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JULIUS WHITE AND BYWATERS {SOLICITORS}


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1345

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: JULIUS WHITE AND BYWATERS {SOLICITORS}

Date(s): 1825-1872

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Julius White and Bywaters | solicitors

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Court of King's Bench was founded circa 1200 to hear common pleas, although it came to specialise in pleas of special interest and concern to the King, such as those which involved his own property interests, or breach of his peace, or an error of judgment by another royal court. By 1675 the King's Bench was the highest court of common law in England and Wales, with jurisdiction over both civil and criminal actions. Civil business was conducted on the 'Plea Side' and criminal business on the 'Crown Side'. It was absorbed into the High Court in 1875.

Source: The National Archives Research Guides "Legal Records Information 34" and "Legal Records Information 36"

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1825-1872, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Willesden and Paddington, including leases, mortgages and insurance policies. Also manuscript [handwritten] calendar of Middlesex cases tried in the Court of King's Bench, Michaelmas term; bearing stamp "delivered to Wm. [William] Duncombe, law stationer, by order of Court of King's Bench", possibly for a printed version to be made, 1825.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

In sections: King's Bench; Willesden; Paddington.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the City of London.

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:

Received in 1976.

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Court of Kings Bench | Courts | Administration of justice
Leases (documents) | Title deeds | Deeds | Documents | Information sources
Legal documents | Law
Mortgages (documents) | Title deeds | Deeds | Documents | Information sources
Property owners | People by roles | People
Property ownership | Civil law | Legal systems | Law
Solicitors | Legal profession personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Property law x Right to property
Property

Personal names

Corporate names
Julius White and Bywaters | solicitors

Places