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SAINT THOMAS' HOSPITAL: PAPERS OF THEOPHILUS CHARLES NOBLE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): ACC/2866

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT THOMAS' HOSPITAL: PAPERS OF THEOPHILUS CHARLES NOBLE

Date(s): 1703-1946

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.16 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Noble | Theophilus Charles | 1840-1890 | antiquarian and author

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Theophilus Charles Noble was born in London in 1840. He was an author and antiquarian, publishing works including The Lord Mayor of London: a sketch of the origin, history and antiquity of the office (1860); Memorials of Temple Bar (1870); A Ramble round the Crystal Palace (1875); A collection of papers relating to the management and mismanagement of the Public Record Office, London (1875); Biographical Notices of T Wood DD, sometime Bishop of Lichfield (1882); The Spanish Armada and the Public Records (1888) and A Brief History of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers (1889). In 1869 he received two special votes of thanks from the Irish Society after his publication of letters helped to defeat a Bill before the House of Commons which aimed to remove some of the Irish estates from the City of London companies. Noble died in 1890. His manuscripts were auctioned: see Catalogue of the library and collections (printed and manuscript) of T.C. Noble... consisting mostly of works on topography, chiefly of London... sold by auction... (London: Puttick and Simpson, 1890). This is possibly when the Guildhall Library acquired the papers.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Theophilus Charles Noble, 1703-1946, relating to the history of Saint Thomas' Hospital, including manuscript entitled 'Memoirs of St Thomas's Hospital including Biographical Notices of its Chief Supporters; Some account of St Thomas's Church, and Historical Notices of Bartholomew, Christ, Bethlem, Bridewell, Guy's and the Savoy Hospitals', and papers of the Saint Thomas' Hospital treasurer collected by Noble in the course of his research, including insurance policies, legal case notes, reports, financial accounts, certificates and orders.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

In 2 sections: treasurer's papers and Noble's notes and manuscript.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: City of London

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

These documents, formerly part of MS 3502, were purchased in the late nineteenth century by the Guildhall Library from Theophilus Charles Noble, antiquary, of 79 Great Dover Street, Southwark. The records were probably purchased by Mr Noble from James Coleman, bookseller, of High Street, Bloomsbury. Noble's notes include extracts from James Coleman's catalogues relating to other items from the archives of the hospital dating from 1519 to 1761, which were offered for sale.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

See H01 for records relating to Saint Thomas' Hospital.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

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: January 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Antiquarian documents | Documents | Information sources
Antiquaries | Historians | Social scientists
Historical research | History
Hospital administration | Hospitals | Health services
Medical historians | Historians | Social scientists
Medical history | Personal history | History
Treasurers | People by roles | People
Medical institutions

Personal names
Noble | Theophilus Charles | 1840-1890 | antiquarian and author

Corporate names
St Thomas' Hospital | London x Infirmary of the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Overy | 1106-1215 x 5th London (City of London) General Hospital | 1915-1919

Places
Hertfordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Southwark (district) | Southwark | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe