Thursday 22 April 2004 07:25 GMT Daylight Time Good morning;- Thank you for the contributions and I will study them later today. In the meantime you might like to see the welcome and informative response from the House of Lords [ and quick ] Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Subj: RE: Act of Parliament 1731 or 1733  Date: 19/04/2004 12:03:31 GMT Daylight Time From: HLRO@parliament.uk To: AlanDell@aol.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Dear Mr Dell,   Thank-your for your enquiry.  There was an Act passed in 1730 which may be what you mean.   Public Act, 4 George II, c. 26, with the following title: An Act that all Proceedings in Courts of Justice within that Part of Great Britain called England, and in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, shall be in the English Language. [our ref: HL/PO/PU/1/1730/4G2n32]   This was followed in 1732 by two further Acts:   Public Act, 6 George II, c. 6: An Act for obviating a Doubt which may arise upon an Act made in the fourth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act that Proceedings in the Courts of Justice within that Part of Great Britain called England, and in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, shall be in the English Language, so far as the same doth or may relate to the Court of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, or to any Members or Branches thereof.   Public Act, 6 George II, c. 14: An Act for the more effectual preventing frivolous and vexatious Arrests, and for the more easy Recovery of Debts and Damages in the Courts of Great Sessions in the Principality of Wales, and in the Court of Assize in the County Palatine of Chester, and for the obviating a Doubt which has arisen upon an Act made in the fourth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act that all Proceedings in Courts of Justice, within that Part of Great Britain called England, and in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, shall be in the English Language so far as the same Act doth or may relate to the Court of Justice holden within the same Principality, and for explaining and amending the said Act.   If you are interested in these Acts, Public Acts are usually published and may be found in large reference libraries.  Alternatively you can visit us and see them here - we are open Mon-Fri, 9:30-5:00, please contact us in advance to make an appointment.  Or we can supply photocopies at a cost of 30p per sheet plus postage if you can be specific about which Acts you want.   For your information, there is an online catalogue of all the Acts we hold since 1497 which you can search to see if there are any of interest to you.  The website address for this catalogue is: http://www.a2a.org.uk To restrict your search to Acts of Parliament only, go to the Extended Search and choose 'Parliamentary Archives; Legislation' in the A2A Theme box.  Put the term you want to search for in the Keyword or Phrase box.  (You may have to use your imagination to think how an Act would have been titled).      Yours sincerely, Mari Takayanagi (Ms) Archivist The Parliamentary Archives House of Lords Record Office London SW1A 0PW Tel: +44 (0)20 7219 3074 Fax: +44 (0)20 7219 2570 hlro@parliament.uk www.parliament.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: AlanDell@aol.com [mailto:AlanDell@aol.com] > Sent: 18 April 2004 04:59 > To: hlro@parliament.uk > Subject: Act of Parliament 1731 or 1733 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Sunday 18 April 2004  04:55 GMT Daylight Time > > ' no more Latin ' > > I have been informed that a parliamentary act of > 1731 or 1733 forbad ? the use of latin in record keeping > such as manorial rolls. > > Plenty of mentions of such an act but despite some hours > of searching I cannot find it > > help !! > > thank you > > Alan Dell > >                          14th May 2005 > Kent History Federation one-day Conference >          Edenbridge      www.evmt,org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------