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LUCAN (LORD)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0493

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: LUCAN (LORD)

Date(s): 1741-1908

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2.43 linear metres.

Name of creator(s): Bingham | family | of Laleham x barons Lucan

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Manor of Laleham was purchased in 1802 by Richard Bingham, the second Earl of Lucan (1764-1839). His son George Charles Bingham, the third Earl of Lucan (1800-1888), was famous for ordering the 'Charge of the Light Brigade' during the Crimean War.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Bingham family, barons Lucan, relating to their estates in Laleham, Chertsey and Staines. The records include court rolls for the Manor of Laleham; estate correspondence; papers relating to the managements of the estate such as inventory of crops; financial records and accounts; rent accounts; plans of the Laleham estates; legal documents relating to title to the estates such as deeds, leases, wills and settlements; papers relating to leases of parts of the estate including advertisements and agreements; legal papers including King's Bench and Chancery proceedings.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

ACC/0493-1: Manorial Procedure and Customs;
ACC/0493-2: Estate Management;
ACC/0493-3: Documents relating to Title;
ACC/0493-4: Legal Papers.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in January 1953.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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: January to May 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Estate management | Land management | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Estates (land) | Land use
Family archives | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Family records | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Manorial land | Land tenure | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Manorial stewards | Manorial officers | People by occupation | People
Manorial tenants | Tenants | People by roles | People
Property owners | People by roles | People
Property ownership | Civil law | Legal systems | Law
Property transfer | Property
Right to property | Civil and political rights | Human rights
Title deeds | Deeds | Documents | Information sources
Property law x Right to property

Personal names
Bingham | family | of Laleham x barons Lucan

Corporate names
Manor of Laleham

Places
Chertsey | Surrey | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Laleham | Surrey | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Staines | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe