Collection GB 0074 CLC/460 - HARVEY FAMILY OF CHIGWELL

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/460

Title

HARVEY FAMILY OF CHIGWELL

Date(s)

  • 1548-1757 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

34 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Daniel Harvey (1587-1647) and Sir Eliab Harvey (d 1699) are represented in this collection. The deeds mainly refer to property in the City of London (including South Sea House, home of the South Sea Company), Essex and Hackney. The Harvey family also had interests in Surrey, Kent, Suffolk, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/460 1548-1757 Collection 34 production units. Harvey , family

Daniel Harvey (1587-1647) and Sir Eliab Harvey (d 1699) are represented in this collection. The deeds mainly refer to property in the City of London (including South Sea House, home of the South Sea Company), Essex and Hackney. The Harvey family also had interests in Surrey, Kent, Suffolk, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire.

Purchased in 2001 and 2002 by Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section and catalogued in 2004 by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Deeds, wills and other papers relating to the property and estate affairs of the Harvey family.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

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

See also CLC/497.

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. Family archives Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records People People by roles Property owners Property ownership Civil law Right to property Property law Essex England UK Western Europe Europe Hackney London City of London Legal systems Civil and political rights Human rights Law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased in 2001 and 2002 by Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section and catalogued in 2004 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

Deeds, wills and other papers relating to the property and estate affairs of the Harvey family.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also CLC/497.

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

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Name access points

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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

    Accession area