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Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity: residue of the poor fund


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 2107 Smythe

Held at: City University

Title: Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity: residue of the poor fund

Date(s): 1903-1923

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 3 volumes

Name of creator(s): Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sir Thomas Smythe (?1558-1625) was a merchant and governor of the East India Company, a Sheriff of London in 1599 and a member of the Haberdashers' Company and the Skinners' Company. He amassed a large fortune part of which he devoted to charitable purposes.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minutes of the meetings of the trustees of Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity, held at the Skinners' Hall, 1903-1923.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

On written application to the University Librarian.

Conditions governing reproduction:

At the discretion of the University Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Internal accumulation during the course of business.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

See City University collection level description for relevant related material.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project, based on survey information by Janet Foster.

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: Mar 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Guilds | Associations | Organizations

Personal names
Smythe | Sir | Thomas | ? 1558-1625 | Knight | merchant

Corporate names
Northampton Institute
Northampton Polytechnic Institute
Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe