This microfiche and microfilm set reproduces the records of approximately 10,000 cases of the ecclesiastical court of appeals for southern England and Wales from 1660 to modern times. These include matrimonial, testamentary, and parochial cases and cases relating to the manners and morals of clergy and laity (including defamation). The Center holds the following categories of records:

GUIDE: Lambeth Palace Library. Index of cases in the Court of Arches at Lambeth Palace Library, 1660-1913. D-10607

• Act Books, 1635-1774. [Category A] 27 reels. MF-14174 r.1-27
• Acts of Court, 1714-1818. [Category Aa] 10 reels.MF-14174 r.28-37
• Assignation books, 1763-1875. [Category Aaa] 11 reels. MF-14174 r.38-48
• Sentences, 1560-1797. [Category B] 17 reels. MF-14174 r.49-65
• Appeals, 1661-1803. [Category C] 6 reels.  MF-14174 r.65-71
• Process books of the Court of Arches at Lambeth Palace Library, 1660-1893. [Category D] [Catalog Record] 12,950 fiche.
  The Process Books cover about 2,300 of the 10,000 cases and contain detailed statements of the proceedings in the lower court before the cases came to the Court of Arches on appeal. Formal proceedings are in Latin until 1733; depositions and other evidence are in English.  FICHE
• Personal answers, 1661-1803. [Category Ee] 9 reels. MF-14174 r.72-78
• Depositions, 1664-1803. [Category Eee] [Catalog Record] 17 reels.  MF-14174 r.79-81
• Depositions in individual cases, 1822-1860. [Category Eee] 308 fiche.
• Muniment books, 1554-1850. [Category F] 7 reels.MF-14174 r.82-86
• Minute books, 1875-1883. [Category Hhh]
  Part filmed with Assignation books [Category Aaa], and part filmed with Muniment books [Category F] 1 reel.MF-14174 r.87
• Black book of the Arches. [Category N] 1 reel.MF-14174 r.88