Records relating to the Court of Orphans, City of London, including Common Serjeant's Books, 1586-1773 (series CLA/002/01), Orphans' Inventories, [1600]-1773 (series CLA/002/02), Inventories: Indexes and Transcripts, 1666-[1926] (series CLA/002/03), Orphanage Bonds and Deeds, 1599-1704 (series CLA/002/04), Recognizances, 1590-1747 (series CLA/002/05), Satisfactions, 1548-1702 (series CLA/002/06), and Miscellaneous items including receipts and other papers regarding orphans, 1619-1697; legal customs including precedents in orphanage matters and divisions of estates; accounts, 1671-1728; committee papers and statements of the Orphan Fund, 1690-1750, custody of goods by orphans, 1401-1448 and journal articles based on the Court of Orphans records, 1934 and 1970 (series CLA/002/07).
Corporation of LondonRecords of the court of Quarter Sessions, London, comprising lists of jurors for Bridge Ward, Aldgate Ward, Bassishaw Ward and Farringdon Within Ward.
London Quarter Sessions of the PeaceRecords of the Court of Requests, City of London, 1595-1853, including committee reports; petitions; regulations; appointment of Commissioners; accounts ledgers; cash books; record of fees; summons books; warrant books; bonds and promissory notes, and other administrative papers.
Corporation of LondonRecord of the Court of Wards and Liveries, comprising examinations of defendants in a court case concerning commodities in a court yard adjoining the Bull Head Tavern in Cheapside, October-November 1631.
Court of Wards and LiveriesRecords of various City of London Courts of Law, 1301-1965, including the Royal Courts, Nuisance Assizes, Court of Judicature, Borough Court of Record, Southwark, the Central Criminal Court, Assize of Bread and Possessory Assizes.
Records of the Royal Courts include plea rolls, escheat rolls, inquisitions post mortem, writs, proceedings, and articles relating to the history of the court, while the records of the Possessory Assizes, comprising the Assizes of Novel Disseisin, Fresh Force and Mort d'Ancestor, include rolls of assizes and precedent books.
Records of the Civic courts (Nuisance Assizes, Court of Judicature, Borough Court of Record, Southwark) include pleas of nuisance, Southwark fire decrees and court books.
Records of the Central Criminal Court include registers of felons' gods, petitions for return of goods, auction catalogues, prints and photographs, financial accounts, statistics and papers relating to civil defence duties during World War Two.
Records of the Assize of Bread include mealweighters books, including quantities of wheat sold and delivered; register of bakers and cornfactors, prices of wheat and flour and papers of the Committee on the Assize of Bread.
Also papers relating to cases of bankruptcy and debt, papers of the London Chamber of Arbitration and other legal records and administrative papers.
Corporation of LondonRecords 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.
Coverdale , John , solicitorRecords of Jonathan Crane comprising declaration of trust, 1849, and will, 1860. The will bequeathed property in Bethnal Green. Also in the collection are papers relating to properties including houses on Idmiston Road, West Norwood; Sussex House on Clifford Road, South Norwood; and premises in Edmonton.
Various.Records of the Crawley family relating to the management of their estates in Holborn and Marylebone.
Crawley , family , of BedfordshirePapers, 1867-1910, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to 557 Lordship Lane, Dulwich, including leases, mortgages, assignments of lease, conveyances and covenant to produce deeds.
Cripps, Harris and Hall , solicitorsPapers, 1762-1887, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including deeds and legal documents relating to properties on Hornsey Lane, Highgate; copies of the court roll of the manor of Harringay alias Hornsey; legal papers relating to the Idle family of Kennington, including marriage settlements; and legal papers relating to the Grove family of Hackney and the City of London, including marriage settlements, correspondence, genealogical research and wills.
Cronin and Son , solicitorsDraft agreement of employment relating to work in Dulwich, between William Crundall and Company and George Spanswick, commercial traveller, 1887.
William Crundall and Co , Dover, KentPapers collected by the antiquarian dealer in the course of his work, comprising article of agreement, assignment and surrender of leases relating to premises in Saint Mary, Whitechapel, 1680-1694; receipts for rates for paving, lighting, cleansing and watch, and demand for poor rate, for premises in Saint Dunstan in the West, Fleet Street, City of London, 1822-1823.
