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- 1649-1848 (Creation)
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6 production units.
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The Dean's Peculiar estates, from which the Dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral personally drew the income, were located in the City of London, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.
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GB 0074 CLC/313/M 1649-1848 Collection 6 production units. St Paul's Cathedral , London
The Dean's Peculiar estates, from which the Dean of Saint Paul's Cathedral personally drew the income, were located in the City of London, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.
The bulk of the archives of St Paul's Cathedral were transferred to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in September 1980. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in around 1989. Other accessions were received from the 1960s onwards. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, comprising papers relating to the Dean's Peculiar Estates including parliamentary surveys of the Dean's Peculiar estates, compiled in 1649 and after, (CLC/313/M/002/MS11816 and CLC/313/L/F/011/25190); register of leases, 1664-1848 (CLC/313/M/001/MS19931); register of rents and rental of the properties from which the Dean personally drew income.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section. For a detailed discussion of the arrangement of the collection, see the fonds level description for Saint Paul's Cathedral, reference CLC/313.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For papers relating to the estates of William Worsley (Dean, 1479-99), including the revenues of the Deanery, his other ecclesiastical preferments, and numerous estates held privately in London, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Berkshire (almost all leased from the Dean and Chapter), see CLC/519/MS25166-68.
For parliamentary surveys of the estates of the Dean and Chapter, which may contain further information about the Dean's Peculiar estates, see sections CLC/313/L/F and CLC/313/L/I.
From 1840 (after the holder's life-interest) the ownership of the estates and manorial lordships of the cathedral's dignitaries and prebends was transferred to the Ecclesiastical (later Church) Commissioners. In most cases the relevant manorial records held at LMA continue until the mid 20th century, as the result of separate deposits of records by the Church Commissioners.
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. August to October 2010. Religious buildings Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Leases (documents) Religious groups Clergy Deans (ecclesiastical) Fees Rent Religious institutions Religious communities Chapters Land management Estate management Finance Church finance Cathedrals Property Religion St Paul's Cathedral , London Essex England UK Western Europe Europe Middlesex Hertfordshire Buckinghamshire City of London London Bedfordshire Land economics Buildings Architecture Agricultural economics
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The bulk of the archives of St Paul's Cathedral were transferred to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in September 1980. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in around 1989. Other accessions were received from the 1960s onwards. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Records of the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, comprising papers relating to the Dean's Peculiar Estates including parliamentary surveys of the Dean's Peculiar estates, compiled in 1649 and after, (CLC/313/M/002/MS11816 and CLC/313/L/F/011/25190); register of leases, 1664-1848 (CLC/313/M/001/MS19931); register of rents and rental of the properties from which the Dean personally drew income.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section. For a detailed discussion of the arrangement of the collection, see the fonds level description for Saint Paul's Cathedral, reference CLC/313.
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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
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
For papers relating to the estates of William Worsley (Dean, 1479-99), including the revenues of the Deanery, his other ecclesiastical preferments, and numerous estates held privately in London, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Berkshire (almost all leased from the Dean and Chapter), see CLC/519/MS25166-68.
For parliamentary surveys of the estates of the Dean and Chapter, which may contain further information about the Dean's Peculiar estates, see sections CLC/313/L/F and CLC/313/L/I.
From 1840 (after the holder's life-interest) the ownership of the estates and manorial lordships of the cathedral's dignitaries and prebends was transferred to the Ecclesiastical (later Church) Commissioners. In most cases the relevant manorial records held at LMA continue until the mid 20th century, as the result of separate deposits of records by the Church Commissioners.
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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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- English