COURT OF ALDERMEN: ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE COMMITTEE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: COL/CA/AJA
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: ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE COMMITTEE
Date(s)	: 1781
Level of description	: subfonds View parent record
Extent	: 0.01 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 Administration of Justice Committee of the Court of Aldermen was formed in 1781 to enquire into the complaint put forward by the Lord Mayor against Thomas Woodbridge, Alderman, concerning the public administration of justice and the supposed maladministration and misuse of his powers by the Alderman in the matter of the arrest of an alleged French spy.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Minute book of the Administration of Justice Committee, Court of Aldermen, dated November 1781.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One volume.

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:

The Officers and Clerks Committee (COL/CC/OCL) met to consider general staffing matters including discipline while the Privileges Committee (COL/CC/PVC) considered abuses of the privileges of Corporation members and the Special Inquiries Committee (COL/CC/SQC) considered allegations of financial irregularities by staff in the Remembrancer's Department.

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