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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 | James | | | First names | Edward | | | Place | Madras  | | | Rank | Colonel | | | Unit | EIC | | | London Gazette date | 22 June 1793 | | | Page | 534 | | | Details | The causes Hallett v James and Wynch v James. Request for information on the deaths of Edward James, late of Madras, Colonel in the service of the EIC, and of Sophia Henrietta Maria James, late wife of the same. They sailed in the ship Grosvenor from Trincomale in the East Indies for England, but was wrecked on the coast of Africa in August 1782, when with most of the crew and passengers they got safe on shore. |
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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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