John Hulton on Richard Maddock, fell from his horse, died later. - [28] 1671
37 - Coroners' warrant. - Aug 14th 1671
38 - Examination concerning death of Richard Morris. (note of two Chester brass pennies found with other articles on his person.) - 14 Aug 1871
39 - John Hulton and John Maddocke on Richard Morris, fell from his horse into the Dee. - Aug 14th 1671
40 - John Hulton on Richard Farrington, bricklayer, died from natural causes. - 29 Sep 1671
41 - - - - on an unknown man, found drowned, presumably accidentally. - April 1672
42 - John Hulton and John Maddocke on William Catherall, joiner, died of a fall from a high 'periel' in St. Oswald's. - May 1st 1672
43 - The same on Anne Parry, drowned while crossing Blacon ford. - May 20th 1672
44 - Coroners' warrant. - June 23rd 1672
45 - The same on John Lloyd, drowned in the Dee. - 23rd June 1672
46 - The same on William Forshaw, fell from horse into the Dee. - 13 Sep 1672
47 - Examination concerning death of Henry Young - several young men had gone sailing and stuck on a bank near Shotwick. They left the boat, one, the examinee, got to another vessel, the other three tried to get to Shotwick. Henry Young's body found, the other two missing. - Dec 10th 1672
48 - The same on Henry Young and Thomas Watmough (whose body must have turned up.) - [December 1672]
49 - John Maddocke and Robert Caddick on Henry Cope, prisoner in Northgate on plea of trespass upon the case, died from natural causes. - Jan 9th 1673
50 - John Hulton and John Maddocke on Edward Oliver, labourer, Thomas Gardiner, labourer. William Lloyd, Samuel Bennett, labourer, John Jones, labourer, James Lloyd, Charles Sunderland, labourer, Nicholas Boulton and Richard Warburton, labourer, killed when confusion arose as a large number of people, who had gathered at the Common Hall to elect a Member of Parliament, tried to descend the stairs all at once, and fell on top of each other. - 10 Feb 1673
51 - Coroners' Warrant. - 15 Feb 1673
52 - The same on Thomas Bayly, labourer, killed on some occasion as in f.50. - 15 Feb 1673
53 - Coroners' warrant. - March 2nd 1672/3
54 - Jury list. - March 3rd 1672/3
55 - John Hulton on Susan Fletcher, accidentally fell into a tub of fermenting beer, and her body was 'ita glabrosa' that she took ill and died. - 3rd March 1672/3
56 - John Hulton and John Maddocke on an unknown person, fell out of a boat and was drowned. - May 13th 1673
57 - John Maddock and Robert Caddock on Elizabeth Marsh, widow, drowned while filling a crock from the Dee. - May 16th 1673
58 - John Hulton and John Maddock on Josua Taylor, barber surgeon, prisoner in Northgate for last five years, died from natural causes and on account of length of his detention. - July 16th 1673
Expand 13 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1674-167713 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1674-1677
Expand 14 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1677-168414 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1677-1684
Expand 15 - Coroners Inquests. - 1686-168715 - Coroners Inquests. - 1686-1687
Expand 16 - Coroners' Inquests - 1690-170116 - Coroners' Inquests - 1690-1701
Expand 17 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1701-170817 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1701-1708
Expand 18 - Coroner's Inquests - 1708-171418 - Coroner's Inquests - 1708-1714
Expand 19 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1715-172619 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1715-1726
Expand 20 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1727-174020 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1727-1740
Expand 21 - Coroners' Inquests - 1740 - 174921 - Coroners' Inquests - 1740 - 1749
Expand 22 - Coroners' Inquests - 1751 - 175922 - Coroners' Inquests - 1751 - 1759
Expand 23 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1760 -176923 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1760 -1769
Expand 24 - Coroner's Inquests - 1770 -177524 - Coroner's Inquests - 1770 -1775
Expand 25 - Coroner's Inquests - 1776-177925 - Coroner's Inquests - 1776-1779
Expand 26 - Coroner's Inquests - 1780 -178926 - Coroner's Inquests - 1780 -1789
Expand 27 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1790-179827 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1790-1798
Expand 28 - Coroner's Inquests - 1811-181928 - Coroner's Inquests - 1811-1819
Expand 29 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1822-182629 - Coroner's Inquests. - 1822-1826
Expand 30 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1837-183930 - Coroners' Inquests. - 1837-1839
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
Expand JC - Commissions of the Peace - 1836-1970JC - Commissions of the Peace - 1836-1970
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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