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      TOTTENHAM MANORS
      GB 0074 ACC/1068 · Collection · 1340-1653

      Title deeds, leases and other property documents relating to the Manors of Mockings, Pembrokes, Bruces and Dawbeneys, Tottenham.

      A document of wide interest is the will of Richard Turnaunt of 1486, leaving, amongst other bequests, 80 worth of silver and gilt to his daughter. The silver is described in detail and includes, for example, a silver gilt cup with a cover in the shape of a columbine with pearls on the knop (a term used to describe a knob or boss on silver plate), weighing 43 ounces troy, a little gold salt with a cover decorated with a stag, and a standing cup and cover of silver parcel gilt chased with feathers or plumes. The documents are in good condition. Most have been numbered on the dorse in what appears to be a nineteenth century hand, as for example "Mx No.4"

      Many of the title-holders, trustees and witnesses concerned with these deeds were City of London drapers. John Gedeney used an interesting seal (see Nos. 8,9,17,20) showing a device which may also have been a trade mark. Another draper, John Bederenden, used one of a somewhat similar style (see No. 22). there are a number of interesting and well-preserved seals in this collection, although some are forms of initial letters, or obvious devices such as the shell of Michell (No.22). Standard forms of seals were also used, such as the commonly found mother and child.

      Manor of Tottenham
      TOPSFIELD MANOR, HORNSEY
      GB 0074 ACC/1289 · Collection · 1683-1894

      Records of Topsfield Manor, Crouch End, Hornsey, including court book, 1683-1885, including tenants names and steward's notes; plan of the manor house, gardens, out buildings, demesne lands and fields, 1781; conveyance of the manor and lordship of Topsfield Hall, 1855 and particulars of sale for the Harringay Arms and other premises in Crouch Hill and Crouch End Broadway.

      Manor of Topsfield , Crouch End
      THURLAND, John
      GB 0074 ACC/0058 · Collection · 1496-1629

      Records collected by John Thurland, including court rolls for the manors of Isleworth Syon, Twickenham and Hampton Court; memorandum from Christ's Hospital; indentures of fine; bargain and sale and bond.

      Various.
      GB 0074 E/TMD · Collection · 1765-1951

      Records of the Three Mills Distillery, West Ham, 1765-1951, relating to property owned by the distillery, including copyholds of the Manor of West Ham; conveyances, easements, deeds, leases, abstract of title and mortgages; partnership deeds; legal papers relating to a proposed High Court Case (Chancery Division) relating to Three Mills Bridge; proposed Bills in Parliament relating to the River Lee Trust and Lee Conservancy Bills; solicitor's fees and expenses; surveyor's reports; financial accounts; insurance policies; plans and correspondence.

      J and W Nicholson and Co Ltd , gin distillers
      THORNBURY, John (fl 1462)
      GB 0074 CLC/B/227-183 · Collection · 1462 Apr 28

      Letters of attorney by John Thornbury, knight and William Thornbury, clerk for Robert Billesdon, gentleman to deliver seisin of two shops with upper rooms in Walbrook, to Robert Ferbras, surgeon, John Dayvile, surgeon, William Sipnam, grocer and Walter Bartlot, fishmonger.

      Thornbury , John , knight
      GB 0099 KCLMA Thomson · Created 1944, 1946

      Text of his lecture on the development of the Royal Indian Navy during the period 1918-1944, written in 1944. 'The findings of the Board of Enquiry convened by the Flag Officer, Bombay, to enquire into the mutiny at the Castle Barracks on 18th February 1946', dated Mar 1946.

      Untitled
      GB 0074 ACC/1046 · Collection · 1873-1926

      Papers, 1873-1926, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hornsey and Kingsbury, including leases, agreements and a surrender.

      Thomas Cooper and Company , solicitors
      GB 0074 ACC/1103 · Collection · 1827-1894

      Papers, 1827-1894, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probate copies of wills and letters of administration; leases for property in Haringey, Highgate and Paddington.

      Theodore Bell, Cotton and Curtis , solicitors
      THATCHER FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/1382 · Collection · 1853-1941

      This collection contains mostly personal and property papers of Silas Thatcher, carpenter, and his son Albert George Thatcher, teacher, as well as general family papers and photographs.

      Thatcher , family , of Hammersmith
      THAMES MAGISTRATES COURT
      GB 0074 PS/TH · Collection · 1804-1971

      Records of the Thames Magistrates Court, 1804-1971, including court registers; clerk's letter books and papers; and wreck enquiry notes. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

      Thames Magistrates Court
      THAMES IRON WORKS
      GB 0074 ACC/1712 · Collection · 1681-1916

      Records relating to property owned by the Thames Iron Works in Greenwich, Deptford and West Ham.

