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Decrees of High Court of Chancery

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	Williams
	First names	John Alexander Somerset
	Place	Penang
	London Gazette date	4 Feb 1842
	Page	298
	Details	The cause Bustard v Saunders. To enquire into the next of kin of Ann Needs (maiden name Preston, the wife of Richard Needs, late of the city of Exeter, serge maker, deceased, previously the wife of George Sloman, and formerly the wife of George Allanson, and who died at Exter about 18 November 1812), Mary Williams (widow of Hugh Williams, of the city of Bristol, solicitor, and who died on or about 27 February 1806), and of John Alexander Somerset Williams, who was formerly of Bristol but who died in the island of Penang on or about 12 April 1812, are to prove their claims.

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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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