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London Metropolitan Archives

COMPTROLLER AND CITY SOLICITOR


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): COL/CCS

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: COMPTROLLER AND CITY SOLICITOR

Date(s): 1667-1980

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 24.4 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Corporation of London

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The first City Solicitor was appointed in 1544 and the first Comptroller in 1311. The two posts were amalgamated in 1945.

The Comptroller and City Solicitor is responsible for providing all legal services required by the City. This includes providing legal advice to Committees, Departments of the City, to the Commissioner of Police for the City, and to other organisations for whom the Comptroller and City Solicitor is required to act as legal adviser (e.g., the Museum of London). The office deals with important high profile matters such as City Academies, the Temple Bar project, several major City property developments schemes, the Small and Medium Enterprises initiatives and issues relating to the City's Markets and Open Spaces.

The main areas of law covered by the Comptroller and City Solicitor include commercial property and land law, housing, litigation, employment law, contract law, planning, trusts and company law.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Comptroller and City Solicitor including report book, 1945-1980; chamber rentals, 1667-1784; rentals, 1701-1784; Conduit Mead rentals, 1766-1784; Bridge House rentals, 1785-1953; Bridge House rentals collector's books, 1819-1851; City rentals, 1785-1956; Counties rentals, 1858-1953; Markets rentals, 1877-1957; Improvements rentals, 1895-1959; Coal Exchange rentals, 1912-1929; airport rentals, 1952-1956 and general rentals, 1704-1774.

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:

Fit

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 Bridge House and City Lands Estates see: CLA/007: Bridge House Estates, CLA/008: City Lands Estates, COL/CC/BHC: Court of Common Council Bridge House Committee, COL/CC/BHT: Court of Common Council Bridge House Trust Committee, COL/CC/CLBH: Court of Common Council City Lands and Bridge House Estate Committee, COL/CC/CLC: Court of Common Council City Lands Committee, COL/CC/JTB: Court of Common Council Joint Bridge House Estates and Improvement Committee, COL/CC/JTS: Joint Bridge House and Special Committee, COL/CC/JTT: Joint Bridge House Estates and Thames Navigation and Port of London Committee, COL/CHD/BH: Chamberlain's Department: Bridge House Estates, COL/CHD/IM: Chamberlain's Department: Improvements, COL/CHD/RN: Chamberlain's Department: Rents and Rentals, COL/PL: Plans, COL/PLD/PL: Planning Department Plans, COL/SVD/PL: Surveyor's Department Plans, COL/TSD/PL: Technical Services Department Plans.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Comptroller of Household | Domestic personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Rentals | Documents | Information sources
Solicitors | Legal profession personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People

Personal names

Corporate names
Bridge House Estates | Corporation of London x City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committee
City Lands Committee | Corporation of London x City Lands and Bridge House Estates Committee
Comptroller and City Solicitor | Corporation of London

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe