Collection GB 0074 ACC/2609 - COVERDALE, JOHN

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2609

Title

COVERDALE, JOHN

Date(s)

  • 1809-1940 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.45 linear metres.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

John Coverdale was the senior partner of 'Coverdale, Lee, Collyer Bristow and Withers' Solicitors in Bedford Row during the nineteenth century. He was also a London Commissioner, with power to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2609 1809-1940 Collection 0.45 linear metres. Coverdale , John , solicitor

John Coverdale was the senior partner of 'Coverdale, Lee, Collyer Bristow and Withers' Solicitors in Bedford Row during the nineteenth century. He was also a London Commissioner, with power to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery.

Records deposited in August 1988.

Records of solicitor John Coverdale. Many of these papers relate to his marriage to Isabella Frederica Tomkyns, and to the execution of both their wills. Papers concerning Isabella's first husband, the Rev. John Tomkyns and his brother, Thomas Tomkyns are also included. The collection also includes deeds for properties in Gravel Road, Twickenham and Windmill Road, Hampton Wick.

ACC/2609/01: Thomas Tomkyns;
ACC/2609/02: Rev. John Tomkyns;
ACC/2609/03: Isabella Frederica Tomkyns (nee Coore);
ACC/2609/04: John Coverdale;
ACC/2609/05: Deeds;
ACC/2609/06: Joseph Dethier.

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Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

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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.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Property ownership Wills Family archives Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records People People by roles Property owners Civil law Right to property Property law Richmond-upon-Thames London England UK Western Europe Europe Twickenham Middlesex Richmond upon Thames Hampton Wick Teddington Civil and political rights Legal systems Law Human rights

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in August 1988.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of solicitor John Coverdale. Many of these papers relate to his marriage to Isabella Frederica Tomkyns, and to the execution of both their wills. Papers concerning Isabella's first husband, the Rev. John Tomkyns and his brother, Thomas Tomkyns are also included. The collection also includes deeds for properties in Gravel Road, Twickenham and Windmill Road, Hampton Wick.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/2609/01: Thomas Tomkyns;
ACC/2609/02: Rev. John Tomkyns;
ACC/2609/03: Isabella Frederica Tomkyns (nee Coore);
ACC/2609/04: John Coverdale;
ACC/2609/05: Deeds;
ACC/2609/06: Joseph Dethier.

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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

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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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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