Catalogue description Papers concerning the estate of Sir Andrew Chadwick (d. 1768)

Disputes arising from the unwitnessed will of Sir Andrew Chadwick (1684-1768) were not resolved even when, some 30 years after his death, his personal property had been distributed to those named in his will who had established their case in the courts. Into the nineteenth century claimants were still coming forward for his real estate, which was not devisable by will. The papers in this collection allege fraud in the claim, upheld in court in 1842, of John (Chadwick) of Westleigh, and show the actions of various other Chadwick claimants (including the depositor) in the 1890s, 1920s and 1950s-60s to reclaim land and property they saw as theirs.

THE COLLECTION CONSISTS OF:

DDX 890/1 Legal papers

DDX 890/2 Letters

DDX 890/3 Miscellaneous

See also J O Chadwick, Reports on the Estate of Sir Andrew Chadwick (1881), which includes a biography of Sir Andrew; Rita Hirst, "The Chadwick Association", Lancashire 11.4 (Nov. 1990) and 12.1 (Feb. 1991); and DDX 1574

Deposited by J S de Chadwick, Preston

31 July 1973

Additional deposit by J S de Chadwick

16 September 1974

Acc. 3158

Acc. 3464

Acc. 3158 comprises

DDX 890/1/1-1/66; 2/1-2/25; 3/1-3/10

Acc. 3464 comprises

DDX 890/3/11-3/12

This collection has been recatalogued: for the original catalogue and numbers allocated see file L08/DDX 890

• Chadwick, Sir Andrew, 1684-1768

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