IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/460
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HARVEY FAMILY OF CHIGWELL
Date(s): 1548-1757
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 34 production units.
Name of creator(s): Harvey | family
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Daniel Harvey (1587-1647) and Sir Eliab Harvey (d 1699) are represented in this collection. The deeds mainly refer to property in the City of London (including South Sea House, home of the South Sea Company), Essex and Hackney. The Harvey family also had interests in Surrey, Kent, Suffolk, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Deeds, wills and other papers relating to the property and estate affairs of the Harvey family.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased in 2001 and 2002 by Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section and catalogued in 2004 by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also CLC/497.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.