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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 | Parkins | | | First names | William Davidson | | | Place | At sea off Pondicherry  | | | Rank | Coach maker | | | London Gazette date | 15 Nov 1842 | | | Page | 3183 | | | Details | The cause Thompson v Findlay, and Wolfe v Findlay. The next of kin of Willaim Davidson Parkins, late of Calcutta, coach maker, who died in December 1825, are to make their claims. The said William Davidson Parkins was a native of Carlisle, in England, and left that place in April 1803, for Calcutta, and resided there until October 1825, when he quitted for England, and died at sea, off Pondicherry, in December 1825. He was brother of Joseph Wilfred Parkins, formerly Sheriff of London and county of Middlesex. |
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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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