      Also papers of the Ellis family concerning premises at Hornsey, Stoke Newington and Hackney, London, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire and Nelson and Wellington, New Zealand.

      Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd x Ditchburn and Mare Shipbuilding Co x C J Mare and Co
      GB 1538 M13 · 1996

      Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality in England, Scotland and Wales: report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists working party, Jan 1996.

      Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
      TAYLOR FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0606 · Collection · 1572-1903

      Family papers of the Taylor family, including property ownership documents such as leases, releases, bonds, assignments and grants; financial papers such as bills and receipts; legal papers and counsel's opinions; and family papers such as letters, inventories, wills and marriage settlements. The papers relate to various locations including Harlesden, Chiswick, Staines, Ealing, Hounslow and the City of London.

      Taylor , family , of Harlesden
      TATEM FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0815 · Collection · 1822-1940

      Papers of the Tatem family relating to the Weir Hall estate, Edmonton. The documents relate mainly to the partial sale of the estate in the 19th Century and gradual urban development in the early 20th century.

      Tatem , family , of Weir Hall, Edmonton
      TARLETON
      GB 0074 ACC/0312 · Collection · 1296-1784

      Papers relating to the Breakspears Estate in Harefield and the families who lived there, particuarly the Ashby family and Joseph Partridge. The papers include legal documents relating to property transactions in Harefield and maps and photographs of the Breakspears estate.

      There are also papers relating to property transactions in other parts of Middlesex including Edmonton, Enfield, Ickenham, Ruislip and Teddington; and other counties including Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Bedfordshire and Berkshire.

      Various.
      GB 0074 ACC/1368 · Collection · 1775-1925

      Title deeds and records of property transactions for the estate of John Samuel Tanqueray in Hendon, Finchley and Golders Green.

      Tanqueray , John Samuel , fl 1854-1870 , landowner
      TAMLYN, THOMAS {SURVEYOR}
      GB 0074 ACC/1102 · Collection · 1905

      Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, of four freehold newly-erected semi-detached houses in Holden Road, and twenty three freehold building plots fronting Holden Road and Nether Street, Woodside Park, North Finchley, 1905.

      Tamlyn , Thomas , fl 1905 , surveyor
      SWORDES {ESTATE AGENTS}
      GB 0074 ACC/0686 · Collection · 1869

      Records of Swordes estate agents, comprising sales particulars and posters for an auction of premises in Mandeville Road, Putney Road and Bell Road, Enfield Highway, 1869.

      Swordes , estate agents
      GB 0102 JSS · Created 1869-1967

      Records, 1869-1967, of John Swire & Sons Ltd, comprising the bulk of known surviving material stored in the London Office, covering the development of the firm from about 1870 to 1947, and including series of correspondence coming in and out of the London Office; legal material including original deeds and leases; accounts; organisation papers; and photographs. The importance of the collection lies in the comprehensiveness of the nineteenth and twentieth century correspondence in illustrating the development of the firm and its subsidiaries from the London side where policies were decided, and from the Eastern side where they were implemented. It also gives a good picture of leading figures and firms involved in the Far Eastern trade at that time such as Jardine, Matheson & Company, the China Merchants Company and Holt's, and reveals aspects of Chinese trade and British business philosophy at the end of the Victorian era.

      John Swire & Sons , merchants
      John Swire & Sons Ltd , merchants
      GB 0074 ACC/0250 · Collection · 1611-1778

      Title deeds and other legal documents for properties in Old Brentford, Chiswick, Ealing, Enfield, Finchley, Hampton Court, Harrow, Hendon, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Stanwell, Tottenham, and Twickenham.

      Various.
      GB 0074 ACC/2096 · Collection · 1829-1922

      Records of William Edward Sumpner relating to his property, 53 Pennyfields, Poplar. The property was later renumbered 37.

      Sumpner , William Edward , fl 1866-1916 , currier
      SUGAR FACTORY AT WHITECHAPEL
      GB 0074 O/203 · Collection · 1733-1870

      Records relating to the premises of a sugar factory, including leases and releases, mortgages, assignment of leasehold, and sales particulars, 1733-1870.

      Unknown
      GB 0074 O/486 · Collection · 1898

      Records of the Suburban Building Land Company Limited, comprising lease of 11 Hawarden Grove, Herne Hill and assignment of 44 Lowth Road, Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell; both documents dated 1898.

