IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 447
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Seaton Annuity receipts
Date(s): 1644
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 items
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
An annuity is an annual payment of an allowance or income, granted for life or a term of years .
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Two signed and sealed receipts for monies received from Edward Hanbury and Geoffrey Palmer, in respect of half-yearly payments of the Seaton annuities due at Michaelmas. The first is for £5 and is signed by James Yarway; the second is for 40s due as the annuity of Lucy Milbanke, and is signed by her husband Adam Milbanke (with Lucy Milbanke's mark).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
2 items.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
12" x 7½". Both receipts have an applied seal of red shellac depicting a winged griffin.
Finding aids:
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
On permanent loan from the British Records Association (B.R.A. 833).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
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: Aug 2001