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All the documents in the The National Archives
have a unique reference composed of letters and numbers. The first
part of a reference is the code for the originating government department.
The next part is for the series, followed by sub-series, sub-sub-series,
piece and then item.
C is the Department code
for Chancery (legal administration of the Crown and Court of Chancery),
1085-2001.
6 is the Series code
for Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings before 1714,
Collins, c1625-1714.
The documents now in C 6 were originally kept
in 611 bundles. The number assigned to each bundle now forms part
of each reference - as in C 6/1, C 6/2 etc. Each bundle contained
many individual law suits, expressed as C 6/1/1, C 6/1/2, etc.
C6/1/1-359/69 means the range of documents from C 6/1/1 to C 6/359/69 - that is, the first 360 original bundles.
C6/360/1-419/121 means the range of documents from C 6/360/1 to C 6/419/121 - that is, the original bundles 360 to 419.
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