Possibly the dumbest question yet.... - Genealogists' Forum

HarrysMum · #1 09-02-14, 04:26

Can anyone tell me what these could possibly be?

I'm not expecting anyone to create a miracle, just any ideas..

http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=C7929348

http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?uri=C7929347

Thanks.

marquette · #2 09-02-14, 05:47

It looks like something to do with the people in this thread,

http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...p?t-13223.html

but I am confused as Raymond Coles Dunsford would have been an infant.

Do you remember this thread ?

HarrysMum · #3 09-02-14, 06:00

I know all of them except the Copley fellow. Just wondering what it has to do with the entire family.

Seems Copley wanting something from both the Dunsfords (WIlliam was declared bankrupt in 1846 after Agatha's divorce)...but no idea why the entire family and the Crowdys as well.

Merry · #4 09-02-14, 08:00

These posts are from the old thread in 2012:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merry

Another Bristol court case for the same year as the divorce?

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...accessmethod=0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merry

Libby, if you have Gale access, try searching for Charles Copley in the 19thC papers. You will find this interesting:

BRISTOL COURT OF BANKRUPTCY .
The Bristol Mercury (Bristol, England), Saturday, February 28, 1846

Is Edward Clark acting for Wm James Dunsford? (I hate all the legalese!)

Phoenix · #5 09-02-14, 08:02

C is Chancery.

First doc is a Bill. I think this is the first stage in a Chancery case and you would name everyone likely to have an interest, including children. Think Jarndyce v Jarndyce.

They are obviously stored in the salt mines in Cheshire if they take three days to produce.

I have an idea that by this period they may have been printed, presumably so that several different people could have copies.

Merry · #6 09-02-14, 08:28

This is the article I referred to in 2012. (I've not had any luck looking for anything for Crowly and Copley in the papers.)

I can't get the image to load any bigger, but if you change your screen view options to something more than 100% hopefully you can read it.

The Bristol Mercury 28 Feb 1846

Merry · #7 09-02-14, 08:30

I can read that OK, but the content goes in one eye and out the other without touching the sides!!

Nell · #8 09-02-14, 08:55

I still have no idea about the Chancery case at the beginning of the 19th century involving ex's gt x 4 grandfather and umpteen relatives. It lists them all but doesn't say how they are connected or what they are really arguing about. I saw a HUGE document at Kew about it which was like a carpet, held down on the table with beanbags and it was virtually impossible to read, not only because of the old writing but because of the long length of the lines.

Good luck!

Phoenix · #9 09-02-14, 08:59

Lol! There have been several occasions when I have discovered myself copying the same line three or four times. Particularly as they are extremely repetitive.

#10 09-02-14, 09:29

Pertinent bits to me Lib were that -
Edward Clark was the principal creditor.
Mrs. Eileen Dunsford, mother of the bankrupt, was the universal legatee under the will of William Besley Dunsford, the bankrupt's father.
1400 pounds was lent by the father to the bankrupt, so he could go into partnership, as a surgeon, with Mr. Henry Clark.
Mr. Edward Clark was a partner in Messrs Savery, Clark & Co. (Wonder if it should read Sawrey?) Julie