IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 264
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Russell Street fire, compensation requests
Date(s): 1672
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 7 leaves
Name of creator(s): Inhabitants of Russell Street
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, first opened in 1663 under a Royal Charter from Charles II. In 1672 it was badly damaged by fire, and replaced by a new theatre designed by Sir Christopher Wren, which was opened in 1674.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing a draft of a petition of the inhabitants of Russell Street, London, 'whose houses were burnt and blowne up and that lost their goods by the late fire that began in the Theatre Royal' to the Justices of the Peace at Hicks Hall, 1672. The document also contains a list of the men appointed to examine the petitioners, and a list of the petitioners and the value of their losses in goods and property.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Manuscript folio. Cloth back and paper sides.
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from Percy Dobell in 1947.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Further material relating to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, may be found in the British Library, the Theatre Museum in London, and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2001