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Catalogue description Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Master Keen's Drafts
| Reference: | J 41 |
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| Title: | Supreme Court of Judicature: High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Master Keen's Drafts |
| Description: |
Drafts from the chambers of the various Chancery masters, in particular Archibald Keen, having been, for the most part, inherited from their predecessors. The predecessors of Master Archibald Keen (1912-1931) in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk were Master William Oxenham Hewlett (1890-1911), Master Edward Daniel Mellor (1883-1889) and, for causes with initial letters A-F, Master Edward Bloxam (1867-1882) and Master Edward Weatherall (1858-1866). |
| Date: | 1882-1910 |
| Arrangement: |
The drafts are arranged under the initial letter of the action concerned, each set of chambers being allocated cases falling within a particular division; eg G-N. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in The National Archives: | C 342 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875- |
| Physical description: | 14 bundle(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
in 1914 Archibald Keen, 1860-1934 |
| Selection and destruction information: | These documents were scheduled for destruction after 40 years in 1913 and after 10 years in 1929. Following the Report of the Committee on Legal Records, Cmnd 3084 of 1966, action on their disposal was deferred pending the examination of Chancery Masters' documents as a whole. |
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