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SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDOWS OF THE CLERGY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/103

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDOWS OF THE CLERGY

Date(s): 1783-1790

Level of description: Collection

Extent: Two production units.

Name of creator(s): Society for the Benefit of the Widows of the Clergy

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Society existed to assist the dependents of deceased clergymen.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Society for the Benefit of the Widows of the Clergy, comprising petitions to the Society and letters patent.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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 with records of Sion College in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Further records relating to this Society can be found among the records of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, A/CSC.

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
Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Clergy | Religious groups
Petitions | Political process | Internal politics
Poor relief | Social welfare
Widows | Marital status | Marriage
Law
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Society for the Benefit of the Widows of the Clergy

Places
England | UK | Western Europe | Europe