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Series
Chancery: Master Chandler's Miscellaneous Books
Catalogue reference: J 45
What's it about?
J 45
Miscellaneous Books transferred from the chambers of Master Pretor Whitty Chandler, who served in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1913 until 1938. The series does include material generated by his predecessors and inherited by him....
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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J 45
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Master Chandler's Miscellaneous Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1847-1877
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous Books transferred from the chambers of Master Pretor Whitty Chandler, who served in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1913 until 1938. The series does include material generated by his predecessors and inherited by him. The predecessors of Master Pretor Whitty Chandler (1913-1938) in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk were Master Richard John Villiers (1894-1912), Master Charles Harwood Clarke (1873-1893) and, for causes with initial letters O-Z, Master Henry Leman (1852-1872).
These books relate principally to liquidation proceedings of the Court of Chancery taken in chambers. Many of the proceedings concern banks and insurance, mining and railway companies.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
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C 346
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Court of Chancery, 1875-1875
- Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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40 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 1915 Pretor Whitty Chandler, 1858-1941
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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
- Railways
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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These documents appear to be the survivors of a weeding exercise carried out by the court under a Destruction Schedule of 14 July 1913, Statutes, Rules and Schedules governing the disposal of Public Records by destruction or otherwise 1877-1913, HMSO, London, 1914 pp 192-194.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9653/
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Chancery: Master Chandler's Miscellaneous Books
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