IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 E/DCA
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: DU CANE FAMILY
Date(s): 1498-1840
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.6 linear metres (266 documents).
Name of creator(s): Caine | Du | family | of Braxted Park, Essex x Du Caine | family | of Braxted Park, Essex
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Peter du Cane, cloth merchant and businessman, purchased Braxted Park (near Witham in Essex) in 1751. The family estates were inherited by his son Peter in 1803; Peter's son Peter in 1823 and Peter's cousin Captain Charles du Cane, RN, in 1889. The family sold the estate in 1919.
See http://www.braxtedpark.co.uk/history.cfm for more information [accessed Aug 2011].
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the du Cane family relating to their estates in London, as follows:
Freehold title:
E/DCA/001-041 Manor or farm of Ballams/Balham, in Clapham and Streatham;
E/DCA/042-049 Ruddocks and 7 Acres Grove, in Croydon.
Copyhold title:
E/DCA/050-099 Land of Manor of Fauxhall, in Streatham;
E/DCA/100-131, 134 Land of Manor of Norbury, in Streatham and Croydon;
E/DCA/132, 133 Land of Manor of Croydon, in [? Streatham or Croydon].
Leasehold title:
E/DCA/135, 136 Houses in City of London;
E/DCA/137, 138 Sheepwalk of Manor of Battersea and Wandsworth, in [? Battersea].
Leases:
E/DCA/139-152 Balham Farm;
E/DCA/153-163 Streatham Farm.
Estate management:
E/DCA/164-189 Valuations, etc.
Correspondence:
E/DCA/190-237 Estate;
E/DCA/238-241 Croydon Inclosure;
E/DCA/242-246 Chancery case relating to Shelley family settlement;
E/DCA/247-250 Family.
Miscellaneous:
E/DCA/251-256 Documents unrelated to those above.
Plans:
E/DCA/257-266 Balham and Streatham Farms, and Streatham Common.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The collection is arranged into sections as outlined in the Scope and Content section.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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 of the Du Cane family estate transferred from the Essex Record Office to the London County Record Office, on 26 November, 1959.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.