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Series
Chancery: Ordinary and Appeal Petitions
Catalogue reference: C 36
What's it about?
C 36
The 'appeal' petitions comprise appeals against unenrolled decrees and orders from 1774 to 1869.The 'ordinary' petitions, 1834-1875, relate mainly to the administration of estates, such as applications for the payment out of monies held in court,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Ordinary and Appeal Petitions
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Date (When the record was created)
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1774-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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The 'appeal' petitions comprise appeals against unenrolled decrees and orders from 1774 to 1869.
The 'ordinary' petitions, 1834-1875, relate mainly to the administration of estates, such as applications for the payment out of monies held in court, and petitions concerning the winding-up of companies.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The 'appeal' petitions are arranged and listed alphabetically.
The 'ordinary' petitions are arranged alphabetically within each term, and listed chronologically according to the date of filing, which is generally subsequent to the date of the order on the petition.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The lord chancellor's petition books are in C 28
From 1876, petitions in the Chancery Division may be found in J 53
Chancery reports and certificates are in C 38
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1584 bundle(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Litigation
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Indexes to the series are available.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3597/
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