Collection GB 0074 E/LET - LETHBRIDGE FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 E/LET

Title

LETHBRIDGE FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1608-1938 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.58 linear metres (206 documents).

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Biographical history

The manor of Paris Garden covered almost the same territory as the parish of Christ Church, Southwark, a little less than 100 acres. The whole area is below high-water level and was prone to flooding. Consequently it was not built-up until after 1809 when new sewers were constructed. The land belonged to the Knights Templars from around 1113. After that order was supressed the manor was granted to the Knights Hospitallers, who leased it out. The first use of the name "Parish Garden" (later Paris Garden) to describe the estate was made in 1420.

In 1536 the Hospitallers surrendered the land to Henry VIII. It was held by the Crown until 1578 when it was granted to Henry Cary, Lord Hunsdon. Two years later he demised the demesne lands to one owner and the copyhold lands to another; thenceforward they have separate histories. The copyholder's lease was converted into a fee simple in 1881, but the manorial rights were not abolished until 1936. The manor was bought by William Angell in 1655, and was sold by him to George Baron. The Baron family held the manor until 1827, when Elizabeth Ann Baron married John Lethbridge, it then passed into the Lethbridge family, who still held it in the 1950s.

For a more detailed history see 'Paris Garden Manor', Survey of London: volume 22: Bankside (the parishes of St. Saviour and Christchurch Southwark) (1950), pp. 94-100 (available online).

Archival history

GB 0074 E/LET 1608-1938 Collection 1.58 linear metres (206 documents). Various.

The manor of Paris Garden covered almost the same territory as the parish of Christ Church, Southwark, a little less than 100 acres. The whole area is below high-water level and was prone to flooding. Consequently it was not built-up until after 1809 when new sewers were constructed. The land belonged to the Knights Templars from around 1113. After that order was supressed the manor was granted to the Knights Hospitallers, who leased it out. The first use of the name "Parish Garden" (later Paris Garden) to describe the estate was made in 1420.

In 1536 the Hospitallers surrendered the land to Henry VIII. It was held by the Crown until 1578 when it was granted to Henry Cary, Lord Hunsdon. Two years later he demised the demesne lands to one owner and the copyhold lands to another; thenceforward they have separate histories. The copyholder's lease was converted into a fee simple in 1881, but the manorial rights were not abolished until 1936. The manor was bought by William Angell in 1655, and was sold by him to George Baron. The Baron family held the manor until 1827, when Elizabeth Ann Baron married John Lethbridge, it then passed into the Lethbridge family, who still held it in the 1950s.

For a more detailed history see 'Paris Garden Manor', Survey of London: volume 22: Bankside (the parishes of St. Saviour and Christchurch Southwark) (1950), pp. 94-100 (available online).

Deposited in September 1973.

Records of the Lethbridge family relating to their estates in Southwark and the City of London, including the Manor of Paris Garden.

This collection, which consists mainly of family property records, is divided into four series:
E/LET/01-The Manor of Paris Garden (Southwark), 1667-1908;
E/LET/02-Property in the Parishes of Christchurch and Saint George the Martyr (Southwark), 1825-1938;
E/LET/03-Property in Eastcheap (City of London), 1608;
E/LET/04-Pedigree of Saunders Family of Surrey, 1800.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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

For more records of Paris Garden Manor see the deeds, Court Baron and Court Minute Books, maps and plans deposited in 1947 and 1951, reference M/92/001-143.

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. Property ownership Family archives Deeds Title deeds Land management Estate management Property Property transfer Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records People People by roles Property owners Civil law Right to property Property law Manor of Paris Garden , Southwark City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Southwark (district) Southwark Land economics Civil and political rights Legal systems Agricultural economics Human rights Law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in September 1973.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Lethbridge family relating to their estates in Southwark and the City of London, including the Manor of Paris Garden.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

This collection, which consists mainly of family property records, is divided into four series:
E/LET/01-The Manor of Paris Garden (Southwark), 1667-1908;
E/LET/02-Property in the Parishes of Christchurch and Saint George the Martyr (Southwark), 1825-1938;
E/LET/03-Property in Eastcheap (City of London), 1608;
E/LET/04-Pedigree of Saunders Family of Surrey, 1800.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For more records of Paris Garden Manor see the deeds, Court Baron and Court Minute Books, maps and plans deposited in 1947 and 1951, reference M/92/001-143.

Finding aids

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

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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.

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  • English

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