Fonds GB 0096 MS865 - De Cusance family papers

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 MS865

Title

De Cusance family papers

Date(s)

  • 1360-1867 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

9 items

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

Archival history

GB 0096 MS865 1360-1867 fonds 9 items de Cusance family

Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

Gift of Dr Geoffrey John de Cusance Mead.

Documents, 1360-1867, concerning the family of de Cusance, of Franche Comté. The documents include letters on the family's expenses, sales, marriage, appointments to offices, a genealogy of the family and a printed fragment announcing a requiem mass. Also contains an inventory of items, made by the Archives Générales de la Noblesse, Paris.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. See Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is necessary for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

French and Latin

Collection level description. Hard-copy catalogue also available in the Library's Palaeography Room.Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original.

Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Feb 2009. French history Family records de Cusance family France European history Personal papers Europe Primary documents National history Documents Information sources

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Dr Geoffrey John de Cusance Mead.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Documents, 1360-1867, concerning the family of de Cusance, of Franche Comté. The documents include letters on the family's expenses, sales, marriage, appointments to offices, a genealogy of the family and a printed fragment announcing a requiem mass. Also contains an inventory of items, made by the Archives Générales de la Noblesse, Paris.

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Conditions governing access

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. See Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is necessary for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

French and Latin

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Collection level description. Hard-copy catalogue also available in the Library's Palaeography Room.Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original.

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Senate House Library, University of London

Rules and/or conventions used

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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