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Catalogue description Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Master Jobson's Miscellaneous Books
| Reference: | J 42 |
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| Title: | Chancery and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Chancery Division: Master Jobson's Miscellaneous Books |
| Description: |
Miscellaneous Books transferred from the chambers of Master William Henry Oswald Stewart Jobson, who served in the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1913 until 1917. The series does include material generated by his predecessors and inherited by him. The predecessors of Master William Henry Oswald Stewart Jobson (1912-1917) in his role as a Master/Chief Clerk were Master Edward Lionel Clarke (1880-1911), Master Joshua Bird Allen (1870-1879) and, for causes with initial letters G-K, Master Edward Bloxam (1867-1882) and Master Edward Weatherall (1858-1866); and for causes with initial letters L-N, Master Henry Leman (1852-1872). Most of the books relate to accounts in suits and the making of court orders. There are also some files concerning company winding-up proceedings. |
| Date: | 1850-1900 |
| Arrangement: |
The books have been broadly arranged according to the information they contain. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in The National Archives: | C 343 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Court of Chancery, 1875 Supreme Court of Judicature, Chancery Division, 1875- |
| Physical description: | 72 volume(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
in 1914 Stewart Jobson, 1882-1917 |
| Selection and destruction information: | The documents are the survivors of a weeding exercise carried out by the court 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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