Collection GB 0074 CLC/433 - CHAPMAN FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/433

Title

CHAPMAN FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1613-1813 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

15 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Sir John Chapman was a mercer who held office as Alderman of London. He was a Sheriff 1678-79 and Lord Mayor 1688-89, dying while in office.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/433 1613-1813 Collection 15 production units. Various.

Sir John Chapman was a mercer who held office as Alderman of London. He was a Sheriff 1678-79 and Lord Mayor 1688-89, dying while in office.

These records were purchased by Guildhall Library in 1954 and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Collection of title deeds and legal documents relating to the estates of Sir John Chapman and of his family and descendants.

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

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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. Right to property Civil law Property ownership Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer People People by roles Property owners Property law St Clement Danes City of Westminster London England UK Western Europe Europe Clapton Hackney City of London Whitechapel Tower Hamlets Civil and political rights Legal systems Law Human rights

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These records were purchased by Guildhall Library in 1954 and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Collection of title deeds and legal documents relating to the estates of Sir John Chapman and of his family and descendants.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

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

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

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Name access points

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area