HOVENDEN, Robert (1830-1908)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/464
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: HOVENDEN, Robert (1830-1908)
Date(s)	: 1871-[1899]
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 12 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Hovenden | Robert | 1830-1908 | antiquarian researcher

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Robert Hovenden (1830-1908) of Croydon was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and master of the Worshipful Company of Barbers. He transcribed and compiled genealogical records and notes in the late 19th century.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Robert Hovenden, antiquarian researcher. The records comprise: transcript of the apprentice bindings book of the Barber Surgeons' Company; collectanea towards the genealogy of the Hovenden family; extracts from the parish registers of All Hallows London Wall, St Magnus the Martyr, St Mary at Hill, St Margaret Moses, St Andrew Hubbard, St Mildred Bread Street and All Saints Edmonton; copies of mural tables and ledger stones of St Michael Queenhithe; and extracts from wills relating to Hackney.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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:

Deposited in Guildhall Library via the Bishopsgate Institute in 1967, and catalogued in 1967-8 by Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See also extracts from Saint Magnus the Martyr City of London baptism register 1560/1-1712, probably compiled by Robert Hovenden, of Croydon, Surrey, antiquary (P69/MAG/A/016/MS12002).

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:
Records prepared May to September 2011.