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      Administration of justice

      • UF Legal actions
      • UF Legal administration
      • UF Legal practice
      • UF Action judiciaire
      • UF Action juridique
      • UF Pratique du droit
      • UF Pratique juridique
      • UF Acción judicial
      • UF Acción jurídica
      • UF Práctica del derecho
      • UF Práctica jurídica

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      615 Archival description results for Administration of justice

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      COL/CA/MIN · Subfonds · 1705-1865
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Records of various temporary committees of the Court of Aldermen, 1705-1865, including minutes of all the Aldermanic committees, particularly Gaol, with other subjects such as Cattle, Saltmeters, Watermen, petition of Drysalters against Brokers, Ganger and Riots, 1790-1794 and 1808-1815; papers of the Assize of Bread Committee, 1795; papers of the committee to enquire into the complaints touching several extensive fees demanded and received in the outer Chamber, at the binding of Apprentices and in making free, 1705-1706; minutes of Committee to consider of the duty and nature of the office of Chamberlain, 1727; papers of the Committee on the Chamberlain's income, 1843; papers of Committee of Aldermen on convicts, 1786-1787; minutes of the Committee of Aldermen to prepare a petition to the House of Commons to stop exportation of corn, 1765; minutes of Committees regarding the election of Aldermen, 1710 and 1769; minutes of Committee to consider the conduct of Marshalmen, 1798; papers of a Committee of Aldermen to take into consideration the state of the unclaimed dividend of the orphans fund, 1802; minutes of Committee regarding Oyster grounds, 1775; minutes of a Committee to provide plate for use of Lord Mayor, 1770-1771; report and papers of a Committee appointed to consider necessary repairs and additions to the Mansion House plate, 1842; proceedings of the Shipwrights Petition Committee, 1782; minutes of a Committee to examine Wardmote Presentments, Jan 1738/39 - May 1739, with summary of Wardmote Presentments to be examined, 1738-1741; letters and regulations regarding street traffic, 1851-1865.

      Corporation of London
      COL/CA/GAC · Subfonds · 1794-1878
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Records of the Gaol Committee, Court of Aldermen, comprising minutes, 1817-1857; rough minutes, 1794-1795 and 1815-1816; committee papers, 1812-1866; reports, 1843-1878; orders, 1867 and 1871-1878; financial accounts, 1859-1878 and testimonials, 1849-1865.

      Corporation of London
      COL/CA/PCA · Subfonds · 1784-1797
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Records of the Prisons Committee, Court of Aldermen, comprising minutes and papers of the Committees of the Court of Aldermen appointed to consider prison affairs, 1794-1797; minutes of the Committee of Aldermen appointed to enquire into the number and state of the prisoners in the gaols of the City, 14 Dec 1784 - 1 Feb 1785 and minutes of the Committee to examine the allegations by the keepers of Newgate, Ludgate and the two Compters as to the Act for taking away liquour taps in the prisons, 1786-1787.

      Corporation of London
      COL/CA/PVA · Subfonds · 1846-1979
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Records of the Privileges Committee, Court of Aldermen, comprising minutes, 1846-1954 and rough minutes, 1966-1979. Please note that some records are closed.

      Corporation of London
      COURT OF CHANCERY
      GB 0074 CLC/307 · Collection · 1712 Mar 24

      Exemplification of proceedings in Chancery in the cause: the executors of the will of William Sherington, of Red Lion Square, Holborn versus Dame Mary Luckyn, widow and relict of Sir William Luckyn, of Messing Hall, Essex, and Richard Nicholls, contesting the will.

      Court of Chancery
      COL/CC/CRN · Subfonds · 1959-1966
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Records of the Newson-Smith Committee, Court of Common Council, including minutes, 1960-1961; report of the Interdepartmental Committee on Business of Criminal Courts, presented to Parliament in 1961; report of the Newson-Smith Committee, 1961; typed minutes, agenda, memoranda, correspondence and reports, 1959-1961; correspondence, 1960-1961; correspondence and memoranda regarding the re-convening of the Newson-Smith Committee to discuss the extension of the Central Criminal Court, 1966.

