SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDOWS OF THE CLERGY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/103
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDOWS OF THE CLERGY
Date(s)	: 1783-1790
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: Two production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Society for the Benefit of the Widows of the Clergy

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Society existed to assist the dependents of deceased clergymen.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Society for the Benefit of the Widows of the Clergy, comprising petitions to the Society and letters patent.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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 with records of Sion College in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Further records relating to this Society can be found among the records of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, A/CSC.

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:
June to August 2010.