IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/059
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COURT OF EQUITY CLUB
Date(s): 1768-1784
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 production units.
Name of creator(s): Court of Equity Club
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The club met at the Cheshire Cheese, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, and subsequently at the Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Hill; for the holding of mock courts and the placing of wagers between its members.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Court of Equity Club records comprising rules, minutes, roll of members and betting book.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Two items in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
They were donated to Guildhall Library in 1898 and were catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.