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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 | Thomas | | First names | Robert | | Place | Calcutta  | | Rank | Merchant & broker | | London Gazette date | 5 May 1871 | | Page | 2201 | | Details | The cause Watts v Thomas, 1869, W., 17. The creditors of Robert Thomas, late of Calcutta, and of Bletsoe, county of Bedford, merchant and broker, who died in or about October 1865, are to prove their debts. The defendant John Phillips Thomas, the surviving executor and defendants George Brown and John Thomas are the English administrators of rthe will. |
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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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