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- c 1609-1905 (Creation)
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15 production units.
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Biographical history
Sir John Buckworth was a leading merchant, trading with Turkey. The property referred to in this collection comprises four capital messuages variously known as Augustine Fryers, Winchester Place or House, St John House, the Excise House and the Glasshouse, and a number of adjacent messuages, all formerly part of, or on part of the site of, the dissolved Augustine Friary.
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GB 0074 CLC/092 c 1609-1905 Collection 15 production units. Various.
Sir John Buckworth was a leading merchant, trading with Turkey. The property referred to in this collection comprises four capital messuages variously known as Augustine Fryers, Winchester Place or House, St John House, the Excise House and the Glasshouse, and a number of adjacent messuages, all formerly part of, or on part of the site of, the dissolved Augustine Friary.
They were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1982 by Mr G C Shakerley, whose ancestors were connected with some or all of the properties, and were catalogued in the same year (revised in 1995) by members of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
These papers relate to the property of Sir John Buckworth and his family. They comprise deeds and related papers concerning property in or near Great Winchester Street within the parishes of All Hallows London Wall and St Peter le Poer.
The deeds have been retained in the original bundles in which they were deposited at Guildhall Library.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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.
Records prepared May to September 2011. Property ownership Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer People People by roles Property owners Civil law Right to property Property law Buckworth , family , of London City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Legal systems Civil and political rights Law Human rights
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
They were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1982 by Mr G C Shakerley, whose ancestors were connected with some or all of the properties, and were catalogued in the same year (revised in 1995) by members of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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These papers relate to the property of Sir John Buckworth and his family. They comprise deeds and related papers concerning property in or near Great Winchester Street within the parishes of All Hallows London Wall and St Peter le Poer.
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The deeds have been retained in the original bundles in which they were deposited at Guildhall Library.
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Conditions governing access
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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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- English