Sous-fonds COL/CCS/CO - COMPTROLLER AND CITY SOLICITOR : COMPTROLLER

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Cote

COL/CCS/CO

Titre

COMPTROLLER AND CITY SOLICITOR : COMPTROLLER

Date(s)

  • 1603-1959 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Sous-fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

167.5 linear metres

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

The first City Solicitor was appointed in 1544 and the first Comptroller in 1311. The two posts were amalgamated in 1945.

The Comptroller and City Solicitor is responsible for providing all legal services required by the City. This includes providing legal advice to Committees, Departments of the City, to the Commissioner of Police for the City, and to other organisations for whom the Comptroller and City Solicitor is required to act as legal adviser. The office deals with important high profile matters such as City Academies, the Temple Bar project, several major City property developments schemes, the Small and Medium Enterprises initiatives and issues relating to the City's Markets and Open Spaces.

The main areas of law covered by the Comptroller and City Solicitor include commercial property and land law, housing, litigation, employment law, contract law, planning, trusts and company law.

Histoire archivistique

COL/CCS/CO 1603-1959 subfonds 167.5 linear metres Corporation of London

The first City Solicitor was appointed in 1544 and the first Comptroller in 1311. The two posts were amalgamated in 1945.

The Comptroller and City Solicitor is responsible for providing all legal services required by the City. This includes providing legal advice to Committees, Departments of the City, to the Commissioner of Police for the City, and to other organisations for whom the Comptroller and City Solicitor is required to act as legal adviser. The office deals with important high profile matters such as City Academies, the Temple Bar project, several major City property developments schemes, the Small and Medium Enterprises initiatives and issues relating to the City's Markets and Open Spaces.

The main areas of law covered by the Comptroller and City Solicitor include commercial property and land law, housing, litigation, employment law, contract law, planning, trusts and company law.

Corporation of London Records Office.

Records of the Comptroller, Corporation of London, including letter books, 1778-1826; letter books regarding renewable leases, 1926-1930; list of renewable leases, 1889-1926; general reports, 1865-1945; reports to the City Lands Committee, 1899-1945; reports to the Bridge House Committee, 1899-1945; reports to the Markets Committee, 1899-1927 and 1931-1945; reports to the Public Health Committee, 1898-1945; order books, 1797-1803, 1807-1843; orders for leases, 1880-1839; general docquet books, 1800-1830 and 1950-1959; City Lands docquet books, 1830-1950; Bridge House docquet books, 1839-1916 and 1927-1950; Public Health department docquet book, 1902-1950; inventories of books, deeds and records held by the Comptroller, 1703, 1717, 1721, 1842, 1852 and 1854; papers relating to Bridge House, 1603-1850, including rentals, orders, repairs, lists of tenants, notices, estimates, contracts, valuations, compensation cases, bills and plans, especially relating to London Bridge; opinions of counsel, 1688-1850; cases and opinions of counsel regarding City rights and privileges, 1758-1822; case book, 1765-1784; bills and fees, 1649-1817; deeds from Spitalfields Market, 1636-1902, passed to the Corporation of London either in 1902 when it bought the freehold of the market or in 1920 when it bought the leasehold and franchise.

Docquet books contained information about leases and other documents which were to be sealed with the City Seal.

In sections according to catalogue.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.
English

Fit

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

For Corporation of London records relating to Bridge House and City Lands Estates see: CLA/007: Bridge House Estates, CLA/008: City Lands Estates, COL/CC/BHC: Court of Common Council Bridge House Committee, COL/CC/BHT: Court of Common Council Bridge House Trust Committee, COL/CC/CLBH: Court of Common Council City Lands and Bridge House Estate Committee, COL/CC/CLC: Court of Common Council City Lands Committee, COL/CC/JTB: Court of Common Council Joint Bridge House Estates and Improvement Committee, COL/CC/JTS: Joint Bridge House and Special Committee, COL/CC/JTT: Joint Bridge House Estates and Thames Navigation and Port of London Committee, COL/CHD/BH: Chamberlain's Department: Bridge House Estates, COL/CHD/IM: Chamberlain's Department: Improvements, COL/CHD/RN: Chamberlain's Department: Rents and Rentals, COL/PL: Plans, COL/PLD/PL: Planning Department Plans, COL/SVD/PL: Surveyor's Department Plans, COL/TSD/PL: Technical Services Department Plans.

See also CLA/013 for Spitalfields Market and CLA/022 for London Bridge.

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Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Corporation of London Records Office.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Records of the Comptroller, Corporation of London, including letter books, 1778-1826; letter books regarding renewable leases, 1926-1930; list of renewable leases, 1889-1926; general reports, 1865-1945; reports to the City Lands Committee, 1899-1945; reports to the Bridge House Committee, 1899-1945; reports to the Markets Committee, 1899-1927 and 1931-1945; reports to the Public Health Committee, 1898-1945; order books, 1797-1803, 1807-1843; orders for leases, 1880-1839; general docquet books, 1800-1830 and 1950-1959; City Lands docquet books, 1830-1950; Bridge House docquet books, 1839-1916 and 1927-1950; Public Health department docquet book, 1902-1950; inventories of books, deeds and records held by the Comptroller, 1703, 1717, 1721, 1842, 1852 and 1854; papers relating to Bridge House, 1603-1850, including rentals, orders, repairs, lists of tenants, notices, estimates, contracts, valuations, compensation cases, bills and plans, especially relating to London Bridge; opinions of counsel, 1688-1850; cases and opinions of counsel regarding City rights and privileges, 1758-1822; case book, 1765-1784; bills and fees, 1649-1817; deeds from Spitalfields Market, 1636-1902, passed to the Corporation of London either in 1902 when it bought the freehold of the market or in 1920 when it bought the leasehold and franchise.

Docquet books contained information about leases and other documents which were to be sealed with the City Seal.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

In sections according to catalogue.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Available for general access.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright: City of London.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

For Corporation of London records relating to Bridge House and City Lands Estates see: CLA/007: Bridge House Estates, CLA/008: City Lands Estates, COL/CC/BHC: Court of Common Council Bridge House Committee, COL/CC/BHT: Court of Common Council Bridge House Trust Committee, COL/CC/CLBH: Court of Common Council City Lands and Bridge House Estate Committee, COL/CC/CLC: Court of Common Council City Lands Committee, COL/CC/JTB: Court of Common Council Joint Bridge House Estates and Improvement Committee, COL/CC/JTS: Joint Bridge House and Special Committee, COL/CC/JTT: Joint Bridge House Estates and Thames Navigation and Port of London Committee, COL/CHD/BH: Chamberlain's Department: Bridge House Estates, COL/CHD/IM: Chamberlain's Department: Improvements, COL/CHD/RN: Chamberlain's Department: Rents and Rentals, COL/PL: Plans, COL/PLD/PL: Planning Department Plans, COL/SVD/PL: Surveyor's Department Plans, COL/TSD/PL: Technical Services Department Plans.

See also CLA/013 for Spitalfields Market and CLA/022 for London Bridge.

Instruments de recherche

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Originals can be found in the Foreign Office (Ref: FO) and Colonial Office (Ref: CO) records at the Public Record Office.

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

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Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

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Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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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Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

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    Sources

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