Sussex Quarter Sessions

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Date:	1559-1971
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Quarter sessions
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C44059 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O42042 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1594-1971: records, mainly rel to Western Division, incl sessions rolls, material rel to constabulary, gaols, bridges and roads, and deposited plans, letter books of the Clerk of the Peace	West Sussex Record Office	Q
2	1559-1830: misc records, extracts from quarter session 1623-1830, & gaol records 1559-1800 at Horsham	Horsham Museum		NRA 1144 Hart
3	1671: orders made at Lewes, abstract from court at Petworth	Kent History and Library Centre	U269/O23-24	NRA 8575 Sackville
4	18th cent: rapes of Arundel, Bramber & Lewes & Midhurst, fines paid at the sessions of the peace	West Sussex Record Office	Add MSS 524-717	NRA 6784
5	1779-1863: papers of JP, mainly printed notices	Kent History and Library Centre	U1676 O.6	NRA 4540
6	1819-26: Richard Stilemar of Winchelsea JP, notebook of complaints & examinations	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	Annual Report 1987 (Acc 4917)	NRA 7797 E Sussex RO misc
7	1817-53: papers (9 docs) of Sir George Shiffer 1833-39 & Sir Henry Shiffner (11 docs) 1817-53 as JPs	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	171-179, 271-281	NRA 9204 Shiffner
8	1817-57: Seaford sessions: minutes, extracts from all fines, issues & amerciements, declarations etc	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	DM 122-48	NRA 10702 Sussex Archaeol
9	1862-82: Hastings and Rye recorders' notebooks	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	10301	See Annual Return 2009