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Cause number: 1844 H62. Short title: Hook v Gitton. Documents: Bill, two answers,...
Catalogue reference: C 14/243/H62
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- C 14/243/H62
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cause number: 1844 H62.
Short title: Hook v Gitton.
Documents: Bill, two answers, certificate, two answers, replication.
Plaintiffs: St Pierre Butler Hook.
Defendants: Thomas Gitton, Sophia Barber, Charles Barber and Agnes Harwood.
Provincial solicitor employed in Worcestershire.
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Amended by order 1845. Charles Pritchett Bousfield, Francis Moore, Edward Barber, Mary Ann Lucas and Eliza Delaney
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- Details have been added from C 32/147, which also gives information about further process.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Litigation
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<unittitle type="Title">Court of Chancery: Clerks of Records and Writs Office: Pleadings...
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Pleadings (by H plaintiffs) started in 1844. Described at item level
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Cause number: 1844 H62. Short title: Hook v Gitton. Documents: Bill, two answers,...
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