      Corporation of London
      COL/CC/CRC · Subfonds · 1756-1836
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Records of the Court of Requests Committee, Court of Common Council, comprising rough minutes and papers of a Committee appointed to examine the practice and fees of the Court of Requests, 1756-61; printed Report to Common Council, 1759; rough minutes and papers of a Committee to consider a Memorial from the Commissioners of Requests, 1768; minutes of a Committee to enquire into the practice and fees of the Court of Requests and the abuses of its officers, 1774-1788; minutes of the committee appointed to consider the propriety of an application to Parliament for an enlargement of the powers of the Court of Requests, 1830-1836 and committee papers, 1773-1788.

      Corporation of London
      COL/CC/JTC · Subfonds · 1875-1945
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Minute books containing the minutes of various ad hoc Joint Committees:

      Joint Committee of the Officers and Clerks and the Law, (Parliamentary) and City Courts Committees regarding Admiralty jurisdiction in the City of London Court, 1875; the impact of the Supreme Court of Judicature Acts of 1870 and 1875 and reforms to the practice and pleading of the Mayor's Court, 1875; reform of the Mayor's Court and City of London Court, 1880; the duties of and the pension to be awarded to City of London Court judges, 1894-1895; the nature, duties and emoluments of the Secondary and elections in Common Hall, 1897-1898.

      Joint Committee of the Officers and Clerks and the Port of London Sanitary Committees regarding the salary of Harry Leach, Medical Officer of Health for the Port of London, 1875.

      Joint Committee of the General Purposes and the Special Tithes Committees regarding matters relating to livings and benefices, 1875.

      Joint Committee of the Coal, Corn and Finance and the Officers and Clerks Committees regarding the salary of William Payne, Chamber Principal Clerk, 1878; the nature, duties and emoluments of the Office of Chamberlain and his staff, 1892-1898; the nature, duties and emoluments of the City Solicitor and City Surveyor, 1895.

      Joint Committee of the Law and City Courts and the Local Government and Taxation Committees regarding taking action against the Toll Bridges/River Thames Bill which aimed to free the toll bridges, 1876-1877; and the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1883.

      Joint Committee of the Gas and Water and the Local Government and Taxation Committees regarding the progress of the Metropolis Waterworks Purchase Bill, 1880.

      Joint Committee of the City Lands and the Law and City Courts Committees regarding finding accommodation for the hearing of special jury cases, 1891

      Joint Committee of the City Lands and the Coal, Corn and Finance Committees regarding finding a site for the construction of a new British School of Art (Tate Gallery), 1891.

      Joint Committee of the Coal, Corn and Finance and the Billingsgate and Leadenhall Markets Committees regarding reduction of tolls on fish brought to Billingsgate market, 1894.

      Joint Committee of the Officers and Clerks and the and the Improvements and Finance Committees regarding the retirement of Principal Clerk of the Public Health Department, 1899.

      Joint Committee of the City Lands and the Improvements and Finance Committees regarding cooperation with the London County Council to preserve the historic building at 17 Fleet Street (Prince Henry's Room, part of an inn that was one of the few buildings to survive the Great Fire of London), 1899-1900.

      Joint Committee of Coal and Corn and Finance and Officers and Clerks Committees, ordered to enquire into the nature, duties and emoluments of the office of Chamberlain, to reconsider the terms and conditions of the appointment and to recommend any necessary reform, Sept 1943-Feb 1945.

      Corporation of London
      COL/CC/NGC · Subfonds · 1755-1831
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Papers of the Newgate Gaol Committees, Court of Common Council, including minutes, rough minutes and papers of the Committee to enquire into the state of Newgate Gaol and how the same may be enlarged, 1755-1766, and minutes, rough minutes, papers and journals of the Committee for rebuilding Newgate, 1767-1831, including certificates of work done, financial accounts, bills, proposals and letters.

      Corporation of London
      COL/CC/SCC · Subfonds · 1856-1870
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Records of the Special (City of London Court) Committee, Court of Common Council, including minutes and rough minutes, 1869-1870; committee papers, 1856-1870, particularly relating to Court fees, the Admiralty jurisdiction and the duties of judges; and outstanding references and proceedings, 1867-1869.

