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1 - Declaration: concerning Burwell tithe map. n.d.
2 - Declaration in ejectment: Ann Bull v. John Christian: land in Littleport. 11 February, 1823
3 - Final judgement on John Christian. Hilary Term, 3 and 4 George IV. 1823
4 - Affidavit: Charles Finch the elder, of Cambridge, Esq., deposes that William Finch of Birmingham, gent., is heir at law of John Finch of Cambridge, gent., decd., intestate. 28 May, 1829
5 - Formula: for declaration in ejectment. n.d.
6 - Declaration in ejectment: Dean of Ely v. Mrs. Ruth Day: messuages and land in Saint Mary, Ely. Michaelmas Term, 6 Victoria. 1842
7 - Affidavit: Evans v. Charles Coxall, for debt of £20. 29 November, 1844
8 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans v. Henry Martin for a debt of £130 and interest. 22 May, 1845
9 - Affidavit: Hugh Robert Evans the younger, solicitor, of Ely, concerning spoilt deed stamps. May, 1847
10 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans, jun., that the Downham Feoffees are all alive. February, 1849
11 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans, jun., as to spoilt stamps. December, 1849
12 - Declaration of H.R. Evans, sen., that the Waddingtons had given no acknowledgement of title as to Daniel Behage's property at Wimblington. Headed Re Eaton's Charity; 2 copies. June, 1850
13 - Affidavit: Charles Owles, draper and grocer, of Brandon, Suffolk, on bankruptcy of John Bavin, draper and chapman, of Wisbech. n.d.
14 - Declaration of H.R. Evans that the Malting Yard in Newnham, Ely, is the property of John Muriel, surgeon, of Ely. n.d.
15 - Affidavit: Sarah Flanders, widow, of 27, London Road, Lynn, Norfolk: about one rood of land near the bridge at Littleport in the occupation of her brother, J. Coward. 31 January, 1850
16 - Affidavit: Ann Cole, widow, of Ely, that William Gascard, bankrupt, owes her £50. 2 February, 1850
17 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans deposes that John King Watts, scrivener, dealer and chapman, of St. Ives, Hunts., owes him £14.12s.6d.. 8 March, 1850
18 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans and partner appoint Orlando Hyde,gent., of Cambridge, and William Sharpe, gent., of Bedford Row, Middx., their attorneys in the matter of the bankruptcy of John King Watts. See also: 283/B11/17. 8 March, 1850
19 - Declaration of Henry Edwards, gent., of King's Lynn, Norfolk, concerning the purchase by Joseph Boyce, farmer, of Hilgay, of two roods land in Hilgay from the East Anglian Railway Co.. 14 March, 1850
20 - Affidavit: Messrs. James, and of Robert William Cheesewright, executors of Robert Palmer, plumber and glazier, of Ely, that too little duty was paid on probate. 4 April, 1850
21 - Affidavit: Thomas Legge, attorney's clerk, of Ely, deposes that he served a writ on James Bidwell in the case of Evans v. Bidwell. 10 April, 1850
22 - Affidavit: Copy of declaration of Evans v. Finch for debt. 12 April, 1850
23 - Declaration in ejectment: H.R. Evans the elder v. Robert Meeks: messuage and land in Sutton. 4 November, 1850
24 - Affidavit: Marshall Fisher, attorney's clerk, of Cambridge, deposes that he served writs on Ralph Hills and Edward Hills in the case of Evans v. Hills. 22 November, 1850
25 - Affidavit: John Nightingale, yeoman, of Ely, deposes that he tried to serve a summons upon Edward Morden in the case of William Cutlack the younger v. E. Morden: affidavit to obtain Destringas. 1851
26 - Declaration of Little Sallis, publican, and John Wildman, labourer, both of Littleport, as to the inclosure of a piece of land at Littleport. 1851
27 - Declaration of Sir Robert John Harvey, kt., Anthony Hudson and Robert John Harvey Harvey v. Charles Cox for debt of £1000. 28 July, 1851
28 - Affidavit: Thomas Pashler, gardener, of Ely, and William Marshall, solicitor, of Ely, sue Gregory Benstead for £600 each. 21 August, 1851
29 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans the younger, as Treasurer for the Dean and Chapter of Ely, sues John Custance, miller, late of Sutton, for debts of £117.10s.11d. and £74.5s.8d. 28 November, 1851; 31 January, 1852
