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Senate House Library, University of London

Contract to repair stables, 1670


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 849

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Contract to repair stables, 1670

Date(s): 1670

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Single sheet.

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Contract, dated 28 Dec 1670, containing an undertaking by John Brown to repair the stables he rented from Thomas Panton, and to stop up the water course from the horse pond in Round Mill Yard. Signed and sealed by John Brown.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. 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:

190 x 200 mm. On paper. Includes an applied impression of the seal of John Brown, in red wax, round, 15 mm, with a device of a griffin's head.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by E.K.Timings in 1975.

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: Jan 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Building maintenance | Building operations | Construction engineering
Legal documents | Law
Legal systems | Law
Documents

Personal names
Brown | John | fl 1670
Panton | Thomas | fl 1670

Corporate names

Places