      Corporation of London
      COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
      GB 0074 CLC/306 · Collection · 1765

      Record of the Court of Common Pleas, comprising a brief for the defendants in an action for impounding and ill-treating cattle coming to Smithfield Market. The case arose from numerous complaints about the nuisance caused in Smithfield and other streets in the city by cattle dealers driving cattle and sheep on Sunday evenings into Smithfield in order to get the best stands and pens.

      Court of Common Pleas
      COURT OF EXCHEQUER
      GB 0074 CLC/305 · Collection · 1671-1833

      Records of the Court of Exchequer, comprising Exchequer bill; roll of estreats of fines and forfeitures at the sessions of the peace for London and Middlesex; and record book relating to the King's revenue.

      Court of Exchequer
      CLA/023 · Collection · 1100-1990

      Records of the Court of Husting, 1100-1990, including deeds and wills; Husting books containing records of proceedings; material relating to Pleas of Land including court rolls and writs of right patent and proceedings; material relating to Common Pleas including court rolls, writs and proceedings; charters relating to the Court and offprints of articles about the Court of Husting.

      Corporation of London
      CLA/039 · Collection · 1666-1673

      Records of the Court of Judicature, or 'Fire Court', City of London, 1666-1673, including fire decrees (judgements of the court) and other records of court proceedings.

      Corporation of London
      GB 0074 CLC/311 · Collection · 1747-1750

      Records of the court of Quarter Sessions, London, comprising lists of jurors for Bridge Ward, Aldgate Ward, Bassishaw Ward and Farringdon Within Ward.

      London Quarter Sessions of the Peace
      GB 0074 CLC/310 · Collection · 1832

      Calendar of gaol delivery for the Middlesex House of Correction, known as Cold Bath Fields Prison, 1832.

      Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace
      COURT OF REQUESTS
      GB 0074 CLC/302 · Collection · 1655-1658

      Orders of the Commissioners of the Court of Requests ordering the arrest of certain persons for non-appearance at court; and to commit to prison in one of the City Compters Robert Weddall, throster, for failing to appear in court.

      Court of Requests , Corporation of London x Sheriff's Court
      CLA/038 · Collection · 1595-1853

      Records of the Court of Requests, City of London, 1595-1853, including committee reports; petitions; regulations; appointment of Commissioners; accounts ledgers; cash books; record of fees; summons books; warrant books; bonds and promissory notes, and other administrative papers.

      Corporation of London
      Court of Wards
      GB 0096 MS 194 · (1620), 1581-1622

      Manuscript volume containing transcripts of documents relating to the Court of Wards, [1620], namely a selection of decrees from 1553 made by John Hare, headed 'Le Court des Gards', dated [12 Jul] 1581; reports of cases of the Court of Wards, dated 1605-1610; 'Instructions for the Master of our Wards and Liveryes', [by James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough, dated [Dec, 1618]; an account [by William Rastell] of procedure in the Court of Wards, with a table of fees and a table of contents, dated [1622].

      Unknown
      COURT OF WARDS AND LIVERIES
      GB 0074 CLC/301 · Collection · 1631

      Record of the Court of Wards and Liveries, comprising examinations of defendants in a court case concerning commodities in a court yard adjoining the Bull Head Tavern in Cheapside, October-November 1631.

      Court of Wards and Liveries
      Court proceedings
      GB 0096 MS 751 · [1590-1600]

      Manuscript volume of extracts from the record of the Court of Queen's (and King's) Bench, and also from the Court of Common Pleas, for proceedings from the 15th century to the reign of Elizabeth, probably compiled c1590-1600. The extracts include pleas, posteas and memoranda of the 15th and 16th centuries, with marginal notes describing the subjects of the pleas, and perhaps acted as a lawyer's precedent book. References to the original court rolls are sometimes given.

      Unknown
      GB 0074 CLC/309 · Collection · 1500-1899

      Collection of documents relating to courts and legal proceedings in London, including notes on jurisdiction and procedures; historical notes; reports on cases; briefs, case notes and proceedings; correspondence and financial accounts for various courts including the Court of Star Chamber, the Court of Exchequer, the Court of Chancery, the Court of King's Bench and Queen's Bench, and legal institutions such as Furnival's Inn, the King's Bench Prison, the Old Bailey and Marshalsea Prison.