30 - Affidavit: Sir Robert Harvey, kt., Anthony Hudson and Robert John Harvey Harvey, bankers, of Norwich, sue John Bavin, linen draper, dealer and chapman, late of Wisbech, for a debt of £162.17s.9d. 28 November, 1851
31 - Affidavit: William Cutlack the younger, common brewer, of Littleport, sues Palmer Crop, blacksmith and publican, for a debt of £71.12s.7d. 6 December, 1851
32 - Declaration in ejectment: John Samma and William Ayton and George Norris Trent v. Samuel Sucker: messuages and land at Littleport. 7 January, 1852
33 - Declarations in ejectment: Hugh Robert Evans the elder or Elizabeth Hills v. Robert Meeks: messuage and land in Sutton. 10 January, 1852
34 - Affidavit: Hugh Robert Evans the younger swears to the signature of Harry Spencer Waddington, Esq., of Cavenham Hall, Suffolk, in the matters of the Wimblington Free School and the Wisbech, Saint Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway Act, 1846, and the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845. 1852
35 - Declarations in ejectment: Dean and Chapter of Ely v. Henry Laurence and Henry Laurence the younger: messuages and land in St. Mary, Ely. 22 March, 1852
36 - Affidavit: Etches Crawley, publican, of Downham, gives proof of the heirship to the estate of John Hopkin, gent., of Downham. 8 April, 1852
37 - Affidavit: Marshall Fisher, clerk to H.R. Evans, jun., of Ely, deposes that he served Henry Laurence and Henry Laurence the younger with a declaration in ejectment. 5 May, 1852
38 - Declaration of transmission of shares from Henry Rickwood, common brewer, decd., of Ely, to his executors, Philip and John Rickwood, brewers, of Ely. 11 May, 1852
39 - Affidavit: Hugh Robert Evans, jun., solicitor, of Ely, as to spoilt stamps. 31 May, 1852
40 - Affidavit: George Bard, warehouseman, of Ely, and his partner, John Butcher, depose that Richard Threadgill, decd., owes them £35.5s.3d. for goods supplied. June, 1852
41 - Affidavit: Huntingdon Martin, gent., of Downham, makes declaration concerning the copyhold estate of Rev. J.H. Sparke at Downham. October, 1854
42 - Affidavit: Goodwyn Archer as to articles of clerkship of Hugh Robson Evans with Hugh Robert Evans, his father. 29 March, 1853
43 - Affidavit: Hugh Robert Evans, solicitor, of Ely, declares that he is is still the Treasurer of the Conservators of the Ouse Outfall. 1855
44 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans, Clerk to the Dean and Chapter of Ely, makes oath that the late John Maddy, canon of the cathedral, owes to them £140. and £50. as his share of a loan for repairs to the cathedral and rent of his house. 4 January, 1855
45 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans, Clerk to the Dean and Chapter of Ely, deposes that the seal affixed to the lease of Robert Stevens, gent., of 8, Exmouth Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Symonds, of 13, Bagnigge Wells Road, Middlesex, is authentic. 23 February, 1855
46 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans as to spoilt stamps. 1856
47 - Affidavit: Edward Rowland Pickering, gent., of Clapham, Surrey, makes a declaration concerning his son, William Percival Pickering: that he is the same person as is mentioned in an indenture of 18 November, 1830, and that he was born 25 October, 1819. 29 June, 1819
48 - Affidavit: John Hills, gent., of Ely, and Bailiff of the Courts of the Manor of Wentworth, makes a declaration concerning 1a.1r. land surrendered by Ezekiel Tull to Henry Francis, which was confused inadvertently in the surrender. 17 August, 1857
49 - Affidavit: John Macer, cordwainer, of Coveney, deposes that the will of Mary Macer, widow, of Coveney, was properly witnessed and signed by him and his wife, Sarah. 1 October, 1857
50 - Affidavit: John Porter, carrier, of Haddenham, as to the execution of the will of Benjamin Gothard, decd., farmer of Haddenham. 1858
51 - Declaration by Ebenezer William Harlock, common brewer, of Ely, of the transmission of shares of William Harlock, decd., of Ely, to his executors. 27 August, 1858
52 - Affidavit: Charles Jasper Selwyn, canon of Ely Cathedral, renounces executorship of Dean George Peacock's will. 31 December, 1858
