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Decrees of the High Court of Chancery, London, 1748-1881

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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.

	Surname	Lithgow
	First names	Hector
	Place	East Indies
	Rank	Commissary of Ordnance
	Unit	Bengal Establishment
	London Gazette date	9 Mar 1827
	Page	572
	Details	The causes Lithgow v Alston and Maule v Alston. To enquire into whether John Lithgow and Hugh Lithgow survived the testaor Hector Lithgow, and their next of kin. Hector Lithgow the testator was Commissary of Ordnance in the service of the EIC on the Bengal Establishment and died in or about 1785. John Lithgow it is believed was a seaman on board HMS Irresistable and HMS Chichester, and Hugh Lithgow it is understood was brought up to the sea, and resided at Halifax and Philadelphia and other parts of North America. Also the creditors 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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