      Various.
      COURTS OF LAW
      CLA/040 · Collection · 1301-1965

      Records of various City of London Courts of Law, 1301-1965, including the Royal Courts, Nuisance Assizes, Court of Judicature, Borough Court of Record, Southwark, the Central Criminal Court, Assize of Bread and Possessory Assizes.

      Records of the Royal Courts include plea rolls, escheat rolls, inquisitions post mortem, writs, proceedings, and articles relating to the history of the court, while the records of the Possessory Assizes, comprising the Assizes of Novel Disseisin, Fresh Force and Mort d'Ancestor, include rolls of assizes and precedent books.

      Records of the Civic courts (Nuisance Assizes, Court of Judicature, Borough Court of Record, Southwark) include pleas of nuisance, Southwark fire decrees and court books.

      Records of the Central Criminal Court include registers of felons' gods, petitions for return of goods, auction catalogues, prints and photographs, financial accounts, statistics and papers relating to civil defence duties during World War Two.

      Records of the Assize of Bread include mealweighters books, including quantities of wheat sold and delivered; register of bakers and cornfactors, prices of wheat and flour and papers of the Committee on the Assize of Bread.

      Also papers relating to cases of bankruptcy and debt, papers of the London Chamber of Arbitration and other legal records and administrative papers.

      Corporation of London
      GB 0074 CLC/312 · Collection · 1684-1899

      Records of the Quarter Sessions for London and Middlesex, including certificate of conviction; examination book of vagabonds apprehended in the City of London; Newgate gaol calendars; and petition for victualling licence.

      London Quarter Sessions of the Peace Middlesex Quarter Sessions of the Peace
      COWLEY PEACHEY MANOR
      GB 0074 ACC/0374 · Collection · 1636-1826

      Records of the Manor of Cowley Peachey, Colham, Hillingdon; comprising court book for views of frankpledge with courts baron; rental and survey; and statement of quit rents.

      Manor of Cowley Peachey
      GB 0096 MS 1091 · Fonds · c1932-1964

      Comprising research files containing press cuttings, correspondence and notes regarding incest, illegitimacy, sexual literature, censorship, homosexuality, banned books, prison reform, the Royal Family, separation, witchcraft, sexual behaviour and venereal disease, possibly for use in his works Sex and Revolution (1934), The Banned Books of England (1937), Above All Liberties (1942) and other publications (1922-1942); typescripts for submission to the 'Encyclopedia of Sexual Behaviour' (n.d.); issues of nudist and health periodicals and offprints of articles by Alec Craig and others (1936-1953).

      Craig , Alexander George (Alec) , 1897-1973 , author
      CUSTUMALS
      COL/CS · Subfonds · 1274-1699
      Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

