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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 | Simpson | | First names | William | | Place | Madras  | | Rank | General merchant | | Unit | Hunter, Hay & Company | | London Gazette date | 16 Aug 1823 | | Page | 1351 | | Details | By a decree dated 21 July 1823 made in two causes, where John William Hunter, Esq. is plaintiff and William Boyd and others are defendants. The partnership creditors of John Hunter, George Hay, and William Simpson, trading under the firm of Hunter, Hay, and Company, formerly of Madras, in the East Indies, general merchants, 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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