Records of the Staffordshire County Quarter Sessions
- Located At: Staffordshire Record Office
- Document Reference Number: Q
- Level: Collection
- Format: Local Authorities
- Description: Overview of collection:
ADMINISTRATION Q/A
Bridges Q/AB
Committees Q/AC (for after 1875 see Q/SBp)
relief of distress (voluntary) Q/ACd
finance Q/ACf
gaol and visiting Q/ACg
police Q/ACp
county rate Q/ACr
Shire hall and judge's house Q/ACs
various Q/ACv
County Property Q/AE
Gaol Q/AG
Highways Q/AH
Lunacy Q/AI
county asylums Q/AIc
private asylums Q/AIp
Minor Functions Q/AM
disease of animals Q/AMd
militia Q/AMm
weights and measures Q/AMw
Police
administration and returns to Chief Constable Q/APr
police stations Q/APs
Shire Hall and Judge's House Q/AS
CLERK OF THE PEACE Q/C
Assizes Q/CA
Correspondence Q/CC
with government Q/CCg
concerning Justices' qualifications Q/CCj
letter books, out letters Q/CCo
Fees and Accounts Q/CF
Miscellanea including private practice papers Q/CM
FINANCE
General Accounts Q/FA
general accounts, without constabulary Q/FAa
general accounts including constabulary Q/FAg
lunacy rate Q/FAl
miscellaneous, including printed and prosecution costs. Q/FAm
Returns of prosecution costs Q/FAr
Treasurer's Correspondence Q/FC
County Rates Q/FR
abstracts Q/FRa
ratebooks Q/FRb
correspondence Q/FRc
notes Q/FRn
precepts Q/FRp
parish returns of rateable value Q/FRr
calculating tables Q/FRt
notices of new County Rate Basis Q/FRx
bills of costs and invoices presented to County Rate Committee Q/FRy
miscellaneous Q/FRz
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE Q/J
Commissions Q/JC
ENROLMENT, REGISTRATION AND DEPOSIT Q/R
Crime Q/RC
convictions Q/RCc
convictions under Juvenile Offenders Act Q/RCj
registers Q/RCr
Deeds and Awards Q/RD
inclosure awards [calendared see Twinlock binders] Q/RDc
mines, drainage awards Q/RDd
deeds, inclosure agreements, wills, etc. Q/RDm
partition agreements Q/RDp
Highways Q/RH
diversion, closing and widening [calendared see Twinlock binders] Q/RHd
Insanity Q/RI
registers of lunatics Q/RI
Jurors Q/RJ
special juries Q/RJa
jury books Q/RJb
original returns of those liable for jury service Q/RJr
Licensed Tradesment Q/RL
badgers and other dealers Q/RLb
slaughterhouse keepers Q/RLs
victuallers and alehousekeepers Q/RLv
Officers' Appointments Q/RO
exemptions from office Q/ROe
lists of officers Q/ROl
militia officers Q/ROm
Parliamentary Elections Q/RP
annuities Q/RPa
elections Q/RPe
Land tax assessments Q/RPl
miscellanea Q/RPm
electors, registration Q/RPr
Religion Q/RR
oaths, declarations, sacrament Q/RRo
certificates
papists Q/RRp
recusancy rolls Q/RRr
Charities and Societies Q/RS
building societies Q/RSb
charities Q/RSc
scientific and literary societies Q/RSe
friendly societies Q/RSf
loan societies Q/RSl
freemasons Q/RSm
schools Q/RSp
savings banks Q/RSs
Taxation Q/RT
game duty (game certificates) Q/RTg
Public Undertakings Q/RU
company accounts Q/RUa
boats and barges Q/RUb
gas meters (under 22 & 23 Vic. c.66) Q/RUg
plans of schemes [calendared see Twinlock binders] Q/RUm
navigations Q/RUn
acts and orders [calendared see Twinlock binders] Q/RUo
turnpike trusts Q/RUt
THE COURT IN SESSION Q/S
Sessions Bundles Q/SB
depositions Q/SBd
bundles, early series to 1767 Q/SBe
later or main series Q/SB1
miscellaneous Q/SBm
printed orders, minutes, reports Q/SBp
selected documents - certificates of costs, removal orders Q/SBs
Sessions Minute Books Q/SM
early series Q/SMe
later series Q/SM1
Sessions Order Books Q/SO
main series Q/SO
drafts for order books Q/SOd
printed Q/SOp
varia Q/SOv
Process, Recognisance and Cognate Records Q/SP
appeals and Traverses Q/SPa
process books Q/SPb
calendars of prisoners (bound) Q/SPc
estreats of fines Q/SPe
lists of indictments and estreated recognisances Q/SPi
judgment rolls and books Q/SPj
appealed in and removed to King's bench Q/SPk
minutes of evidence Q/SPm
prosecution briefs Q/SPp
recognisance rolls and registers Q/SPr
traverse rolls and books Q/SPt
Session Rolls Q/SR
Sessions Miscellanea Q/SV
Note on dating : when the collection was originally catalogued many of the documents were dated by the Sessions to which they related. Because the electronic catalogue does not recognise such dating, the following convention has been applied : Epiphany is given as January, Easter as April, Translation as July and Michaelmas as October, as these are the months in which these Sessions normally were held. - Category:Magistrates courts
- Category:Local government
- Legal Status: public
- Reproduction Conditions: Any questions concerning the publication of images of documents in this collection should be directed to the County Archivist, Staffordshire Record Office, Eastgate Street, Stafford ST16 2 LZ.
- Accession Number: SRO W1
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