UnknownPapers, 1621-1927, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties Ashford; Hendon; Heston; Hounslow, including Lampton Park Estate; Isleworth; Laleham; Paddington; Staines, including property belonging to the Dean and Canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor; Stanwell including the Crooked Billet Estate; Sunbury. Also papers of the Fenton family. Includes copies from court rolls, depositions, leases and releases, conveyances, mortgages and wills.
Dale and Newbery , solicitorsPapers, 1769-1941, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties mainly in Edmonton, Enfield, Harrow and Tottenham.
Daniel and Edwards , solicitorsPapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising marriage settlement, on marriage of Mary Anne Beale of Stoke Newington and Richard Baughan Ashby of Manor Road, Stamford Hill, 1850-1878; marriage settlement, on marriage of Emily Sanders of 57 Belsize Park and Harry Waddington Smythies, New Zealand, 1874-1893; and probate, with will annexed, of Mrs Emily Smythies, of 4 Chichele Road, Cricklewood, formerly of Kenmera, Auckland, New Zealand, widow of Harry Waddington Smythies, surveyor, 1887-1892.
Darley Comberland and Company , solicitorsPapers and correspondence relating to Davidge's inventions and to patents of them.
Davidge , Henry Thomas , 1871-1957 , Senior Lecturer in Civil and Mechanical EngineeringCollection of legal papers including bonds, mortgages and settlements; relating to premises or persons in Southwark, City of London, Lambeth, Bermondsey and Battersea.
Various.Papers of the Davis family, comprising deeds relating to 52 Marlborough Place, Saint Marylebone.
Various.Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising admission of John Durham, junior of 10 Great James Street, Bedford Row, as solicitor in court of Chancery, 8 May 1863, signed by John Romilly, Master of the Rolls; admission of John Durham as solicitor in Court of Queen's Bench, 8 May 1863. Also leases for 108 Stroud Green Road (formerly called Osborne House), Hornsey, 1887 and 1895.
Davis, Foster and Finlay , solicitorsPapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising abstract of title of representatives of J.Goddard to premises in North Street (Basil Street) Brompton Road and Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge, including references to Harrods. With plans. 1954.
Debenham and Company , solicitorsSingle leaf of vellum, formerly used as a pastedown, containing Book 3, section 38 18 to 39 3, of the Decretales Gregorii IX, on the rights of patrons over churches and the financial liabilities of churches, dating from the mid-13th century. There are marginal annotations in a later, perhaps 14th century, hand.
UnknownSingle vellum leaf, formerly a pastedown, containing Lib.II, 20, 17-26, of the Decretales Gregorii IX, on testimonies in court. Includes a gloss and extensive interlineal and marginal annotations. The fragment is probably English, written in the late 13th century.
UnknownTitle deeds relating to two houses in Brompton Road, later 1 Bute Sreet and Bute House, later Prospect House and Bute House, later 1 and 2 (also 2A) Sussex Place, 1846-1931.
Various.Records of the Delme-Radcliffe family, 1316-1809, comprising deeds (original and 17th century copies), namely quit claims, grants, charters and lease for land and property largely in Edmonton and Bromley, Middlesex, City of London and Essex, notably:
fields called 'Rathesfeldes and Pyamoors', and property in Edmonton, 1316-1567; the 'Lyon', Edmonton, 1522-1541; 17th century copies of deeds for property in Edmonton, namely for land at Holflete in East Marsh, {1395-96}; Trumpton Hall, Edmonton, and lands, {1500}; land in Edmonton, 1551;
'Brodemede' in Tottenham, lands in Enfield, Edmonton Marsh and Chingford Marsh, Essex, (property of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem, dissolved by Henry VIII, revived by Mary and suppressed again by Elizabeth I), 1536-1560; mansion house in Edmonton, 1569-1825; marshland in Edmonton, Tottenham and Chingford, {1676}; houses in St Leonard, Shoreditch, 1678; Swan Inn, Edmonton, 1682; property in Chingford, 1700-01; Palmer's Green, 1745-1761; messuage in Strand Lane, 1721; land in Stanwell, 1646; messuages and land in South Mimms, 1572-1678/9;
manor ('great brickhouse' built c 1617 by Sir Arthur Ingram, Knight of London) and site at Bromley, Middlesex, 1606-1802, and property in St Giles Cripplegate, the Strand, Stepney, Shoreditch, 1692-1731/32;
messuages and land in Norton Folgate (parish of St Botolph without Bishopsgate), St Leonards, Shoreditch, Hackney, parishes of St Magnus and St Margaret in the City of London, and Newington in Hackney, 1518-1762;
papers relating to the estate including wills, legacies, administration of the estate, 1735-1809;
deeds for house in Greville Street, Holborn, 1738; houses in the parish of St Clement Danes, 1729-1736; Queen's Head, Snow Hill in the parish of St Sepulchre without Newgate, 1732; house in Brook Street, Ratcliffe, Middlesex, 1747; land on Farmer Street, Shadwell, 1694-1746; Buckley Street, Whitechapel, 1693-1714; house, shipwright's yard, wharves and bridge in Limehouse, 1668-1717.
