IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 M/71/RTH
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ROTHERHITHE MANOR
Date(s): 1548-1918
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.30 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Manor of Rotherhithe
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Land at Rotherhithe was granted to the Bishop of Worcester in 893, but Rotherhithe is not mentioned in the Domesday Book. In 1127 land there was granted to the Abbey of Bermondsey, who held it until the dissolution when the lands were taken by the Crown. In 1608 the manor was granted to Robert, Earl of Salisbury. From 1692 onwards it passed to many owners including the Bennet, Scawen, Swinfen, Wager, Gashry, Goldsworthy, Gomm and Carr-Gomm families. The Gomms sold parts of the land to the Surrey Commercial Docks and for Southwark Park. The last manorial court was held in 1846.
Source of information: 'Parishes: Rotherhithe', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 83-92.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Manor of Rotherhithe, including court books for views of frankpledge, courts baron and courts leet; minute book; rentals; and statement on the bounds of the Manor.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
M71/RTH/001 to M71/RTH/006.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit, except for M/71/RTH/001-002 which have sustained fire damage.
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 deposited in 1965.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.