IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.3550, 3551
Held at: Wellcome Library
Title: Milner, John (1687-1724)
Date(s): 1729
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2 volumes
Name of creator(s): Milner | John | 1687-1724
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Not available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Charles Milner versus Alicia Milner alias Taylor, in re John Milner, deceased. Official copies of two documentary records. The case concerned John Milner, MD of Aylesford who died intestate in 1724, and the action was brought by his brother Charles in respect of John's marriage settlement drawn up in 1723. Volume I: The severall Answer of Dame Maria Taylor alias Milner widow Defendant to the Bill of Complaint of Charles Milner Doctor of Phisick Complainant. Aylesford, 26/2/1729 (12 folios + 1 l). Volume 2: II Ex parte Querentis [Charles Milner]. Depositions of Witnesses taken ... at the house of John Lockin ... by the name or signe of the George at West Malling ... Interrogatories to be administered to the Witnesses. West Malling, 31/3/1729 (5 folios). Produced in Aylesford and West Malling.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Latin
System of arrangement:
As set out above in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Physical characteristics:
2 vols. folio. 36 1/2 × 24 1/2 cm., 39 1/2 × 25 cm. Modern vellum bindings. Written on the rectos only.
Finding aids:
Described in: S A J Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased 1899.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from Wellcome Library online catalogue.
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2008