COURT OF ALDERMEN: WHOLE COMMITTEE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: COL/CA/WCA
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: COURT OF ALDERMEN: WHOLE COMMITTEE
Date(s)	: 1821-1836
Level of description	: subfonds View parent record
Extent	: 0.1 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Corporation of London

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Aldermen were responsible for the administration of Wards, and were elected by their Ward. The position of Alderman was held for life. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Wards in the City of London are still mainly identified by the name of their Alderman although the first full list of Wards under permanent names such as Dowgate or Cornhill is dated 1285. The roots of municipal government in the City of London are thus found in the activities of the Aldermen in their Wards which in the medieval period provided such public services as existed. Working individually, or in co-operation, the power of the Aldermen grew as the corporate unity of the City of London developed and they exercised both administrative and judicial functions in what became the Court of Aldermen.

The Committee of the Whole Court was established to confer with the Government and others regarding the reform of the Corporation.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Committee of the Whole Court of Aldermen, comprising minute book and papers, 1836 and rough minutes, 1821-1825.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

In sections: minutes, rough minutes and papers.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: 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:

Corporation of London Records Office.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For other papers relating to the reform of the Corporation of London, see COL/CC/ACC: Affairs of the Corporation Committee, COL/CC/CPR: Enquiries into the Constitution of the Corporation Committee, COL/CC/CTC: Consolidated Committee, COL/CC/LGT: Local Government and Taxation Committee and COL/CC/SPC: Special Committee.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
February 2009