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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 | Smith | | First names | William | | Place | Bombay  | | Rank | Lieut.-colonel | | Unit | Bombay Artillery | | London Gazette date | 14 Dec 1816 | | Page | 2370 | | Details | By a decree dated 30 November 1816. The cause Perrin v Cowper. The creditors and legatees of William Smith, late a Lieut.-colonel of Artillery in the service of the EIC on the Bombay Establishment, who died at Bombay in or about February 1816, are to prove their debts and make their claims. |
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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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