IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-003
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: AMBLER, John (fl 1695)
Date(s): [1671-1699]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Ambler | John | fl 1695 | law clerk or scrivener
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
On the recto of the front fly-leaf appears the following inscription: "John Ambler his booke. 1685. Nov.r 18 1685". And by a different hand: "Ex dono W:W:". On the verso: "Char. Gray 1712". On the verso of the back fly-leaf appears "Iohn Ambler 1701".
A John Ambler is traceable in the 1695 Marriage tax assessment as living with his wife Lucy in the Holborn Cross precinct of the parish of St Sepulchre London in the ward of Farringdon Without.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Formulary and precedent book of a London law clerk or attorney's scrivener, possibly John Ambler.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Latin.
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:
See also CLC/522/MS11527A.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.