IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0493
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LUCAN (LORD)
Date(s): 1741-1908
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.43 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Bingham | family | of Laleham x barons Lucan
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Manor of Laleham was purchased in 1802 by Richard Bingham, the second Earl of Lucan (1764-1839). His son George Charles Bingham, the third Earl of Lucan (1800-1888), was famous for ordering the 'Charge of the Light Brigade' during the Crimean War.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Bingham family, barons Lucan, relating to their estates in Laleham, Chertsey and Staines. The records include court rolls for the Manor of Laleham; estate correspondence; papers relating to the managements of the estate such as inventory of crops; financial records and accounts; rent accounts; plans of the Laleham estates; legal documents relating to title to the estates such as deeds, leases, wills and settlements; papers relating to leases of parts of the estate including advertisements and agreements; legal papers including King's Bench and Chancery proceedings.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/0493-1: Manorial Procedure and Customs;
ACC/0493-2: Estate Management;
ACC/0493-3: Documents relating to Title;
ACC/0493-4: Legal Papers.
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 January 1953.
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.