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Senate House Library, University of London

Legal case book


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 806

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Legal case book

Date(s): [1770]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 132 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript notebook, describing cases to illustrate legal procedure in different forms of action. The cases given relate chiefly to Liverpool and Lancashire, but also to Chester, Berkshire and Middlesex. A table of fees allowed in West Derby Court (Lancashire) occupies the last written leaf. Many of the cases date from 1769, but there are additions to 1776.

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:

8" x 6"

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

The front flyleaf bears the signature 'John Leigh', dated 1788. Attempts to identify him with John Lee (1733-95), the lawyer and politician, and one-time attorney-general for the County Palatine of Lancaster, seem implausible.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from W. Myers in 1972.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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: Jan 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Legal procedure | Administration of justice

Personal names

Corporate names
West Derby Court | Lancashire

Places
Berkshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Chester | Cheshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Liverpool | Lancashire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe