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Formal Text
Italic Hand
Chancery
Bastard Secretary
Secretary
Common Pleas

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Hand of the Court of the Common Pleas and King's (Queen's) Bench

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Some of the extra historical characters provided:

Historical note:

Like the Chancery hand, this was a hand used primarily within the courts of the Common Pleas and King's Bench for official documents, from the early fifteenth century onwards. However, it came to be used by lawyers and clerks in general for both official and personal materials.

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