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London Metropolitan Archives

EMERY FAMILY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/449

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: EMERY FAMILY

Date(s): 1786?-1870

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 production units.

Name of creator(s): Emery | William | 1825-1910 | Church of England clergyman
Emery | William | 1798-1867 | Master of the Feltmakers' Company

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Emery (1798-1867) was a lighterman who became master of the Feltmakers' Company in 1848. His son William (1825-1910) was ordained as a priest in 1853, having been encouraged in religion by his father. In 1864 Emery was appointed archdeacon of Ely, and in 1868 was made a minor canon there. He died at Ely in December 1910.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers mainly concerning William Emery senior, Master of the Feltmakers' Company, including copy portrait, baptismal certificate, sermons written by him, and probate copies of his and his wife's wills, 1810-67. Also papers relating to William Emery junior, Church of England clergyman, including letters to him, with some transcriptions and certificates relating to his professional qualifications and appointments, 1847-70.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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:

These papers were given to Guildhall Library by a descendant in 1985. They were catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Clergy | Religious groups
Family archives | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Family correspondence | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Family records | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Personal archives | Archives
Probate copies | Wills | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Sermons | Religious texts | Religious doctrines | Theology

Personal names
Emery | William | 1798-1867 | Master of the Feltmakers' Company
Emery | William | 1825-1910 | Church of England clergyman

Corporate names

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe