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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 | Ward | | First names | Mary Ann | | Place | Slough  | | Rank | Widow | | London Gazette date | 17 July 1866 | | Page | 4063 | | Details | The cause Louisa Crockett Bullen the wife of the defendant John Nutt Bullen (by Charles Piffard, her next friend) v George Henry Long and others. The creditors of Mary Ann Ward, formerly of Bombay, but late of Slough, county of Buckingham, widow, who died on or about 7 January 1865, are to make their claims. The defendants George Henry Long and John Frederick Hutchinson were the executors of the said Mary Ann Ward. |
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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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