53 - Affidavit: Charles Kemp, butler to Dean G. Peacock, that he and William Southby of the College in Ely, duly witnessed and signed the will of the said Dean. 11 January, 1859
54 - Declaration of John Glenton Atkinson, gent., of Peterborough, that he is the heir at law of his sister, Mary Emma Fawcett, and that Jemima Blackborn is heiress at law of Edward Glenton Blackborn. 1859
55 - Affidavit: Eliza Evans, wife of Hugh Robert Evans, gent., of Ely, deposes that probate of the will of Ann Johnson, widow, of Ely, was granted to her, and that too much duty had been paid, and praying that the sum of £11 be returned. 8 February, 1859
56 - Affidavit: Henry Lawrence, gent., of Ely, deposes that he is the lawful husband of Rebecca Lawrence, decd., and the sole person entitled to her estate. 1860
57 - Affidavit: William Tingey, auctioneer, of Mepal, that James Blackman, yeoman, of Mepal, decd., signed his last will in his presence and that of William Owen, farmer, of Mepal. 19 January, 1860
58 - Affidavit: Thomas Legge, clerk to H.R. Evans, of Back Hill, Ely, that he saw William Hawkes sign bill of sale. 11 May, 1861
59 - Affidavit: Isaac Aspland, clerk, of Ely, that he and Robert Hills witnessed the signing of the will of Elizabeth Chapman, widow, of Ely. 26 September, 1861
60 - Draft affidavit: Harry Beaumont, gent., of Ely, that he wishes to take the Preliminary Law Examination and enter into clerkship with H.R. Evans. February, 1863
61 - Affidavit: John Hester, gent., of Ely witnessed the articles binding Harry Beaumont to H.R. Evans, as clerk, which were executed by Henry Hazard, merchant, of Cambridge and H. Beaumont. 26 March, 1863
62 - Affidavit: Marshall Fisher, attorney's clerk, of Ely, that William Leppings, son of Thomas Johnson Leppings, Esq., of South Creak, Norfolk, bound himself as clerk to H.R. Evans. 20 March, 1863
63 - Affidavit: Marshall Fisher, attorney's clerk, of Ely, verifying the execution of deed concerning Peterhouse by H.R. Evans. 8 May, 1863
64 - Assessment of fine, £21. payable by Henry Hinne Pearson, Esq., of Ely, for a piece of land in Priests Meadow Field in Ely in the manor of Ely Barton. 23 May, 1863
65 - Affidavit: H.R. Evans as to spoilt stamps. 10 December, 1863
66 - Affidavit: William Johnson Evans deposes that the stamp duty of £80 was paid in regard to Articles of Clerkship made between Hasell Rodwell, gent., of Ipswich, H.R. Evans, gent., of Ely and himself, and that he served with Rodwell and Edward Bromley, gent., of South Square, Gray's Inn, Middlesex, and will apply to be admitted attorney. 1864
67 - Affidavit: John Bowles and Samuel Towell promise to repay H.R. Evans the sum of £100: proof and note of hand. 14 November, 1864
68 - Affidavit: Rev. Alfred William Ivatt of Coveney, gives reasons for delay in applying for letters of administration of the effects of his late wife, Matilda Ivatt. 20 December, 1864
69 - Affidavit: Anne Brainsby, widow, of Lynn, Norfolk declares that she is daughter of Richard Hammerton, farmer, of Thorney, and that Susanna Nixon, her sister, is dead, and that Alfred Stennit Nixon, whitesmith, of Wisbech, and Hannah Evelina Nixon, spinster, of Chelsea, are her children and next of kin. 20 March, 1866
70 - Petiton: Rev. Edward Davidson, late incumbent of Saint Paul's, Charlotte Street, Westminster, concerning his bankruptcy. 3 May, 1866
71 - Affidavit: the trustees of the Ely and Cambridge Turnpike Road on a level crossing of the Ely, Haddenham and Sutton Railway Company. 22 January, 1867
72 - Affidavit: Thomas Legge, attorney's clerk deposes that he served a summons on the defendant, John Kempton, in the matter of Champion and Wright v. Kempton. 20 February, 1867
73 - Affidavit: Thomas Legge, attorney's clerk, deposes that he served a summons on John Muriel, surgeon, of Ely. 24 July, 1869
74 - Affidavit: Skeels Morgan, attorney's clerk, of Ely, deposes that he mistook the name of the wife of William Goose, decd., and wrote Mary for Sarah on the will. May, 1870
75 - Affidavit: Smith Flanders, draper, of Wisbech deposes to being one of the witnesses of will of Mary Trigg, widow, of Wisbech and Over. William Boulton being the other witness. 1870
