Series
Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division: Master Hawkins' Pedigrees
Catalogue reference: J 64
What's it about?
J 64
Pedigrees transferred from the chambers of Master William Francis Hawkins, who served in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1933 until 1969. The series does include material generated by his predecessors and inherited by him. The...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 64
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division: Master Hawkins' Pedigrees
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1770-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pedigrees transferred from the chambers of Master William Francis Hawkins, who served in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1933 until 1969. The series does include material generated by his predecessors and inherited by him. The predecessors of Master William Francis Hawkins (1933-1969), in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk, were Master Robert Thesiger Watkin-Williams (1910-1932), Master Charles Burney (1877-1909), Master Edmund Boyle Church (1864-1876) and, for causes with initial letters A-F, Master George Whiting (1852-1863).
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For other papers of Master Robert Thesiger Watkin-Williams, and his predecessors, see:
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- 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)
- 4 bundle(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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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William Francis Hawkins, 1896-1979
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- These documents were originally submitted to the court by claimants to the estates of deceased persons, and their preservation appears to stem from a Disposal Schedule of 16 August 1895, which expressly excluded like documents from destruction. Statutes, Rules and Schedules governing the disposal of Public Records by destruction or otherwise 1877-1913, HMSO, London, 1914, pp 180-187).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9672/
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Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature and related courts
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Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division: Master Hawkins' Pedigrees