The Grelleys acted as stewards, building and endowing the first chancery, the St Nicholas Chancery. Ecclesiastical business used to be handled by the pontifical chancery. This counterclaim was dismissed by the Chancery Court. The Lord Chancellor was the official head of the Court of Chancery. Over time, opposition to the creation of new writs by the Chancery increased. This included establishing a separate Court of Chancery. Equity is the case law developed by the (now defunct) Court of Chancery. All tax appeals are assigned to the Chancery Division. Therefore, the embassy operates in the chancery. The chapel's college acted as the Emperor's chancery issuing deeds and capitularies. Cases heard before the Chancery Division are reported in the Chancery Division law reports. The new embassy chancery opened in 2013. Clinching, known as chancery, were also legal and in-use. His office is within the "chancery".