London Metropolitan Archives

RICHARD GARFORD'S CHARITY

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/149

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: RICHARD GARFORD'S CHARITY

Date(s): [1677]-1890

Level of description: Collection

Extent: One production item.

Name of creator(s): Richard Garford's Charity | charity for poor relief in London

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Charity was for the benefit of the poor of Portsoken Ward, by a codicil to Garford's will of 1677.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records relating to Richard Garford's Charity, comprising lists of the recipients of the Charity, 1693-1890; also copies of various documents relating to the Charity, [1677-1700].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One volume.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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: June to August 2010.

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Charitable bequests | Bequests | Property transfer | Property
Charities administration | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Charity records | Documents | Information sources
Poor relief | Social welfare
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Richard Garford's Charity | charity for poor relief in London

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