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Accounts in: Short title: Attorney General v Oldham. Plaintiffs: Attorney General...
Catalogue reference: C 101/1291
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This record is about the Accounts in: Short title: Attorney General v Oldham. Plaintiffs: Attorney General... dating from 1826-1837 in the series Chancery Masters' Account Books. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1826-1837
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Accounts in:
Short title: Attorney General v Oldham.
Plaintiffs: Attorney General at the relation of John Cowper DD, rector of Great Berkhampstead and others.
Defendants: Nathaniel Oldham, esq and John Hand.
Subject: [Charity School in Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire].
Details: list of receipts and payments including salaries, taxes, building repairs.
Receiver: Revd John Richard Thackeray.
Chancery Master: Robert Eden, Henry Martin, Robert Eden
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Chancery Masters' Account Books
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