IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2609
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COVERDALE, JOHN
Date(s): 1809-1940
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.45 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Coverdale | John | solicitor
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Coverdale was the senior partner of 'Coverdale, Lee, Collyer Bristow and Withers' Solicitors in Bedford Row during the nineteenth century. He was also a London Commissioner, with power to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of solicitor John Coverdale. Many of these papers relate to his marriage to Isabella Frederica Tomkyns, and to the execution of both their wills. Papers concerning Isabella's first husband, the Rev. John Tomkyns and his brother, Thomas Tomkyns are also included. The collection also includes deeds for properties in Gravel Road, Twickenham and Windmill Road, Hampton Wick.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/2609/01: Thomas Tomkyns;
ACC/2609/02: Rev. John Tomkyns;
ACC/2609/03: Isabella Frederica Tomkyns (nee Coore);
ACC/2609/04: John Coverdale;
ACC/2609/05: Deeds;
ACC/2609/06: Joseph Dethier.
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 August 1988.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.