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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 | Kilpatrick | | | First names | Samuel | | | Place | Fort St George  | | | Rank | Major | | | Unit | Bengal Infantry | | | London Gazette date | 29 Aug 1807 | | | Page | 1134 | | | Details | The cause Kirkpatrick v Kilpatrick. Inquiry into the lawful issue of Margaret Kilpatrick, the sister of Samuel Kilpatrick, the father, Esq., formerly a Captain, later a Major of infantry on the Bengal Establishment, EIC, residing at Fort St George, who died in 1781, and into the lawful issue of the half sisters of the Samuel Kilpatrick, Jean Porter, Ann Porter and Martha Porter, and of the lawful issue of the half brother, John Porter, of Campbletown, North Britain. |
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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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