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New River, Bargain and Sale


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 513

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: New River, Bargain and Sale

Date(s): 1649

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Single sheet

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The New River, an idea proposed and partly financed by the Welsh businessman and engineer Hugh Middleton, was constructed between 1609 and 1613 from Anwell and Chadwell in Hertfordshire to Islington, London, in order to convey fresh water to the City of London.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Indenture of bargain and sale of 14 Feb 1649 by (1) Robert Hyde, serjeant at law, of Dinton, Wiltshire, Henry Hyde, merchant, of London, Edward Hyde, clerk, of Brightwell, Berkshire, and Frederick Hyde, of Middle Temple, sons of Sir Laurence Hyde of Salisbury, to (2) Henry Griffith, of London, of a thirty-sixth part of the New River 'brought from Chadwell and Amwell to London' or waterworks, formerly the property of Sir Laurence Hyde, and left by him in his will of 13 July 1637 for the payment of his debts. Consideration: £40 and £300. Signed and sealed by the parties of the first part, but the seal of Edward Hyde alone survives.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

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:

11½" x 22". Parchment. Seal of Edward Hyde in red wax.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from Messrs. Bondy (Bondy's Bookshop) in 1961.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

See James Everard, Baron Arundell and R.C. Hoare, The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and Vale of Noddre (1829); and the Victoria County History for Hertfordshire, III.

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Land tenure | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Rivers | Surface water | Water resources

Personal names
Griffith | Henry | fl 1649 | of London
Hyde | Edward | fl 1649 | clerk of Brightwell, Berkshire
Hyde | Frederick | fl 1649 | lawyer of London
Hyde | Henry | fl 1649 | merchant of London
Hyde | Robert | fl 1649 | serjeant at law of Dinton, Wiltshire
Hyde | Sir | Laurence | d 1641 | Knight | of Salisbury

Corporate names

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
New River | Hertfordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe