JOINT WARD COLLECTIONS
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/W/ZA |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : JOINT WARD COLLECTIONS |
Date(s) | : 1709 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 2 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Various. |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The City of London was divided into wards for the purpose of government as early as Norman times. The wards had responsibility to keep the peace, supervise trade and oversee sanitation, and each ward has the right to elect an Alderman and Commoners to sit in the Court of Common Council.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Two receipts signed by the deputies of the wards of Bridge and Candlewick for money received towards providing for the poor and list of jurors (inquest men) for the wards of Farringdon Within and Langbourn.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Records in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the 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:
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Bridge Within Ward: CLC/W/GE;
Candlewick Ward: CLC/W/HA;
Farringdon Within Ward: CLC/W/JA;
Langbourn Ward: CLC/W/KA.
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:
August to October 2010.
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