76 - Affidavit: William Johnson Evans, deputy Chapter Clerk to the Dean and Chapter of Ely Cathedral, deposes that John Bacon, bankrupt, owed £214.6s. to the Dean and Chapter. 14 June, 1870
77 - Affidavit: William Johnson Evans, solicitor, of Ely, deposes that he served James Goodbody at Ely with a subpoena in the case of George Edward May v. Thomas Marshall Browne. 8 August, 1870
78 - Affidavit: William Sutton, of Haddenham, deposes that the residuary account signed by him is a true account of legacies etc. of his late father, John Sutton. 15 July, 1870
79 - Affidavit: William Cuttriss, shoemaker, of Haddenham, declares that he and John Graves, shoemaker, of Haddenham, witnessed and signed the will of William Russell, farmer, of Hilrow, Haddenham 28 December, 1871
80 - Affidavit: William Johnson Evans, solicitor, of Ely, makes declaration of identity of Hugh Robert Evans, gent., late of Ely, respecting debentures of the Inns of Court Hotel Co., Ltd. 25 July, 1872
81 - Affidavit: William Johnson Evans that he is Chapter Clerk and Receiver of the Dean and Chapter of Ely Cathedral, in place of his father, Hugh Robert Evans, decd.. 1873
82 - Affidavit: Lucy Laxton, spinster, of the Lamb Hotel, Ely, declares that she is one of the witnesses of the will of Susannah Paris Waller, decd., and that the interlineation is a true part of the will. 28 May, 1873
83 - Affidavit: Thomas Legge, clerk to Messrs. Evans and Son, solicitors, Ely, deposes that he tried three times to serve a writ on William John Coates, shopkeeper, without success, in the matter of John Green Emson and Frank Emson v. William John Coates. 18 March, 1879
84 - Affidavit: Marshall Fisher, clerk to Messrs. Evans, verifying the extract from the Burial Register of Gunthorpe, made by the Rector, Rev. Robert Arbuthnot Law. October, 1874
85 - Affidavit: William Johnson Evans, on spoiled stamps. February, 1865; January, 1875
86 - Declaration: Rev. John Dixon on assuming the additional surname of Stewart and additional christian name of Fletcher. 4 December, 1879
87 - Affidavit: William J. Evans concerning the lease of the Manor of Stoke to Peter Bartholomew Long, Esq., of Ipswich, by the Dean and Chapter of Ely; dated 25 June, 1867. 23 December, 1880
88 - Affidavit: William Johnson Evans, deputy steward, in the case of Bamber v. Bamber, that a widow is not entitled to free-bench in the copyhold hereditaments of her husband. 1881 and 1882
89 - Affidavit: William Tombleson, surveyor, of Manea, that he and John Rhodes, farm steward, of Purls Bridge in Downham, witnessed and signed will of William Atkin of Purls Bridge. 5 May, 1881
90 - Affidavit: writs to James and Edward Bradley, ironmongers, of Cambridge, in matter of Jonas Gregson, bankrupt. 5 June, 1881
91 - Affidavit: Ann Pashler, widow, of William Pashler, of Ely: draft affidavit to lead to return of Probate Duty on ground of debts. November, 1881
92 - Affidavit: Rev. George Hall, vicar of Stuntney: form of affidavit. 22 July, 1882
93 - Affidavit: William Johnson Evans, as to spoilt stamps. 1884
94 - Affidavit: Thomas Wood, stone mason, of Ely, that he is next of kin to Isaiah Wood, stone mason, of Cambridge, decd., at Norwich. 26 June, 1884
95 - Affidavit: that writ was served on H.T. Pate, defendant in Elinman v. Pate. 15 July, 1886
96 - Declaration: James Palmer, farmer, of Mepal, that William Thomas Palmer sold 5 acres fen land to his father, John Palmer for £120, and that he, James was admitted tenant, being eldest son of John, on his father's death. 3 February, 1887
97 - Affidavit: William Charles Rushwood, tea dealer, that he is one witness of the codicil to will of Elizabeth Chambers, of Ely, widow, and she duly executed it. 31 January, 1888
98 - Affidavit: John Randall, farmer, of Sutton, that he served notice on Rev. Henry James Hall, curate of Sutton. 30 April, 1891
99 - Affidavit: Ernest Robert Evans deposes that he passed his Preliminary Examination prior to entering into Articles of Clerkship with W.J. Evans. 20 October, 1893
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