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Powis Castle Estate Records, Series
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Court leet of the borough of Pool,

The records of the court comprise proceedings, 1655-1819, estreats, 1663-1846, and alienation fee accounts, 1811-1834. The leet courts were generally held at the Guild or Town Hall except Easter 1766-Michaelmas 1779, when it was held either at the Royal Oak or the Castle Inn, and in Easter and Michaelmas 1798 'at the Record Office' in the town of Pool.

Court of record of the borough of Pool,

Records of the court of record (or sessions or small courts) of the borough of Pool. The court was held at the Guildhall, every fortnight, before the borough bailiffs, acting as justices of the peace. From about 1615 the court of record superseded the small or court baron court previously held in the borough every three weeks. The majority of the cases appear to have been pleas of debt with occasional cases of slander, some of the latter expressed in the Welshpool Welsh of the late 17th and early 18th century. The six surviving files include declarations, writs, pleadings, issues of pleas, etc., with many interesting details as to the fees and charges of the various officials concerned. The court of record's estreats, Michaelmas 1663-Easter 1664, are included in the court leet's files (MA 1829-1830).

Cydewain court leet proceedings,

For 1681-1722, see also MA 685; for 1693-1708, see also MA 686; for 1703-1713, see also MA 681; for court baron proceedings, 1707-1722, see also MA 685; and for 1710-1724, see also MA 682.

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