LUCAN (LORD)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/0493
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: LUCAN (LORD)
Date(s)	: 1741-1908
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 2.43 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: Bingham | family | of Laleham x barons Lucan

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Manor of Laleham was purchased in 1802 by Richard Bingham, the second Earl of Lucan (1764-1839). His son George Charles Bingham, the third Earl of Lucan (1800-1888), was famous for ordering the 'Charge of the Light Brigade' during the Crimean War.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Bingham family, barons Lucan, relating to their estates in Laleham, Chertsey and Staines. The records include court rolls for the Manor of Laleham; estate correspondence; papers relating to the managements of the estate such as inventory of crops; financial records and accounts; rent accounts; plans of the Laleham estates; legal documents relating to title to the estates such as deeds, leases, wills and settlements; papers relating to leases of parts of the estate including advertisements and agreements; legal papers including King's Bench and Chancery proceedings.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

ACC/0493-1: Manorial Procedure and Customs;
ACC/0493-2: Estate Management;
ACC/0493-3: Documents relating to Title;
ACC/0493-4: Legal Papers.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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:

Records deposited in January 1953.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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:
January to May 2011.