IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/464
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HOVENDEN, Robert (1830-1908)
Date(s): 1871-[1899]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 12 production units.
Name of creator(s): Hovenden | Robert | 1830-1908 | antiquarian researcher
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Robert Hovenden (1830-1908) of Croydon was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and master of the Worshipful Company of Barbers. He transcribed and compiled genealogical records and notes in the late 19th century.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Robert Hovenden, antiquarian researcher. The records comprise: transcript of the apprentice bindings book of the Barber Surgeons' Company; collectanea towards the genealogy of the Hovenden family; extracts from the parish registers of All Hallows London Wall, St Magnus the Martyr, St Mary at Hill, St Margaret Moses, St Andrew Hubbard, St Mildred Bread Street and All Saints Edmonton; copies of mural tables and ledger stones of St Michael Queenhithe; and extracts from wills relating to Hackney.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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 Guildhall Library via the Bishopsgate Institute in 1967, and catalogued in 1967-8 by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also extracts from Saint Magnus the Martyr City of London baptism register 1560/1-1712, probably compiled by Robert Hovenden, of Croydon, Surrey, antiquary (P69/MAG/A/016/MS12002).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.