IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/301
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COURT OF WARDS AND LIVERIES
Date(s): 1631
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 item.
Name of creator(s): Court of Wards and Liveries
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Court of Wards and Liveries was established in 1540-42. Its function was to administer the monarch's feudal dues. When a tenant of the monarch died, the land reverted to the crown until the heir of the tenant paid a fee, known as a 'relief', after which they could take possession. If the heir was underage they became a ward of the crown.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Record of the Court of Wards and Liveries, comprising examinations of defendants in a court case concerning commodities in a court yard adjoining the Bull Head Tavern in Cheapside, October-November 1631.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One item.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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:
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the main records of the Court of Wards and Liveries see The National Archives, reference WARD.
Publication note:
For more information see The National Archives Legal Records Information Guide 11, available on their website http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (accessed Oct 2010).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.