IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0386
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WITHERS AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS}
Date(s): 1645-1887
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Withers and Company | solicitors
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Court baron was an assembly of the freehold tenants of a manor under the presidency of the lord or his steward. Such a court had a jurisdiction in civil actions arising within the manor, especially in such as related to freehold land. This jurisdiction began to decay at an early date, and is now practically obsolete.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1645-1887, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including leases, copies from court rolls of courts baron, letters of administration and copy will and probate relating to property in Ealing, Edmonton, Chiswick and Sutton.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/0386/001 to 012.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1950 (Acc/0386).
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009