      Suburban Building Land Company Ltd
      STUART LANE, Richard
      GB 0074 E/SL · Collection · 1783-1920

      Records relating to property owned by the Lane family in Grosvenor Square and Eaton Square, Westminster; Caterham; Croydon and Hove; and papers relating to a suit in Chancery.

      Lane , family , of Westminster
      STRUDWICK, James (d 1855)
      GB 0074 ACC/0956 · Collection · 1778-1916

      Records of the Strudwick family relating to property in Ealing.

      Strudwick , family , of Ealing
      STRAFFORD (EARL OF)
      GB 0074 ACC/1393 · Collection · 1700-1791

      Papers relating to the property of the Earl of Strafford in Twickenham, Isleworth, Whitton, South Mimms, Millwall, Isle of Dogs [Poplar] and St James's Square.

      Wentworth , Thomas , 1672-1739 , Baron Raby and 3rd Earl of Strafford , diplomat
      STOOKS FAMILY PAPERS
      GB 0074 ACC/1794 · Collection · 1761-1924

      Records of the Stooks family relating to their estates in England, Canada and Gibraltar.

      Stooks , family , of London
      GB 0074 ACC/3197 · Collection · 1898

      Papers, 1898, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising lease of No.36 Napoleon Road, Crown Park Estate, Twickenham.

      Stoneham Langton and Passmore , solicitors
      GB 0074 ACC/1920 · Collection · 1865-1920

      Papers, 1865-1920, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Holloway, Tollington Park and Holly Park, including deed of covenant, mortgages, leases, assignments, sales particulars, letters of administration and plans.

      Stone and Simpson , solicitors
      GB 0074 PS/STO · Collection · 1890-1956

      Records of Stoke Newington Magistrates Court, 1890-1956, including court minutes; court registers; licensing registers and Justices' attendance books. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

      Stoke Newington Magistrates Court
      GB 0074 ACC/0689 · Collection · 1592-1747

      Papers, 1592-1747, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to property in Winchmore Hill.

      Stockton, Sons and Fortescue , solicitors
      GB 0074 ACC/1423 · Collection · 1843-1878

      Papers, 1843-1878, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Clerkenwell and Southall, including leases, mortgages, assignments, sales particulars and letters.

      Stockton Sons and Fortune , solicitors
      GB 0074 ACC/1708 · Collection · 1846-1905

      Papers, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising settlements, probates and other documents of the Mends family of Notting Hill, St. Marylebone, Paddington and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 1846-1905, including marriage settlement of George Butler Clarke Mends of Dover, Kent and Georgina Nisbet of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire with related documents chiefly concerning mortgage of funds under the will of Josiah Nisbet. Also leases for property in Isleworth and Teddington, 30 Jun 1848 and 6 Nov 1895.

      Stilman, Neate and Topping , solicitors
      STILGOES {SOLICITORS}
      GB 0074 ACC/1327 · Collection · 1879-1894

      Papers, 1879-1894, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties on Upham Park Road in Chiswick, including letting agreements, correspondence and schedule of deeds.

      Stilgoes , solicitors
      GB 0074 ACC/0957 · Collection · 1843-1903

      Papers, 1843-1903, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to premises in Hornsey and Islington including Shaftesbury Road, Stroud Green, and Hornsey Road and Ferme Park Estate, Hornsey.

      Stile, Neate and Topping , solicitors
      STEPNEY MANOR
      GB 0074 M/93 · Collection · 1584-1935

      Records of the Manor of Stepney, also known as the Manor of Stebunheath, including court baron books; abstracts of court baron rolls; homage books; enfranchisement books; quit rent books; surveys of manorial lands; maps and plans; records relating to property including leases, assignments, conveyances, abstracts of title, wills, marriage settlements and agreements; and correspondence.

      Manor of Stepney x Manor of Stebunheath
      GB 0074 O/394 · Collection · 1873

      Grant of letters patent (including a great seal) issued to Edwin William Thomas and Edward Nightscales for an improved self acting steam water lift and injector.

      Unknown
      STANWELL CUM MEMBRIS MANOR
      GB 0074 ACC/0716 · Collection · 1683-1723

      Records of the Manor of Stanwell, comprising extracts from the court rolls relating to the ownership of property in Stanwell.

      Manor of Stanwell
      GB 0074 ACC/0649 · Collection · 1553-1865

      Papers, 1553-1865, collected by the bookseller in the course of his work, including extracts from court rolls of Shepperton Manor, 1787 and 1800; mortgage for property in Teddington, 1865; lists of presentments of misdemeanours at Middlesex Sessions, 1553-1564.

