IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2162
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BENNETT
Date(s): 1689-1869
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Various.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
There is no unifying factor to these papers (e.g. that they relate to property owned by one estate or family or the legal work of one office), they were simply collected for their antiquarian interest before being passed to the archive.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to property ownership for premises in London, Middlesex and Westminster, 1689-1875 and papers relating to court proceedings, 1776-1869, including King's Bench and Chancery.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/2162/1-12: Property; ACC/2162/13-19: Court proceedings.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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:
These records were part of an ad hoc collection of miscellaneous records built up by John Bennett of West Mersea, Essex, and bequeathed to the Essex Record Office in 1984. The Essex material has been retained at Essex Record Office, whilst the non-Essex records have been dispersed to other record offices.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated to the Archive in 1985.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.