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

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Reference: J 24
Title: Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Master Romer's Papers
Description:

Papers transferred from the chambers of Thomas Ansdell Romer, who served successively as a chief clerk and a chancery master in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1886 until his death in 1917. The series does include material generated by his predecessor and inherited by him. The predecessor of Master Thomas Ansdell Romer (1886 onwards) in his role as Master/Chief Clerk was Master Robert William Peake (1852-1885). The papers of Master Robert William Peake found here probably only include those for causes with initial letters O-Z; for causes with initial letters L-N see J 26, J 27 and J 28.

Among the papers will be found bills of costs submitted to the master for review; exhibits, such as accounts, accompanying affidavits, etc; notes concerning changes of solicitors, agreements, etc; particulars of claims; pedigrees in support of claims to the estates of deceased persons and receivers' accounts in liquidation and similar proceedings.
Date: 1860-1890
Arrangement:

Papers are arranged alphabetically by the titles of suits or matters.
Separated material:

For the papers of Robert William Peake arising from causes with initial letters L-N please see:

J 26

J 27

J 28
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: C 323
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Court of Chancery, 1875

Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875-
Physical description: 43 bundle(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 1914 Thomas Ansdell Romer, 1848-1917
Selection and destruction information: The documents are the survivors from a weeding exercise carried out under the terms of 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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