IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 E/SHP
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SHEPPARD FAMILY
Date(s): 1788-1876
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.3 linear metres (70 documents).
Name of creator(s): Sheppard | family | of Southwark
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Members of the Sheppard family mentioned in these documents include John Sheppard of Southwark, stable keeper; William Sheppard of Newington, gentleman; John Sheppard of Lambeth, gentleman; Treadway Sheppard of Brixton, gentleman; and John Sheppard of Bond Street, fishmonger.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the Sheppard family, comprising personal property records as follows:
E/SHP/001-012 Wills of William Odber, and members of the Sheppard, Hall and Webb families;
E/SHP/013 Thomas Treadway Odber's estate (abstract of title to estate in Newington);
E/SHP/014-015 Thomas Treadway Odber's estate (leases for estate in Newington);
E/SHP/016 Elizabeth Hall's estate (title deed for premises in Newington);
E/SHP/017-026 John Sheppard Jnr's estate (title deeds to Alfred Place, St. George the Martyr, Southwark);
E/SHP/027-051 John Sheppard Jnr's estate (leases to Alfred Place, St. George the Martyr, Southwark);
E/SHP/052-058 John Sheppard jnr's estate (title deeds to other property in Southwark and Kennington);
E/SHP/059 Tredway Sheppard's estate (title deed);
E/SHP/060 Ann Webb's estate (title deed to premises in St George in the Fields);
E/SHP/061-068 Kesterton John Inman's estate (title deeds to property in St Pancras);
E/SHP/069-070 Papers regarding property in Southwark.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
E/SHP-1: Wills and probates;
E/SHP-2: Property transactions.
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
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Counterparts of E/SHP/014, 027, 029, 031, 033, 039, 041, 043 also deposited, have been destroyed.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Gifted to the Archive in September 1961.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.