Do I want to

[Phoenix]

Explore the Chancery case in which my ancestor was stripped of all the lands he was morally entitled to?

I'm sure I'll discover lots, but I hate stories with unhappy endings!

[Olde Crone]

Phoenix

I had one which entertained the Chancery for over SEVENTY YEARS - three generations of the same two families. They were fighting over ownership of one field and each produced pedigrees going back to the 1300s.

The court eventually awarded them half the field each. I can only shudder at the likely cost of all this.

OC

[Nell]

My lot never had anything worth arguing over. Ex's family had a Chancery case that is cited in law books. I once looked at a document the size of a small carpet at Kew - but couldn't understand it. I was only interested in the family history side of things, so was very frustrated that it mentioned a lot of family without saying who they were and I still can't piece it all together.

[Kit]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Explore the Chancery case in which my ancestor was stripped of all the lands he was morally entitled to?

I'm sure I'll discover lots, but I hate stories with unhappy endings!

Yes. You know the ending so it wont be so bad.

[ElizabethHerts]

I have five Chancery cases to investigate and I really must get to the National Archives to look at them. It will be too expensive otherwise.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Kit

Yes. You know the ending so it wont be so bad.

I know that most Chancery cases are unseemly squabbles about things that seem petty to us. I have seen several that are literally pillow fights (those cushions belong to me!) but in most cases you get the bills and the pleadings, but not the final decision.

I hate the creeping sense of doom that hangs over the past when you know you cannot change things.

[vita]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I know that most Chancery cases are unseemly squabbles about things that seem petty to us. I have seen several that are literally pillow fights (those cushions belong to me!) but in most cases you get the bills and the pleadings, but not the final decision.

I hate the creeping sense of doom that hangs over the past when you know you cannot change things.

I know what you mean Phoenix, but I'd just have to know - curiosity would

get the better of me. But if its likely to make you sad, don't do it.

[Uncle John]

Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce made a nice packet for Charles Dickens. I haven't re-read John Galsworthy for a long time, but I seem to remember the Forsytes were involved in a Chancery case (must have been, one book is entitled "In Chancery"!).

[Kit]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I hate the creeping sense of doom that hangs over the past when you know you cannot change things.

I hate that feeling.

[Uncle John]

Originally Posted by Kit

I hate that feeling.

Buy yourself a De Lorean or a London police box.