IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 O/173
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: DARLEY COMBERLAND AND COMPANY {SOLICITORS}
Date(s): 1850-1893
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Darley Comberland and Company | solicitors
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Probate (also called proving a will) is the process of establishing the validity of a will, which was recorded in the grant of probate.
A marriage settlement was a legal agreement drawn up before a marriage by the two parties, setting out terms with respect to rights of property and succession.
From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising marriage settlement, on marriage of Mary Anne Beale of Stoke Newington and Richard Baughan Ashby of Manor Road, Stamford Hill, 1850-1878; marriage settlement, on marriage of Emily Sanders of 57 Belsize Park and Harry Waddington Smythies, New Zealand, 1874-1893; and probate, with will annexed, of Mrs Emily Smythies, of 4 Chichele Road, Cricklewood, formerly of Kenmera, Auckland, New Zealand, widow of Harry Waddington Smythies, surveyor, 1887-1892.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Three documents in chronological order
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in 1964
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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: July to October 2009