      Unknown
      GB 0074 ACC/3194 · Collection · 1847-1948

      Papers, 1847-1948, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising mortgage of Silver Hall Estate, Isleworth; deeds relating to No. 11 Teignmouth Gardens, Perivale; deeds relating to No. 10 Old Park Road, Palmers Green; mortgages and assignments of property in Putney, Hampstead, Dalston; deeds relating to No. 46 Osterley Park View Road, Hanwell; leases and other documents relating to premises of Grout and Company, coachbuilders, Church Wharf, Chiswick; deeds relating to No. 12 Cambridge Park Gardens, Twickenham; deeds relating to The Boot Public House, Grub Street.

      Stafford Young Jones , solicitors
      SPITALFIELDS GREAT SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 A/SGS · Collection · 1714-1922

      Records of the Spitalfields Great Synagogue, 1714-1922. The collection consists of deeds which trace the ownership and tenancies of the former synagogue from 1714 to the early twentieth century.

      Spitalfields Great Synagogue
      SPERLING FAMILY ESTATE
      GB 0074 ACC/0564 · Collection · 1544-1849

      Papers of the Milner and Sperling families of Tottenham, including title deeds for properties purchased by James Milner in Tottenham including mansion and land built by Sir Richard Martin; deeds and inventories for properties owned by Henry Sperling the Elder and Henry Sperling the Younger in Tottenham; papers relating to the Manor of Tottenham and the Manor of Iver held by Henry Piper Sperling.

      Sperling , family , of Tottenham
      SPENCER-PHILIP FAMILY
      GB 0074 E/PHI · Collection · 1587-1895

      Records of the Spencer-Philip family; primarily papers relating to property transactions, including extracts from court rolls, abstracts of title, leases, plans and rents, for premises in the Manor of Stepney (Whitechapel, Stepney and Mile End) and in Essex. Also building leases and agreements relating to the King David's Fort Estate, St George's in the East, and papers and plans concerning construction of London and Blackwall railway through that estate; an Act of Parliament relating to roads in St Leonard Shoreditch; and family certificates (baptisms, marriages, burials). The collection includes a manorial custumal for the Manor of Stepney, 1587.

      Various.
      GB 0074 PS/S · Collection · 1873-1962

      Records of Feltham Magistrates Court (part of Spelthorne Petty Sessions Division), 1873-1962. Records include court registers; registers of matrimonial cases; juvenile court registers; adoption files (closed); court notes; Justice's Meeting minute books; licensing registers; Probation Committee minute books and plans.

      Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

      Matrimonial cases: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

      Spelthorne Petty Sessional Division Feltham Magistrates Court
      GB 0074 ACC/2920 · Collection · 1811-1907

      Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising account of Fricker and Henderson for 'painting and imitations' done to villa of John Walters, Teddington, 1811 and abstract of title of the North London Land and Building Co. Ltd. to premises in Belsize Avenue, Bowes Park, Edmonton (formerly part of Bowes Farm House/Manor House estate), 1907, with plans.

      Speechly Bircham , solicitors
      GB 0074 ACC/2820 · Collection · 1827-1959

      Personal papers of Sir Alexander Young Spearman of Hanwell, including marriage settlement and related papers; appointment of trust funds; will and related papers; some papers relating to the Bracken family; and documents relating to property in Grosvenor Place, Mayfair and Hanwell.

      Spearman , Sir , Alexander Young , 1793-1874 , 1st Baronet Spearman
      GB 0074 ACC/1777 · Collection · 1896-1907

      Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising conveyance and plan for numbers 16 and 18 Brownlow Road, Willesden, 1896; mortgage for numbers 59 and 61 (formerly 16 and 18) Brownlow Road, Willesden, 1896; assignment for numbers 59 and 61 Brownlow Road, 1903 and assignment for numbers 59 and 61 Brownlow Road, 1907.

      Sparling, Banham and Brough , solicitors
      GB 0074 ACC/1414 · Collection · 1791-1938

      Papers, 1791-1938, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Saint Marylebone, Ealing, Edmonton and Sydenham comprising leases, abstracts of title and correspondence. Also papers of Harriette Turner of Camberwell, relating to her marriages, properties and financial accounts.

      Spackman, Dole and Hood , solicitors
      SOUTHWARK SESSIONS
      CLA/046 · Collection · 1666-1939

      Records of the Southwark Quarter Sessions of the Peace, 1666-1939, including sessions books; sessions files containing indictments, recognizances, jury precepts and panels, writs, lists of constables and so on; sessions papers including depositions, informations, calendars of indictments, gaol calendars and so on; declarations of allegiance made by constables; rolls of victuallers' recognizances and orders from Insolvent Court.

      Corporation of London