Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings 1801-1842

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Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings 1801-1842

1797-1842

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3576

The records in this series consist of pleadings in equity suits initiated in the court of Chancery from 1801 to the end of Trinity term 1842, filed in all six divisions of the Six Clerks' Office. A seventh subseries contains stray pleadings from all six divisions, plus later pleadings relating to any suits starting before Michaelmas 1842, filed after that date (up to c1856). The pleadings include bills, answers and other documents in the process, such as replications, depositions, examinations and affidavits. Many cases never proceeded past the initial bill (these are described as 'bill only'). Matters in dispute cover an immense variety of subject, but, especially, the execution of wills and the administration of estates. Dates as given are usually that of the last date on the documents - either an answer or an amendment. Some of the pleadings date from the 1790s: these would usually be expected to be found in C 12. Some depositions and examinations date from as early as the 1750s.

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