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London Metropolitan Archives

WILLIS FAMILY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/0787

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: WILLIS FAMILY

Date(s): 1797-1867

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.01 linear metres (14 documents).

Name of creator(s): Various.

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Willis family were involved in the legal profession: the documents mention Richard Willis of Tokenhouse Yard, solicitor; James Willis of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law; and George Willis, 449 West Strand.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Willis family relating to properties in Hackney and Clapton, including leases, marriage settlements, a will, and receipts.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

ACC/0787/001 to 014.

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:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records gifted to the Archive in March 1962.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

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: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Property owners | People by roles | People
Property ownership | Civil law | Legal systems | Law
Property transfer | Property
Right to property | Civil and political rights | Human rights
Property law x Right to property

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Clapton | Hackney | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe