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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 | Leith | | | First names | Percy James | | | Place | Berhampore  | | | Rank | Captain | | | Unit | HM 49th Foot | | | London Gazette date | 7 Feb 1873 | | | Page | 540 | | | Details | The matter of the estate of Percy James Leith, late of Berhampore, Presidency of Bengal, Captain HM 49th Foot, who died in or about July 1830. Creditors are to make their claims. The Hon. Louisa Mercer Spencer, wife of the Hon. and Rev. William Henry Spencer, was the administratix of the deceased. |
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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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