Custos Rotulorum of King’s County

Target entity: Custos Rotulorum of King’s County
Context triple: [Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, positionHeld, Custos Rotulorum of King’s County]

• A. Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire
  The Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire was the senior civil officer in that historic subdivision of Yorkshire, traditionally responsible for the county’s records and often held by the same person as the Lord Lieutenant.
• B. Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire
  The Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire was the chief civil officer and keeper of the county records for the West Riding of Yorkshire, typically held by a leading local nobleman.
• C. Court of Requests at Calcutta
  The Court of Requests at Calcutta was a colonial-era small causes court in British India that handled minor civil disputes before being superseded by higher judicial institutions.
• D. Lancaster palatine courts
  The Lancaster palatine courts were special judicial bodies in the historic County Palatine of Lancaster that exercised many of the legal and administrative powers normally reserved to the royal courts.
• E. The British Debt Case
  The British Debt Case is a landmark 1796 U.S. Supreme Court decision that addressed the payment of pre-Revolutionary War debts owed to British creditors and helped establish the supremacy of federal treaties over conflicting state laws.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Custos Rotulorum of King’s County
Target entity description: The Custos Rotulorum of King’s County was the chief civil officer and keeper of the county’s records in what is now County Offaly, Ireland, typically held by a leading local noble.

• A. Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire
  The Custos Rotulorum of the North Riding of Yorkshire was the senior civil officer in that historic subdivision of Yorkshire, traditionally responsible for the county’s records and often held by the same person as the Lord Lieutenant.
• B. Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire
  The Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire was the chief civil officer and keeper of the county records for the West Riding of Yorkshire, typically held by a leading local nobleman.
• C. Court of Requests at Calcutta
  The Court of Requests at Calcutta was a colonial-era small causes court in British India that handled minor civil disputes before being superseded by higher judicial institutions.
• D. Lancaster palatine courts
  The Lancaster palatine courts were special judicial bodies in the historic County Palatine of Lancaster that exercised many of the legal and administrative powers normally reserved to the royal courts.
• E. The British Debt Case
  The British Debt Case is a landmark 1796 U.S. Supreme Court decision that addressed the payment of pre-Revolutionary War debts owed to British creditors and helped establish the supremacy of federal treaties over conflicting state laws.
• F. None of above. chosen