Collection GB 0074 CLC/059 - COURT OF EQUITY CLUB

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/059

Title

COURT OF EQUITY CLUB

Date(s)

  • 1768-1784 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The club met at the Cheshire Cheese, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, and subsequently at the Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Hill; for the holding of mock courts and the placing of wagers between its members.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/059 1768-1784 Collection 2 production units. Court of Equity Club

The club met at the Cheshire Cheese, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, and subsequently at the Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Hill; for the holding of mock courts and the placing of wagers between its members.

They were donated to Guildhall Library in 1898 and were catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Court of Equity Club records comprising rules, minutes, roll of members and betting book.

Two items in chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

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.

June to August 2010. Court of Equity Club Clubs Social clubs Leisure Leisure time activities Gambling City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

They were donated to Guildhall Library in 1898 and were catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Court of Equity Club records comprising rules, minutes, roll of members and betting book.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Two items in chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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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

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