COURT OF ALDERMEN: PRISONS COMMITTEE
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : COL/CA/PCA |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : COURT OF ALDERMEN: PRISONS COMMITTEE |
Date(s) | : 1784-1797 |
Level of description | : subfonds
View parent record |
Extent | : 0.01 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Corporation of London |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Aldermen were responsible for the administration of Wards, and were elected by their Ward. The position of Alderman was held for life. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Wards in the City of London are still mainly identified by the name of their Alderman although the first full list of Wards under permanent names such as Dowgate or Cornhill is dated 1285. The roots of municipal government in the City of London are thus found in the activities of the Aldermen in their Wards which in the medieval period provided such public services as existed. Working individually, or in co-operation, the power of the Aldermen grew as the corporate unity of the City of London developed and they exercised both administrative and judicial functions in what became the Court of Aldermen.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Prisons Committee, Court of Aldermen, comprising minutes and papers of the Committees of the Court of Aldermen appointed to consider prison affairs, 1794-1797; minutes of the Committee of Aldermen appointed to enquire into the number and state of the prisoners in the gaols of the City, 14 Dec 1784 - 1 Feb 1785 and minutes of the Committee to examine the allegations by the keepers of Newgate, Ludgate and the two Compters as to the Act for taking away liquour taps in the prisons, 1786-1787.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
In sections according to catalogue.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Corporation of London Records Office.
Allied Materials
Related material:
For Corporation of London records relating to prisons see: CLA/003: Holloway Prison, CLA/028: Wood Street Compter, CLA/029: Giltspur Street Compter, CLA/030: Poultry Compter, CLA/031: Southwark Compter, CLA/032: Prisons and Compters, CLA/033: Ludgate Prison, CLA/034: Whitecross Street Prison, CLA/035: Newgate Prison, COL/CA/PCA: Court of Aldermen Prisons Committee, COL/CC/FNG: Court of Common Council Gaol Expenses and Finance Committee, COL/CC/MIN: Court of Common Council Committees includes material relating to gaols and compters, COL/CC/NGC: Court of Common Council Newgate Gaol Committee, COL/CC/PCC: Court of Common Council Prisons Committee, COL/CC/SPO: Court of Common Council Special Prisons Committee, COL/PL: Plans, including plans of prisons and compters.
Publication note:
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:
February 2009
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