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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 | Brett | | First names | Richard Rich Wilford | | Place | Neemuch  | | Rank | Lieutenant | | Unit | 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry | | London Gazette date | 30 Nov 1858 | | Page | 5277 | | Details | The matter of the estate of Richard Rich Wilford Brett, late a Lieutenant of the 2nd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry, and in a cause Patrick Alexander Reynolds and James Matthews v Arthur James Lewis. The creditors of the said Richard Rich Wilford Brett, late of Neemuch, in the East Indies, who died in or about November 1857 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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