COURT OF RECORD

 

 

            A weekly Court of Record for the trial of civil actions was established by the charter of James I (see A21), to be held before the Bailiffs.  Under the charter of Charles II (see A22) the Court was held before the Mayor.  Section 118 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 William IV c.76) provided for the continuation of the Court, but no records of any court proceedings have survived.

 

 

B1

Court Roll                                   1 roll (20 membranes)

 

 

Jun. 1661 - Oct. 1662

B2

Court Books                                                        2 vols.

 

1714 - 1832

B2/1

May 1714 - Apr. 1757

     At end: certificate of swearing in of George Dorset, gent., as Deputy Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Peace, 22 Feb. 1744/5; copy of order of Oswestry Quarter Sessions to John Piggot, Keeper of the Prison, to bring John Owen, one of his prisoners, into court to be released, 2 Sep. 1743.

 

 

B2/2

Apr. 1757 - Oct. 1832

     At front: rules to be observed where the debt is above the 40s.; form of attorney’s oath; copy of certificate of proceedings out of the Court of Record into Superior Courts by writ of Certiorari; memorandum of proceedings at Oswestry Quarter Sessions against William Price of Oswestry, innkeeper, and others, for riotous assembly in Bailey Street Ward, and damage to the property of Robert Conway, innkeeper, 1781.

 

 

 

B3

Rules                                                                   2 vols.

 

1843

B3/1

Rules of the Court and Schedule of Forms.

 

 

     Approved by J.R. Kenyon, Recorder, 10 Jul. 1843; allowed  and confirmed by N. C. Tindal, Edwd. H. Alderson, J. Patteson, 20 Jul. 1843.

 

 

B3/2

Printed version of /1.

 

 

 

B4

 

Miscellanea                                                       13 docs.

1828 - 1867

B4/1

Memorandum from M. Rogers concerning a motion for further time in the suit Bickley and another v. Parry.

 

29 Feb. 1828

 

 

B4/2

Memorandum from M. Rogers concerning suits Richard Morris v. Richard Payne and Francis Williams v. John Evans.

 

 

18 Dec. 1828

 

     Endorsed: memorandum of suit against Edward Summerfield, farmer, 19 Jan. 1829.

 

 

B4/3

Memorandum from Milward Rogers to the effect that he is acting for the plaintiff in the suit Thomas Morris v. Thomas Evans.

 

 

[Sep. 1829]

 

B4/4

Complaint of Thomas Morris in the same suit.

18 Sep. 1829

 

B4/5 -8

Financial memoranda.

1829, undated

 

B4/9

Printed Table of Fees for Shrewsbury Court of Record.

Jan. 1839

 

B4/10

 

Form of Plaintiff’s Bill of Costs.

 [watermark 1846]

B4/11

Notice of Court Session to be held 30 Dec. 1865

 

13 Dec. 1865

B4/12, 13

Notices of Court Sessions to be held 29 Jun. and 11 Oct. 1867.

 

 

11 Jun. 1867