IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0564
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SPERLING FAMILY ESTATE
Date(s): 1544-1849
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.53 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Sperling | family | of Tottenham
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
James Milner left his estates in Tottenham to his grand-daughter Elizabeth who was married to Henry Sperling.
A manor in Tottenham known as the Rectory manor was held by Henry Piper Sperling from 1797.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the Milner and Sperling families of Tottenham, including title deeds for properties purchased by James Milner in Tottenham including mansion and land built by Sir Richard Martin; deeds and inventories for properties owned by Henry Sperling the Elder and Henry Sperling the Younger in Tottenham; papers relating to the Manor of Tottenham and the Manor of Iver held by Henry Piper Sperling.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/0564-1: Deeds 1593-1712;
ACC/0564-2: Deeds 1617-1710;
ACC/0564-3: Other Milner Deeds;
ACC/0564-4: Copy of will of James Milner;
ACC/0564-5: Sperling Deeds;
ACC/0564-6: Tottenham Poor Rate;
ACC/0564-7: Kent, Suffolk and Essex;
ACC/0564-8: Sussex;
ACC/0564-9: Manors and Parish of Tottenham;
ACC/0564-10: Manor and Parish of Iver.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records deposited in June 1955.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
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: January to May 2011.