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London Metropolitan Archives

BOOK OF INDICTMENTS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0496

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: BOOK OF INDICTMENTS

Date(s): [1700]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

A 'formulary' is a book of formulas, containing the set form or forms according to which something is to be done or written; in this case indictments, which were legal documents containing the charges or formal accusations against a person. The book would have been used as a handbook or guide for legal professionals.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

One volume comprising a formulary book of indictments, dating to the early eighteenth century.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One volume.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation 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:

The name "J L Davis" is on the fly leaf.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in February 1953.

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: November 2009 to February 2010


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Court administration | Administration of justice
Court of Quarter Sessions | Courts | Administration of justice
Formularies | Manuscripts | Documents | Information sources
Indictments | Quarter Sessions records | Documents | Information sources
Legal history | Law
Legal procedure | Administration of justice
Quarter sessions | Courts | Administration of justice

Personal names

Corporate names

Places