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Senate House Library, University of London

Property deeds relating to England, Wales and Jersey


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 814

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Property deeds relating to England, Wales and Jersey

Date(s): [1162]-1659

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 80 items

Name of creator(s): Collated by Professor Francis Wormald

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Francis Wormald was Professor of Palaeography in the University of London from 1949-1960, and Director of the Institute of Historical Research from 1960-1967. The range of documents in this collection reflects the fact that they were used as a palaeography teaching tool, giving examples of types of handwriting.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection of documents, mainly property deeds, dating from before 1162 to 1659, and relating to land in England, Wales and Jersey.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin, English

System of arrangement:

Roughly chronological.

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:

Finding aids:

'A catalogue of MS.814' (1975) was prepared by Dr. Diana Greenway and her pupils on the Paleography and Diplomatic course. The catalogue contains an index of persons and places.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Provenance unknown, though the documents appear to have been arranged in their present order before 1900.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by Mrs H. Wormald in 1973.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

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
Land tenure | Land economics | Agricultural economics
Palaeography | Historical methods | History

Personal names
Wormald | Francis | 1904-1972 | antiquarian and palaeographer

Corporate names

Places
Jersey | Channel Islands | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wales | UK | Western Europe | Europe