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

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

These papers were transferred from the chambers of Master Samuel Augustus Mason Satow, who served as a master in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1899 until his death in 1925. The series does include material generated by his predecessor and inherited by him. The predecessors of Master Samuel Augustus Mason Satow (1899-1925) in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk were Master Henry Francis Church (1866-1898) and, for causes with initial letters G-K, Master Alfred Hall (1852-1873); and for causes with initial letters L-N, Master Robert William Peake (1852-1886).

The documents in this series arise mainly from actions concerning the administration of estates and the winding-up of companies. Among the papers will be found accounts, particulars of claims, and some pedigrees and plans.

Date: 1850-1900
Arrangement:

Papers are arranged alphabetically by the title of suits and matters concerned, mostly relating to actions beginning with the initial letters G-N.

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in The National Archives: C 327
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Court of Chancery, 1875

Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875-

Physical description: 58 bundle(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 1914 Samuel Augustus Mason Satow, 1847-1925

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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