WESTMINSTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/2583
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WESTMINSTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE
Date(s)	: 1728
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This letter has 'strayed' from official custody and become separated from the records of the Westminster Quarter Sessions among which it would have been expected to be found. It has therefore been catalogued separately, although a copy can be found in the main series of records.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from Charles, 2nd Viscount Townsend, to Lord Delaware, chairman of the sessions of the peace for Westminster, announcing the decision that the Treasury Solicitor will in future defend all constables and other peace officers of Westminster in actions brought against them 'for searching houses where Felons and other disorderly Persons resort' by warrant of the justices. Dated 26 October 1728.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One document.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation 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:

Deposited on 4 July 1988.

Allied Materials

Related material:

A copy of the letter can be found at WJ/SP: Westminster Sessions Court in Session records.

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:
November 2009 to February 2010