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Savoy Hospital, London


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.6006 & 6232

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: Savoy Hospital, London

Date(s): 1608-1685

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 items

Name of creator(s): Savoy Hospital | London

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry VII founded the Savoy Hospital for poor, needy people, in 1505 on the south side of the Strand. It was opened in 1512. It closed in 1702 and in the 19th century the old hospital buildings were demolished.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

One lease and one Grant pertaining to the Savoy Hospital, 1608-1685.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

No apparent arrangement.

Conditions governing access:

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Hospitals | Health services
Medical institutions

Personal names

Corporate names
Savoy Hospital | London

Places