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- Bankrupts and insolvent debtors…This guide will help you to locate bankruptcy records and records of insolvent debtors held at The National Archives. …Keywords: bankruptsdebtorsinsolvencyprisonersprisons
- Civil court cases: an overview…Bankruptcy and insolvency. …Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawlaw and ordertrials
- Civil court cases: Chancery equity suits 1558-1875
Keywords: chancery (court of)civil litigationcourts of lawearly modern periodequity courtslaw and ordertrials - Companies and businesses…of the Board of Trade and its successors is a Bankruptcy Department. …Keywords: business historycompanies and businessesindustrylabour history
- Government film-making and the film industry
Keywords: filmpropaganda - Lawyers
Keywords: attorneysbarristerslawyerssolicitors - Political history in the modern era, 1782 onwards – an overview…notices of bankruptcy. Prior to the late-19th century you will also find official government proclamations and accounts of foreign battles or events. …Keywords: 19th century20th centurypolitical history (general)
- Prisons and prison staff…guide to bankrupts and insolvent debtors for more information on bankruptcy debtors records held at The National Archives. …Keywords: law and orderprison staffprisons
- Railways
Keywords: railwaystrains - Royal grants in letters patent and charters from 1199…passes for ships and commissions of bankruptcy – were occasionally enrolled separately on the Supplementary Patent Rolls. …Keywords: chartersearly modern periodlandland ownershipletters patentpatent rollsroyal grants
- Sexuality and gender identity history
Keywords: civil rightsgay and lesbian historylesbian and gay historylgbtq