IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/433
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CHAPMAN FAMILY
Date(s): 1613-1813
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 15 production units.
Name of creator(s): Various.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sir John Chapman was a mercer who held office as Alderman of London. He was a Sheriff 1678-79 and Lord Mayor 1688-89, dying while in office.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Collection of title deeds and legal documents relating to the estates of Sir John Chapman and of his family and descendants.
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 depositor.
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 records were purchased by Guildhall Library in 1954 and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. 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.