England and Wales. Court of Chancery. Order concerning Court of Chancery reform

Folger bibliographic ID: 265338
Folger call number: X.d.713
Folger holdings ID: 350983
Accession Number: 267422

11 interim measures for reform of the Court of Chancery "vntill the Com[m]ittee appointed by Parliment for the regulating the [pro]ceedings in Chancery shall take further Care thereof." The procedural changes listed specifically seek to prevent abuses by under-clerks serving in the offices of the six clerks, especially with regards to copying and filing practices

General notes

Possibly a draft. Includes additional provisions (numbered 8 and 10) not included in a similar document dated 22 Charles I, Hillary Term 1646-47 and published in G. W. Sanders Orders in the High Court of Chancery (London: A. Maxwell & son, 1845) Leaves attached at head with parchment cord Last leaf is blank Acquired from Samuel Gedge, May 2012

Extended title: Order concerning Court of Chancery reform 1646 Michaelmas
Alternate titles: Ordinances reviued and [pro]vided this Miclimas Tearme anno Car Rs xxi 1646 by the right honoble Edward Earle of Manchester Speaker of the house of peeres [pro]tempore and the honoble William Lenthall Esqr. Speaker of the house of Com[m]ons and master of the Rolles, Com[ission]ers for the great Seal of England for redresse of sundry disorders in [pro]ceedings in causes and of other abuses of late creept into his Maties high Court of Chancery

Court rules Law reform England and Wales. Court of Chancery

author: England and Wales. Court of Chancery
subject: England and Wales. Court of Chancery
associated with: Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671
associated with: Lenthall, William, 1591-1662