      Custumals including the Liber de Antiquis Legibus, an historical, political and domestic chronicle covering 1188-1274, compiled in 1274; the Liber Horn, made in 1311 under the direction of Andrew Horn, City Chamberlain, containing transcripts of charters, statutes, grants, customs, charters of companies and towns, precedents, oaths, writs and the "Laws of Oleron" [code of maritime regulation, written 1150]; the Liber de Assisa Panis containing the customs, regulations and punishments connected with the Assize of Bread, 1293-1438; the Liber Ordinationum, a volume of ordinances, customs, legal treatises and statutes from Magna Carta (1215) to 1330; the Liber Custumarum, a volume of City customs, laws, charters, proceedings and municipal regulations, 1324?; the Carte Antique, illuminated transcripts of charters and statutes, 1327-1498; the Statuta Antiqua Angliae, a copy of the Carte Antique covering the period 1327-1430; the Decretales Gregorii Papae, compilation of decretals [papal decrees] promulgated in 1235, with glosses upon the text; the Liber Dunthorn, containing transcripts of charters and extracts from Letter Books and other City records, compiled under the direction of William Dunthorn, Town Clerk, 1474?; the Liber Fleetwood, presented to the City by William Fleetwood, Recorder, 1576, containing information on the Courts of Law and the Mayor, Aldermen and other officers in the year 1576, as well as the liberties, franchises and customs of the City, the liberties, customs and charters of the Cinque Ports [Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich], the Queen's prerogative in the salt shores and the liberties of Saint Martin le Grand; the Liber Albus, compiled under the direction of John Carpenter, Town Clerk, 1419, containing information regarding customs, laws, social conditions, trade and the general conduct of a municipality; the Liber Legum [or Liber Legum Civitatis], extracts from the City Letter Books, 1342-1590; the Liber Lynne, transcripts of deeds of the possessions of the families of Lawneye and Wyth in Lynne, London and Southwark, 1281-1452; proceedings in the Star Chamber with extracts from charters, statutes, inquisitions and other authorities as to the preservation of the navigation of the River Lea, particularly in relation to Waltham Bridge, 1524 and a book containing proceedings against the Hanse merchants of the Steelyard [Hanse merchants traded with foreign ports] resulting in loss of their privileges, 1551-1556, with papers added in relation to the exemption of the Steelyard from assessments and taxes, 1653-1699.

      Corporation of London
      GB 0074 ACC/2011 · Collection · 1863-1895

      Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising admission of John Durham, junior of 10 Great James Street, Bedford Row, as solicitor in court of Chancery, 8 May 1863, signed by John Romilly, Master of the Rolls; admission of John Durham as solicitor in Court of Queen's Bench, 8 May 1863. Also leases for 108 Stroud Green Road (formerly called Osborne House), Hornsey, 1887 and 1895.

      Davis, Foster and Finlay , solicitors
      Deeds relating to Yorkshire
      GB 0096 MS 476 · 1422-1716

      Collection of deeds relating mainly to Yorkshire, 1422-1716, as follows.