Various.Records of John Dence relating to properties in Sydenham, Lewisham, the City of London, Holborn, and the Strand.
Various.Records of Thomas Dence and family, 1876-1923, including investment ledger and papers relating to investments such as certificates; cash books, registers of deeds and legal documents relating to properties; register of insurance policies; wills, powers of attorney and documents relating to the Dence Trust; cheque books; letter book, mostly letters to tenants; ledger listing documents regarding the Ferme Park Estate, including building agreements, leases issued and deeds.
Dence , Thomas , fl 1876 , property developer and investorRecords of the Dent family, watchmakers, comprising legal papers, deeds and related papers mainly relating to family estates and property in Charing Cross and Worthing.
Dent , family , watchmakersPapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising copy memorandum of agreement between Governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Colne Valley Water Company, relating to land at Stanmore, 1931.
Denton Hall Burgin and Warrens , solicitorsPapers, 1761-1858, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including extracts from court rolls, copies of wills, receipts, leases, releases, mortgages, conveyances, fines and deeds relating to land and properties in Enfield.
Denton, Hall and Burgin , solicitorsCollection of legal documents, wills, bonds, business arrangements, and title deeds for premises in Spitalfields, Limehouse, Holborn, Westminster, Hackney, Stepney, Lincoln's Inn, Bermondsey and Saint Marylebone.
Various.Records of the Dewell family of Brentford, relating to property in Old Brentford, New Brentford, Hanwell, Chiswick and Isleworth, including wills, leases, extracts from court rolls and legal opinion.
Various.Records of D.H. Evans, general drapers and silk mercers, comprising a prospectus from 1894 and sales particulars relating to premises in Armadale Road, Fulham, 1899.
D.H. Evans , general drapers and silk mercersManuscript volume with contents dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, comprising a collection of 20 miscellaneous treatises, including 'Dyalethyca', with a commentary and exercise on the Summulae logicorum of Petrus Hispanus and other lectures and exercises in logic of Petrus Zech, alias De Pulka, of the University of Vienna, written by Johannes Sintram at Ulm and dated 1405; other treatises on liturgical and astrological subjects, including works by Johannes De Sacro Bosco; calendars; questions on canon law; verses. The pastedowns are from a 14th-century service book.
UnknownDeeds from the estate of John Dicks, builder, relating to 39 London Street, St Pancras; Russell Mews, St Pancras and 6 Brunswick Place, Brixton Causeway, Lambeth.
Dicks , John , fl 1820 , builderPapers of Dr Max Dienemann, [1928-1936], comprise cuttings including one from Jüdisch liberale Zeitung showing article by Dr Dienemann, 'Das jüdische Ehescheidungsrecht' (Jewish divorce right), 1928; typescript essay by Dr Dienemann concerning divorce, entitled 'Die Ehescheidung auf bürgerlichen und jüdischen Recht', containing corrections and annotations, undated, and manuscript notes on the subject of Jewish divorce, by Dienemann, undated.
Dienemann , Max , 1875-1939 , RabbiTitle deeds of the Dinsdale family relating to properties in Shoreditch, Hackney and Bethnal Green, including leases, conveyances, assignments and abstract of title.
Various.Records of the Dixon family, including exemplification of a common recovery for premises in Kensington Square; and marriage settlement relating to premises at Winchmore Hill.
Various.Documents relating to 203 Lower Richmond Road.
