PEACOCK FAMILY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/0414
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: PEACOCK FAMILY
Date(s)	: 1666-1878
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.6 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: Various.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Probate (also called proving a will) is the process of establishing the validity of a will, which was recorded in the grant of probate.

Abstract of title is a summary of prior ownership of a property, drawn up by solicitors. Such an abstract may go back several hundred years or just a few months, and was usually drawn up just prior to a sale.

Source: British Records Association Guidelines 3: How to interpret deeds (available online).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Peacock family relating to property in Hornsey, Highgate, Muswell Hill and Finchley; including title deeds, probates, settlements, abstract of title and legal proceedings.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in 6 bundles according to property:
ACC/0414/001: Land in Muswell Hill;
ACC/0414/002: Land in Highgate;
ACC/0414/003: Premises on road from Hornsey to Muswell Hill;
ACC/0414/004: Land in Highgate and Finchley;
ACC/0414/005: Land on Highgate Hill;
ACC/0414/006: Land in Hornsey.

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 May 1951.

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.