      1. Quitclaim with warranty by John Robynson (Robinson) of Jolby (North Riding) to Sir John Clesby, rector of the church of Mersk (Marske, North Riding), Sir Thomas Topclyf (Topcliff), chaplain, and William Ellerbek (Ellerbeck), of his right in all lands, meadows and tenements which they have by gift in the town of Jolby. With witnesses. Signed at Jolby, 20 July, 1422. Seal of Robinson in red wax. Endorsements.
      2. Letters of attorney of Robert Conyers (d 1431) of Sokburn (Sockburn, County Durham), Sir Thomas Laton of Sexhow (North Riding), William, vicar of Covton (Cowton, North Riding), and William Nafferton of Ravynswathe (Ravensworth, North Riding), appointing Richard Mason, Hugh Mawnsell and John Boste to deliver seisin to William Boste and Alice his wife of three messuages in Joleby (Jolby, North Riding). Dated at Sokburne, 20 April, 1427. 4 seals in red wax. Endorsements.
      3. Counterpart bargain and sale indented with warranty by Sir George Gryffyth (Griffith) of Whychenor (Wychnor), Staffordshire, to Richard Smythe (Smith) and John Dyott of the farm of their manor of Little Kelke (Kelk, East Riding) near Burton Annas (Burton Agnes, East Riding). Consideration £180. Dated 28 June, 1555. 2 marks and 2 seals in red wax. Endorsement.
      4. Gift with warranty for a consideration in money by John Dyott and Richard Smyth (Smith) of the city of Lichefeld (Lichfield) to Walter Gryffyth (Griffith) of Whychenor (Wychnor), Staffordshire, of the farm of their manor of Little Kelke (Kelk, East Riding) near Burton Annas (Burton Agnes, East Riding) which they had by conditional gift of Sir George Gryffyth (Griffith), the donee's father. Signed 22 Feb 1560. 1 mark and 2 seals. Endorsements.
      5. Agreement indented between (1) William Rookes, of Roides Hall (Royds Hall) Bradford, and (2) Robert Bradford, of Stanley, Yorkshire, and William Warde, of Bradford, Yorkshire, whereby (1) within one year will have made a deed of feoffment to (2) and will levy a fine to convey to them, for his own use during his lifetime and then for the use of his eldest son, William Rookes and his heirs male, or in default to Tempest Rookes and then to Richard Rookes, his other sons, his manor called Roides Hall in the parish of Bradford, also 100 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, 160 acres of arable, 200 acres of wood, 400 acres of moor and heath, with all houses, barns, stables, orchards, gardens, dove-houses, etc., except Ryvey Wibsey (West Riding), the Neither Common next adjoining to Okenshaye (Oakenshaw, West Riding) and one tenement and lands in the tenure of Thomas Vyckars. Seal tag only. Signed 14 Apr 1575 by William Rookes. Endorsements.
      6. Quitclaim for a consideration in money by Matthew Tompson of Rowesby (Roxby) in the county of York, to Ralph Tankard, of Arden (North Riding) in the same county, of his right in all lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, rents, services and other hereditaments in Rowesby formerly of Robert Tompson his father, deceased, and given by Robert to Thomas Tompson, brother of Matthew, and his heirs male. Signed 20 July, 1602. Mark of Matthew Tompson. Seal. Endorsements.
      7. Lease indented for 60 years by George Kirke (d 1663), Gentleman of the Robes and a Groom of His Majesty's Bedchamber, and Thomas Metcalf (d 1655), of Nappay (Nappa, North Riding) in the county of York, of a messuage with one acre, a close of 20 acres called the Lery Crofte, 2 oxgangs of land, meadow and pasture, 2 acres called Forby Land or Acres, one close called Forty Acres, 2 parcels of ground, by estimation 8 acres, called The Flats, one close called Yewland with ground containing 30 acres lying without Humberbancke in Ottringham (East Riding) now in the occupation of Francis Cobb. Rent £26 p.a. Signed 30 Nov 1639 by George Kirke. Seal. Endorsements.
      8. Bargain and sale indented with warranty by Thomas Croftes, of Coverham (North Riding), to Edward Croftes of York, of a messuage with appurtenances situated within the liberty of Coverham Abbey and all the grounds thereunto belonging called Jobcroft House now in the tenure or occupation of Anthony Appleby. Consideration £30. Signed 13 Jan 1649 by Thomas Croftes. Seal. Endorsements. Annexed: Bond in £60 of Thomas Croftes to Edward Croftes. 13 Jan.1649. Condition: for the performance of all covenants specified in the bargain and sale of even date. Witnesses. Signed: Thomas Croftes. Seal.
      9. Defeasance indented by Sir Henry Griffith, Bt (d 1656), of Burton Agnes in the county of York, of a recognizance of statute staple, 4 May 1649, wherein he is bound to pay £2000 to Clement Spelman, of the Middle Temple, London, on condition that he pay Spelman £1040 on 4 October next following at the Middle Temple, London. Signed 4 May 1649 by Clement Spelman. Seal. Endorsements.
      10. Right-hand indenture of a final concord between Sir Griffin Boynton, Bt (1664-1731), Richard Hill and John Langstaffe, plaintiffs, and George Bradrick and Elizabeth his wife, John Sleightholme and Elizabeth his wife, and Philip Saunders, deforciants, of 4 messuages, 2 bakeries, 2 curtilages, 54 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 19 acres of pasture, common of pasture for all draught animals and common of turbary, with appurtenances, in Rexby Goatland (North Riding) in the parish of Pickering Growmont (Grosmont, North Riding) and Lythe. Acknowledgment of plaintiffs' rights and quitclaim to them. Warranty. Consideration £120. Dated 27 Oct - 3 Nov 1716.
      Unknown
      DENCE, John
      GB 0074 O/057 · Collection · 1804-1877

      Records of John Dence relating to properties in Sydenham, Lewisham, the City of London, Holborn, and the Strand.

      Various.
      GB 0074 ACC/2805/05 · Collection · 1942-1950

      Records of the Deputy for the Chief Rabbi, 1942-1950, comprising correspondence with various individuals and organisations, including provincial congregations in Wales and England and congregations in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Palestine, Russia, South Africa and the United States of America.

      PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, Office of Chief Rabbi, 735 High Road, North Finchley, London NW12 OUS.

