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Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division:...
Catalogue reference: J 68
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J 68
These pedigrees were lodged in the former High Court of Chancery and its successor, the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, by claimants to the estates of deceased persons. They were filed in connection with actions concerning the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- J 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Pedigrees (Various Masters)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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These pedigrees were lodged in the former High Court of Chancery and its successor, the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, by claimants to the estates of deceased persons. They were filed in connection with actions concerning the administration of wills and intestacies and dealt with by various Chancery masters to whom the suit in question was referred by the court for investigation and report.
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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)
- 1150 bundles and papers
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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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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
- Wills and probate
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Preservation of these documents stems from a Disposal Schedule of 16 August 1895 Statutes, Rules and Schedules governing the disposal of Public Records by destrution or otherwise 1877-1913, HMSO, London, 1914, which expressly excludes such documents from destruction.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9676/
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Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Pedigrees (Various Masters)
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