WESTMINSTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 ACC/2583 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : WESTMINSTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE |
Date(s) | : 1728 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.01 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
This letter has 'strayed' from official custody and become separated from the records of the Westminster Quarter Sessions among which it would have been expected to be found. It has therefore been catalogued separately, although a copy can be found in the main series of records.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letter from Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend, to Lord Delaware, chairman of the sessions of the peace for Westminster, announcing the decision that the Treasury Solicitor will in future defend all constables and other peace officers of Westminster in actions brought against them 'for searching houses where Felons and other disorderly Persons resort' by warrant of the justices. Dated 26 October 1728.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
One document.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation 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:
Deposited on 4 July 1988.
Allied Materials
Related material:
A copy of the letter can be found at WJ/SP: Westminster Sessions Court in Session records.
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:
November 2009 to February 2010
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