IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0414
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PEACOCK FAMILY
Date(s): 1666-1878
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.6 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Various.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.
Probate (also called proving a will) is the process of establishing the validity of a will, which was recorded in the grant of probate.
Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.
Source: British Records Association Guidelines 3: How to interpret deeds (available online).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Peacock family relating to property in Hornsey, Highgate, Muswell Hill and Finchley; including title deeds, probates, settlements, abstract of title and legal proceedings.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in 6 bundles according to property:
ACC/0414/001: Land in Muswell Hill;
ACC/0414/002: Land in Highgate;
ACC/0414/003: Premises on road from Hornsey to Muswell Hill;
ACC/0414/004: Land in Highgate and Finchley;
ACC/0414/005: Land on Highgate Hill;
ACC/0414/006: Land in Hornsey.
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 May 1951.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.