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- 1767 (Creation)
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A demise is a legal document allowing the transfer of an estate by will or lease. Harpur Street is off Theobald's Road, near Red Lion Square in Holborn.
The Bedford Charities were founded by Lord Mayor Sir William Harpur and his wife Alice. In 1566 the couple endowed a school in Bedford, as well as leaving funds for general poor relief within the town. The endowment included property in Bedford and some land in Holborn. The charity still exisits and promotes education, relieves the sick and those in hardship, and provides recreational facilities with a social welfare purpose.
See http://www.bedfordcharity.org.uk/about/history.html for more information (accessed Aug 2010).
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GB 0074 CLC/129 1767 Collection One production item. The Bedford Charity x The Harpur Trust
A demise is a legal document allowing the transfer of an estate by will or lease. Harpur Street is off Theobald's Road, near Red Lion Square in Holborn.
The Bedford Charities were founded by Lord Mayor Sir William Harpur and his wife Alice. In 1566 the couple endowed a school in Bedford, as well as leaving funds for general poor relief within the town. The endowment included property in Bedford and some land in Holborn. The charity still exisits and promotes education, relieves the sick and those in hardship, and provides recreational facilities with a social welfare purpose.
See http://www.bedfordcharity.org.uk/about/history.html for more information (accessed Aug 2010).
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Demise by the trustees of the Bedford Charity to Richard Morgan, mason, of a messuage in Harpur Street.
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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.
June to August 2010. Title deeds Conveyances (documents) Organizations Associations Charitable organisations Charities Information sources Documents Charity records Deeds The Bedford Charity x The Harpur Trust Camden London England UK Western Europe Europe Holborn Nonprofit organizations
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Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Demise by the trustees of the Bedford Charity to Richard Morgan, mason, of a messuage in Harpur Street.
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Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
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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.
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