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Chancery Court records are held at The National Archives.<br><br><u>''Chancery Calendars, Indexes and Abstracts''</u>'''''<br>'''''<br>Some of the Chancery court records have been indexed. See the article by Ron Hill in the “Helpful Guides” section below to see a list of indexes for different time periods. Also, two of The National Archives Research Guides “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits from 1558" and “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits before 1558” list the records and what records have been&nbsp;indexed.<br><br>The&nbsp;National Archives website has available the “[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/equity/ Equity Pleadings Database]”, which includes part of the C6 class of records and is searchable by name or place. Also, some of these records have been indexed in The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Default.asp?j=1 Catalogue]. Search the Catalogue on the National Archives website with an ancestor's surname in the "Word or Phrase" field and the letter C in the "Department or Series code" field. <br><br>Two men, Charles Allen Bernau and George Frederick Tudor Sherwood, have both complied calendars and indexes to chancery material. Family History Library has the&nbsp;Bernau Collection and Sherwood Collection. You may search the Family History Library Catalog by Place under&nbsp;England - Court Records - Indexes or England - Court Records or do a Keyword search for Bernau and Sherwood.
Chancery Court records are held at The National Archives.<br><br><u>''Chancery Calendars, Indexes and Abstracts''</u>'''''<br>'''''<br>Some of the Chancery court records have been indexed. See the article by Ron Hill in the “Helpful Guides” section below to see a list of indexes for different time periods. Also, two of The National Archives Research Guides “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits from 1558" and “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits before 1558” list the records and what records have been&nbsp;indexed.<br><br>The&nbsp;National Archives website has available the “[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/equity/ Equity Pleadings Database]”, which includes part of the C6 class of records and is searchable by name or place. Also, some of these records have been indexed in The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Default.asp?j=1 Catalogue]. Search the Catalogue on the National Archives website with an ancestor's surname in the "Word or Phrase" field and the letter C in the "Department or Series code" field. <br><br>Two men, Charles Allen Bernau and George Frederick Tudor Sherwood, have both complied calendars and indexes to chancery material. Family History Library has the&nbsp;Bernau Collection and Sherwood Collection. You may search the Family History Library Catalog by Place under&nbsp;England - Court Records - Indexes or England - Court Records or do a Keyword search for Bernau and Sherwood.
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Chancery Proceedings and Depositions Indexes and Published Records
Compiled from The National Archives Research Guides to Chancery Records and Ronald A. Hill's article “English Genealogical Research: Using Chancery Court Proceedings”. National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Volume 91, No. 2, June 2007. pp. 111-138.&nbsp; Used with permission.


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** Inquisition post mortem records, discussed in the "[[England Land and Property|Land and Property]]" section of this outline. <br><br>
** Inquisition post mortem records, discussed in the "[[England Land and Property|Land and Property]]" section of this outline. <br><br>


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