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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 | Keighly | | | First names | Henry Peach | | | Place | Madras Pat Nam  | | | Rank | Brevet Major | | | Unit | EIC | | | London Gazette date | 28 Feb 1840 | | | Page | 461 | | | Details | The cause Keighly v Lindsey. The creditors of Henry Peach Keighly, late a Captain and Brevet Major in the service of the EIC, and Judge Advocate-General of the Army serving under the Presidency of Fort St George, who died at Madras Pat Nam on or about 31 October 1837, are 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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