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

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CommentThe 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.


View all other items of "Surname" with value "Down" in "Decrees of the High Court of Chancery, London, 1748-1881" Surname  Down    
First names  James Sommers    
Place  Middlesex    
Rank  Major General    
Unit  Indian Army    
London Gazette date  3 May 1872    
Page  2177    
Details  The matter of the estate of James Sommers Down, and a cause Lewis v Down, 1872, D., 54. The creditors of James Sommers Down, of 46 Priory-road, Kilburn, Middlesex, Major General in the Indian Army, who died in or about September 1871, are to prove their debts. The defendant is Elizabeth Ruth Down, widow, the administratrix of James Sommers Down.    
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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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