Skip to main content

Chancery cause: Attorney General vs Vigor, 1800 - 1861

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCAR/1/1/F/4

Scope and Contents

Cause between various parties under title of Attorney General vs [Thomas Stonehouse] Vigor: these particular papers concern efforts to recover estate revenues due to the College and heirs-at-law from past years. They consist mainly of bills of costs and continue well into the nineteenth century. They are included in the 'pre-foundation' section as their cause and topic derives from prior to the foundation of the college.

Dates

  • Creation: 1800 - 1861

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Sub-Fonds:

Records are generally open, although some closure periods may apply for more recent records.

Biographical / Historical

This cause proceeded primarily under the abbreviated name of Timothy Stonehouse Vigor who, with George Cooke, was appointed executor of Sir George Bowyer in his will of Jan 1800. Sir George died in December of the same year before he had put in any answer to the supplemental bill of complaint filed in November. Thus upon his death the suit and proceedings as to him became abated. But as Vigor and Cooke possessed themselves of his personal estate the proceedings were revived against them. [It should also be noted that it was under this same cause 'Attorney General vs Vigor' that the College site was acquired and building work began and progressed and how money was obtained from the Building Fund. These records can be found in DCAR/1/2/1-2

Extent

3 archive box(es) (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Not arranged

Former / Other Reference

C/V

Other Finding Aids

See original catalogue vol I to item level

Related Materials

See also correspondence and legal admin papers in DCAR/1/1/5-8; particularly see DCAR/1/1/7/1 for estate legal papers under Attorney General vs Vigor. See DCAR/1/6/1f for financial papers.

Date information

DateText: To year 1811 / 1861 [with bills of costs].

Originator(s)

Heirs-at-law of George Downing

Repository Details

Part of the Downing College Repository

Contact:
Downing College Archive
Downing College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1DQ United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 762905