London Court Records

Old Bailey Criminal Court
See also: Records of the Old Bailey in London, England

London Sessions
Records of the London Sessions are kept at the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA). Many times these official court records contain additional information, such as the criminal's place of residence (or place crime was committed) that supplement the journalistic Old Bailey Sessions. LMA has prepared information leaflets (available online) to assist in locating these records:


 * My Ancestor Was A Convict, Research Guide 42 at the London Metropolitan Archives
 * Sessions Records for the City of London and Southwark, Research Guide 40 at the London Metropolitan Archives

Some seventeenth-century records have been abstracted:


 * Bowler, Hugh. London Session Records, 1605-1685. Leeds: John Whitehead, 1934..

Peter Wilson Coldham indexed felons who were transported to the American colonies from these records:.

Consistory Court
Some Consistory Court depositions have been published online. Clerks identified many witnesses' birthplaces, residences, ages, and occupations:


 * Pre-1500 Consistory Database: Testimony in the Late Medieval London Consistory Court - free.


 * 1586-1611 - London Consistory Court Depositions, 1586-1611: list and indexes (1995). Digital version at British History Online - free.


 * 1700-1713 - Webb, Cliff. London's Bawdy Courts: Consistory Court, Index to Cases and Depositions (with Birthplaces). London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd., c1999. ; digital version at British Origins (£).

Manorial Courts
London had many manors. London Manorial Records provides further information.