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Sermon endowment for the parish church of St John, Hackney


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 669

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Sermon endowment for the parish church of St John, Hackney

Date(s): 1679

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Single sheet

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Hackney is an area of East London.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Tripartite indenture made 13 June 1679 between Thomas Jameson, vicar of the parish church of St John, Hackney, the Wardens and Commonalty of the Goldsmiths' Company of London, and Josiah Williams, blacksmith, and Josiah Ebrell, merchant, churchwardens of the said parish, whereby Jameson entrusted the Company and the churchwardens with £100, the interest of which at 5% was to finance two annual sermons (on Good Friday and Ascension Thursday) to be delivered in St John's by its vicar, and alms for the poor.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

13¾" x 22¼". Parchment. Seal pendant.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from Andrew Block in 1965.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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: Oct 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Legal documents | Law
Legal systems | Law
Sermons | Religious texts | Religious doctrines | Theology
Documents

Personal names
Ebrell | Josiah | fl 1679 | churchwarden
Jameson | Thomas | fl 1679 | vicar
Williams | Josiah | fl 1679 | churchwarden

Corporate names
Goldsmiths' Company

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