JEAFFRESON, J Cordy (1831-1901)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/0925
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: JEAFFRESON, J Cordy (1831-1901)
Date(s)	: [1851-1901]
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.01 linear metres (1 document).
Name of creator(s)	: Jeaffreson | John Cordy | 1831-1901 | barrister, author and archivist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831-1901) was a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. He also tutored in classics and lectured on English Literature. After receiving tuition in palaeography from Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy he became one of the inspectors of ancient writings under the Commissioners on Historical Manuscripts, 1874.

Jeaffreson was a prolific author of both fiction and history. Some of his works include: Novels and Novelists, from Elizabeth to Victoria, 1858; A Book about Doctors, 1860; The Life of Robert Stephenson, CE, FRS, 1864; A Book about Lawyers, 1866; A Book about the Clergy, 1869; The Annals of Oxford, 1871; A Book about the Table, 1875; A Young Squire of the Seventeenth Century, from Papers (AD 1676-1686) of Christopher Jeaffreson, of Dullingham House, Cambridgeshire, 1878; The Rapiers of Regent's Park, 1882; The Real Lord Byron, 1883; The Real Shelley, 1885; Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson, 1888; The Queen of Naples and Lord Nelson, 1889; and Victoria, Queen and Empress, 1893.

The Custos Rotulorum (Keeper of the Rolls) was responsible for the care of the county records. Appointed (since the fourteenth century) in the Commission of the Peace (see MJP/C), he was a leading justice, unpaid and holding the post for life; and from the seventeenth century usually also holding the office of Lord Lieutenant of the county. His Deputy was the Clerk of the Peace who was in practice the actual keeper of the records, and who drew up, registered and oversaw the storage of the records.

Biographical information from 'JEAFFRESON, John Cordy', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920-2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 (available online).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Report The Manuscripts of The County of Middlesex, In The Keeping of The Lord Lieutenant And Custos Rotulorum of The County. Handwritten, 162 pages. The report was possibly prepared by John Cordy Jeaffreson for the Historical Manuscripts Commission.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One document.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City 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:

Gifted to the Archive in March 1966.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For more records relating to the Custos Rotulorum for Middlesex see reference MR. For papers of Thomas Duffus Hardy see ACC/1120.

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.