Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1797-1912 (Creation)
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16 production units.
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Biographical history
The Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society was founded in 1687 as the Society of Parisians. It met at the Norfolk Arms in William Street in the parish of St Matthew Bethnal Green and the membership was limited to 61 persons.
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GB 0074 CLC/144 1797-1912 Collection 16 production units. Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society
The Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society was founded in 1687 as the Society of Parisians. It met at the Norfolk Arms in William Street in the parish of St Matthew Bethnal Green and the membership was limited to 61 persons.
The records were donated to Guildhall Library in 1957 and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society comprising minutes, lists of members, and financial records.
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
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. Christians Huguenots Finance Financial institutions Friendly societies Organizations Associations Societies Benefit societies Religious groups Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The records were donated to Guildhall Library in 1957 and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of the Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society comprising minutes, lists of members, and financial records.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
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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
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English
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Finding aids
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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Language(s)
- English