Catalogue description Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Divison: Master Chandler's Papers

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Title: Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Divison: Master Chandler's Papers
Description:

Papers 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 papers relate to actions in the Court of Chancery and the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice and include papers concerning questions of title to estates on coming of age, guardianships, recovery of debt, maintenance of infants and company liquidation. This series also includes some pedigrees arising from the administration of estates. A number of estate agents' prospectuses of properties for sale by auction under orders of court will also be found among these papers.
Date: 1850-1890
Arrangement:

Files are arranged alphabetically under the title of the action concerned. In a number of cases the nature of the suit is also indicated.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: C 347
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Court of Chancery, 1875

Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875-
Physical description: 32 bundle(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 1915 Pretor Whitty Chandler, 1858-1941
Selection and destruction information: 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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