IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 559
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: View of Property, St Mary Axe, London
Date(s): 1710
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
St Mary Axe is a street in East London connecting Leadenhall Street with Houndsditch. The parish merged with St Andrew Undershaft in 1560/1.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Copy of declaration, 9 Feb 1710, signed by eleven witnesses that Thomas Butcher had built a house exactly on the site of the parsonage of St Mary Axe in the parish of St Andrew Undershaft, London, and had not encroached on the property of the Leather-sellers' Company, stating 'Tis our opinion that Mr.Bowcher hath not encroach'd in any wise on the property of the worship[fu]ll Company of Leather-sellers, but has built the said erection as it ought to be done on its' old foundations'.
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:
12" x 7½"
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought from Barry Duncan in 1962.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2001