      Lazarus , Harris Meyer , 1878-1962 , rabbi
      GB 0064 DEW · Collection · [1893-1964]

      Papers of Kenneth Dewar, consisting mainly of letters received, including some from Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond (q.v.) and drafts and memoranda relating to Dewar's Admiralty service, there being little official or other correspondence relating to his career afloat. Private and family letters, and papers concerning the court-martial arising out of the Royal Oak affair, were presented subject to certain conditions and access to them remains restricted. There are also diaries kept for both the First and Second World Wars and official service documents.

      Dewar , Kenneth Gilbert Balmain , 1879-1964 , Vice-Admiral
      DEWELL FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0345 · Collection · 1719-1822

      Records of the Dewell family of Brentford, relating to property in Old Brentford, New Brentford, Hanwell, Chiswick and Isleworth, including wills, leases, extracts from court rolls and legal opinion.

      Various.
      DIOCESE OF LONDON
      GB 0074 DL · Collection · [1271]-2011

      Records of the Diocese of London, 1467-1976, held at the London Metropolitan Archives include:

      • records of the Archdeaconry of Hampstead (induction mandates, visitation papers)
      • records of the Archdeaconry of Hackney (visitation papers)
      • records of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (assignation books, churchwardens' presentments, financial papers, calendars, probate books and probate inventories, caveat books, registers of wills, administration bonds, renunciations, warrants, original wills, visitation books)
      • records of the Consistory Court of London (Acts of Court, assignation books, deposition books, Vicar General's books, registers of wills, original wills, matrimonial and testamentary cause papers, appointments of proctors, caveat books, Chancellor's notebooks, statistics)
      • papers of various rural deaneries (Paddington, Spitalfields, Bethnal Green, Saint Pancras, Enfield, Chelsea, Tottenham, Shoreditch, Saint Marylebone)
      • bishop's transcripts from the County of Middlesex and the County of London
      • papers relating to tithes (maps, apportionments, altered apportionments, certificates of capital value, awards of exchange, redemption certificates).

        Records of the Diocese of London, 1306-1996, (held at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section but currently accessible through the LMA) include:

      • Bishops' registers
      • Vicar Generals' books
      • Bishops' Act books
      • Ordination papers and Ordination registers
      • Licensing papers for curates, lecturers, institutional chaplains, parish clerks, midwives, physicians and surgeons, schoolmasters
      • Marriage allegations and marriage bonds
      • Parish files (of church deeds, consecration papers, plans and so on.)
      • Faculty papers, by parish.
      • Subscription books.
      • Parish register transcripts
      • Episcopal visitation records
      • Records of jurisdiction:-
      • Commissary Court records including court books, probate records, original wills, probate and administration act books, probate inventories
      • Estate records for property and manors in the City of London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex, Westminster and Worcester.

        Also papers relating to the Bishop of London's jurisdiction overseas. The Bishop of London was held to exercise responsibility for Anglican churches overseas where no other bishop had been appointed. He retained responsibility for churches in northern and central Europe until 1980, but his jurisdiction in southern Europe ceased in 1842 on the creation of the diocese of Gibraltar. In 1980, the Bishop of London divested himself of all overseas jurisdiction and a new diocese of 'Gibraltar in Europe' was established. Records include:-