Please contact the Archive for further information.Documents relating to 287 Battersea Park Road.
Please contact the Archive for further information.Typescript of an unpublished book entitled 'Elizabethan Technology or the development of the letters patent protection for inventions'. Also correspondence about the book.
Donald , Maxwell Bruce , 1897-1978 , Professor of Chemical EngineeringPapers, 1869-1903, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Deptford, Lambeth and Paddington including assignments, abstract of title, and sales particulars.
Donne, Milebarn and Haddock , solicitorsPapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probate copy will of David Aldridge of Church Street, Staines, later of Feltham, carpenter, made 17 Feb 1888, proved 4 Jan 1892. Bequests include cottage in Hythe Road, Egham, Surrey.
Doveton and Fogaty , solicitorsDeeds relating to properties owned by Dowgate Properties Ltd in Lanark Mansions, Shepherds Bush, Kingscroft Road, West Hampstead, and Vaughan Road, Harrow. 1906-1923.
Dowgate Properties LtdDraft of a bill 'for the more effectual prevention of the use of false and deficient measures', 1815, with proposals including Justices of the Peace to appoint persons to examine the measures within their districts; a penalty of 5-20s on conviction; proper measures according to the standard made by the Exchequer to be purchased out of the general rate and deposited with the clerks of the peace; some form of conviction to be given. The draft is endorsed '9 March 1815. Copy to Mr [Samuel] Whitbread [M.P. for Bedford] per post'.
UnknownLegal documents, acquired by the solicitor's office in the course of their work, relating to the manor of Hanwell, 1739-1869, including deeds and copies of deeds, extracts from court rolls, and mortgage agreements; copies of wills and administrations, mainly for residents of Hanwell; copies of land tax redemption certificates for land in Hanwell; copies of orders in Chancery relating to Hanwell.
Also papers relating to the Coleraine Park Estate, Tottenham, 1880-1883 and Ponders End, Enfield, 1861-1873.
Druces and Attlee , solicitorsRecords of the du Cane family relating to their estates in London, as follows:
Freehold title:
E/DCA/001-041 Manor or farm of Ballams/Balham, in Clapham and Streatham;
E/DCA/042-049 Ruddocks and 7 Acres Grove, in Croydon.
Copyhold title:
E/DCA/050-099 Land of Manor of Fauxhall, in Streatham;
E/DCA/100-131, 134 Land of Manor of Norbury, in Streatham and Croydon;
E/DCA/132, 133 Land of Manor of Croydon, in [? Streatham or Croydon].
Leasehold title:
E/DCA/135, 136 Houses in City of London;
E/DCA/137, 138 Sheepwalk of Manor of Battersea and Wandsworth, in [? Battersea].
Leases:
E/DCA/139-152 Balham Farm;
E/DCA/153-163 Streatham Farm.
Estate management:
E/DCA/164-189 Valuations, etc.
Correspondence:
E/DCA/190-237 Estate;
E/DCA/238-241 Croydon Inclosure;
E/DCA/242-246 Chancery case relating to Shelley family settlement;
E/DCA/247-250 Family.
Miscellaneous:
E/DCA/251-256 Documents unrelated to those above.
Plans:
E/DCA/257-266 Balham and Streatham Farms, and Streatham Common.
Records of the Duchy of Lancaster Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1884-1932.
Coroner for the Jurisdiction of the Liberty of the Duchy of LancasterRecords of the Duncombe family relating to their property in London, as follows:
E/DNC/1-10: property, including that of William Lowndes, in Westminster and elsewhere;
E/DNC/11: Duncombe family property: Westminster;
E/DNC/12-25: Duncombe family property: Holborn;
E/DNC/26, 27: Duncombe family property: City;
E/DNC/29-30: Duncombe family property: St Giles in the Fields etc.
E/DNC/31: Duncombe family property: Kensington;
E/DNC/32: Duncombe family property: Hoxton;
E/DNC/33: Duncombe family property: unspecified [perhaps as solicitors].
Papers, 1902-1946, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising conveyances relating to properties in Acton.
Durnford Ford , solicitorsRecords of the Dyot family relating to their estate in the parish of St Giles in the Fields, Holborn, including deed, lease, abstract of title, and plans.
Dyot , family , of Bloomsbury