IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): COL/CA/AJA
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COURT OF ALDERMEN: ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE COMMITTEE
Date(s): 1781
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Corporation of London
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Aldermen were responsible for the administration of Wards, and were elected by their Ward. The position of Alderman was held for life. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Wards in the City of London are still mainly identified by the name of their Alderman although the first full list of Wards under permanent names such as Dowgate or Cornhill is dated 1285. The roots of municipal government in the City of London are thus found in the activities of the Aldermen in their Wards which in the medieval period provided such public services as existed. Working individually, or in co-operation, the power of the Aldermen grew as the corporate unity of the City of London developed and they exercised both administrative and judicial functions in what became the Court of Aldermen.
The Administration of Justice Committee of the Court of Aldermen was formed in 1781 to enquire into the complaint put forward by the Lord Mayor against Thomas Woodbridge, Alderman, concerning the public administration of justice and the supposed maladministration and misuse of his powers by the Alderman in the matter of the arrest of an alleged French spy.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minute book of the Administration of Justice Committee, Court of Aldermen, dated November 1781.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One volume.
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
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Corporation of London Records Office.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
The Officers and Clerks Committee (COL/CC/OCL) met to consider general staffing matters including discipline while the Privileges Committee (COL/CC/PVC) considered abuses of the privileges of Corporation members and the Special Inquiries Committee (COL/CC/SQC) considered allegations of financial irregularities by staff in the Remembrancer's Department.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: February 2009