      • Ordination and licensing records
      • Consecration papers and chaplaincy deeds
      • Foreign register transcripts
      • issues of the "Gibraltar and Fulham Diocesan Gazette"
      • Foreign chaplaincy archives for the chaplaincies of:
        Adelboden, Switzerland
        Aix les Bains, France
        Alassio, Italy
        Archangel, Russia
        Athens, Greece
        Balestrand, Norway
        Biarritz, France
        Bologna, Italy
        Bordighera, Italy
        Boulogne, France
        Bucharest, Romania
        Bucharest and Lower Danubian ports, Romania
        Burgenstock, Switzerland
        Calais, France
        Cannes, France
        Cap d'Antibes, France
        Cartagena, Spain
        Champery, Switzerland
        Chantilly, France
        Corfu, Greece
        Davos, Switzerland
        Ferrol, Spain
        Florence, Italy
        Fray Bentos, Uruguay
        Geneva, Switzerland
        Ghent, Belgium
        Grindelwald, Switzerland
        Haarlem, Netherlands
        Hamburg, Germany
        Helsinki, Finland
        Hughesovka, Russia
        Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
        Leghorn, Italy
        Leysin, Switzerland
        Libau, Latvia
        Lisbon, Portugal
        Lucerne, Switzerland
        Lyons, France
        Messina, Sicily, Italy
        Minas de Riotinto, Spain
        Monte Carlo, Monaco
        Moscow, Russia
        Nantes, North West France
        Odessa and South Russia
        Oporto, Portugal
        Ostend, Belgium
        Palermo, Italy
        Pisa and Bagni di Lucca, Italy
        Ponta Delgada, Azores
        Riga, Latvia
        Rigi-Kaltbad, Switzerland
        Saas Fee, Switzerland
        St Servan, France
        Seville, Spain
        Spiez, Switzerland
        Stockholm, Sweden
        Stresa, Italy
        Syra, Greece
        Tamaris sur mer, Toulon, France
        Taormina, Sicily
        Trieste, Italy
        Ulvik, Norway
        Versailles, France
        Viareggio, Italy
        Vitznau, Switzerland
        Wengen, Switzerland
        Zermatt, Switzerland
      Diocese of London , Church of England
      DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER
      GB 0074 DW · Collection · 1480-1936

      Records of the Diocese of Winchester, 1480-1936. The archive collections relate mainly to parishes in the ancient county of Surrey, now in the dioceses of Guildford and Southwark and include: the records of the Archdeaconry of Surrey which had jurisdiction over the parishes in the ancient county of Surrey excluding 13 peculiars (administrative areas outside the jurisdiction of the bishop), including Bishop's Transcripts for parishes in the archdeaconry, the issue of licences including marriage bonds and allegations and clergy's licences, registry material, church consecrations and dedications, dissenters' meeting house certificates, and terriers of church property in each parish.

      Also the records of the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey, consisting of court probate material including wills; the records of the Commissary Court of Surrey, including the bishop's commissary court probate records including wills and cause papers in court proceedings; and a small collection of office papers of the Archdeaconry of Winchester relating to parishes in Hampshire.

      Diocese of Winchester, Church of England
      GB 1556 WL 509 · 1933-1956

      Correspondence and reports of meetings between the Danzig Jewish Community and the Senate of the Free City of Danzig regarding anti-Semitism in Danzig, 1933-1935.

      Two memoranda to support a compensation/ restitution application for persecuted Danziger Jews, 1956.

      Dr Erwin Lichtenstein and Mr Berent
      GB 0101 PG.DQ · 1938-1976

      Constitutions, pamphlets and appeals issued by the Desmond Trotter Defence Committee and the Dominica Peasant Proprietors' Union, 1938-1976.

      Institute of Commonwealth Studies
      DONNE, William
      GB 0074 ACC/0692 · Collection · 1761-1843

      Copy of freedom admissions of the City of London to William Donne senior and William Donne junior, haberdashers, 1810 and 1843; with Letters Patent appointing James and William Chambers to the office of Walter in Port of London, 1761-1785.

      Various.
      Druce, Jackson & Co.
      GB 0096 MS 861 · 1869-1874

      Legal papers, memoranda, correspondence and other papers relating to the proceedings of James Wilson against Emile Ferrand in France and England, 1869-1874.

      Druce, Jackson & Co
      GB 0074 COR/DOL · Collection · 1884-1932

      Records of the Duchy of Lancaster Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1884-1932.

      Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster
      DUNSFORD MANOR
      GB 0074 ACC/1720 · Collection · 1680-1889

      Records of the Manor of Dunsford, Wandsworth, including court books, conveyances, declarations, mortgages, enfranchisements, maps and plans.

      Manor of Dunsford , Wandsworth
      GB 0074 ACC/0133 · Collection · 1689 - 1905

      Records of the Manor of Durants and Garton, Enfield, 1689-1905, including Court Baron and Special Court book with minutes.

      Durants and Gartons Manor , Enfield , Middlesex