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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 | Graves | | | First names | Harry Meggs | | | Place | Gloucester  | | | Rank | Major General | | | Unit | Bengal Army | | | London Gazette date | 2 Feb 1864 | | | Page | 504 | | | Details | The cause Sir Frederick Currie, Bt., and Alexander Colvin v Walter Farquhar Larkins, Catherine Louisa Graves, in the bill called Louisa Catherine Graves, and Sarah Catherine Graves, George Maddox, and Edward Watkyn Edwards. The creditors of Harry Meggs Graves, late of the Spa Hotel, city of Gloucester, a Major General in HM Bengal Army, in the East Indies, who died in or about April 1861, 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 .
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