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- 1692-1870 (Creation)
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0.16 linear metres
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Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), nephew of the poet William Wordsworth, was appointed headmaster of Harrow School in 1836 and was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln in 1869.
Lease and release was the most common method of conveying freehold property from the later seventeenth century onwards, before the introduction of the modern conveyance in the late nineteenth century. The lease was granted for a year (sometimes six months), then on the following day the lessor released their right of ownership in return for the consideration (the thing for which land was transferred from one party to another, usually, of course, a sum of money).
A marriage settlement was a legal arrangement which secured certain property for an intended wife and sometimes also for any children of an intended marriage.
From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".
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GB 0074 ACC/0265 1692-1870 Collection 0.16 linear metres Frere Cholmeley , solicitors
Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885), nephew of the poet William Wordsworth, was appointed headmaster of Harrow School in 1836 and was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln in 1869.
Lease and release was the most common method of conveying freehold property from the later seventeenth century onwards, before the introduction of the modern conveyance in the late nineteenth century. The lease was granted for a year (sometimes six months), then on the following day the lessor released their right of ownership in return for the consideration (the thing for which land was transferred from one party to another, usually, of course, a sum of money).
A marriage settlement was a legal arrangement which secured certain property for an intended wife and sometimes also for any children of an intended marriage.
From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".
Received in 1948 (Acc/0265).
Papers, 1692-1870, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including mortgages, bonds, leases and releases and deeds for properties in Hammersmith, Fulham and Tottenham. Also wills, certificates of baptism, marriage and burial, and marriage settlements for various persons in London, including a marriage settlement in which Reverend Christopher Wordsworth is one of the parties.
In sections: Deeds (Hammersmith and Fulham); Deeds (Tottenham); Other Documents.
Available for general access.
Copyright rests with the City of London.
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Received in 1948 (Acc/0265).
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Papers, 1692-1870, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including mortgages, bonds, leases and releases and deeds for properties in Hammersmith, Fulham and Tottenham. Also wills, certificates of baptism, marriage and burial, and marriage settlements for various persons in London, including a marriage settlement in which Reverend Christopher Wordsworth is one of the parties.
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In sections: Deeds (Hammersmith and Fulham); Deeds (Tottenham); Other Documents.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright rests with the City of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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