IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): CLA/080
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: RELIGION
Date(s): 1591-1984
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.3 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Corporation of London
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Corporation of London were the patrons of certain parishes and thus had the right to collect tithes and administer benefices (ecclesiastical livings).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to the administration of religious matters, 1591-1984, including reports and other papers relating to Corporation benefices, 1834-1955; petitions, reports and legal papers relating to tithes, 1817-1981 and precepts and orders issued by the Mayor and others relating to religious matters, particularly the regulation of immoral behaviour, 1669-1818.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
In sections according to catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Corporation of London Records Office.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
For Corporation of London records relating to churches and religion, see: CLA/079: Churches, CA/080: Religion, COL/CC/STH: Special Tithes Committee, COL/CC/TIC: Tithe Committee, COL/CHD/PR: Chamberlain's Department: Poor and other relief, COL/CT: Charities and COL/PL for plans of churches and churchyards.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2009