Catalogue description Records of the Duchy of Lancaster

Records of the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy of Lancaster, concerned principally with the administration of the Duchy estate throughout England and Wales throughout England and Wales and the safeguarding of Duchy privileges and rights.

Also, records of the Court of Duchy Chamber, consisting mainly of equity proceedings.

The following series numbers have not been used: DL 2, DL 11, DL 18, DL 19, DL 22, DL 33.

Although the bulk of the Duchy archive was deposited at the Public Record Office in 1868, the Duchy continues to produce records. Some of these have subsequently been transferred to the Public Record Office. Others remain at the Duchy office in Lancaster Place which thus possesses its own distinct and growing archive.Other records relating to local estates are held in county archives. Lancashire County Archives are a particularly useful source of records relating to the County Palatine.