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SMITH, Sir William (fl 1740-1750)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/505

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SMITH, Sir William (fl 1740-1750)

Date(s): 1590-1803

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 bundles and 2 files.

Name of creator(s): Smith | Sir | William | fl 1740-1750 | Knight | alderman of the City of London

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sir William Smith, citizen and member of the Company of Waxchandler, was sheriff 1741-42 and alderman for Aldgate Ward 1747-52.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Estate and other papers left by and relating to Sir William Smith and his successors. The papers relate to properties in the City of London and to the offices of corn meter and coal meter.

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:

These items were transferred to Guildhall Library via the British Records Association and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1952. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Coal industry | Industry
Corn trade | Food trade | Trade (practice)
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
Extractive industry

Personal names
Smith | Sir | William | fl 1740-1750 | Knight | alderman of the City of London

Corporate names

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe