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  Decrees of the High Court of Chancery, London, 1748-1881 
 
 
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |  | Comment | The decrees occur when in litigation it was necessary to, mainly, call for creditors or legatees to make claims. The Gazettes wording is usually "pursuant to a decree", occasionally "whereas by a decree", of the High Court of Chancery.
 
 The parties named in the "cause" or case are often given to help finding them in the National Archives Research Guide on Chancery Equity suits, and explained in their leaflet "Chancery Equity suits after 1558" https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/chancery-equity-suits-after-1558/, which is essential reading when researching such litigation.
 
 When trying to find them in the National Archives catalogue search  Discovery https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (which will not always be successful) limit the search to the C class.
 
 
 |  |   | Surname | Bowes |  |  | First names | Frederick |  |  | Place | Rome  |  |  | Rank | Major General |  |  | Unit | EIC |  |  | London  Gazette date | 20 Aug 1847 |  |  | Page | 3050 |  |  | Details | The cause Bowes v Desbrisay. The creditors of Frederick Bowes, late a Major General in the service of the EIC, who died at Rome in March 1842, are to prove their debts. | 
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 The listing is of decrees made by the High Court of Chancery in London as reported on the official London Gazette, available online at https://www.thegazette.co.uk  .  |