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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.
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| Surname | Eckford | | | First names | Robert | | | Place | Jersey  | | | Rank | President | | | Unit | Medical Board of Bombay | | | London Gazette date | 25 July 1865 | | | Page | 3700 | | | Details | The cause Alexander Haldane v William James Eckford and another. The creditors of Robert Eckford, formerly President of the Medical Board of Bombay but lately residing in the Island of Jersey, Esq., who died in or about February 1865, are to prove their debts. Alexander Haldane was one of the executors of the deceased. |
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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 .
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