Collection GB 0074 O/509 - SLATTERSON AND MORE {SOLICITORS}

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 O/509

Title

SLATTERSON AND MORE {SOLICITORS}

Date(s)

  • 1709-1725 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Doctors' Commons, also called the College of Civilians, was a society of lawyers practising civil law in London. Like the Inns of Court of the common lawyers, the society had buildings with rooms where its members lived and worked, and a big library. Court proceedings of the civil law courts were also held in Doctors' Commons. It was situated on Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars.

New Inn is one of the Inns of Chancery in Holborn, a group of buildings and legal institutions in London initially attached to the Inns of Court and used as offices for the clerks of chancery, from which they drew their name.

Archival history

GB 0074 O/509 1709-1725 Collection 0.01 linear metres Slatterson and More , solicitors

Doctors' Commons, also called the College of Civilians, was a society of lawyers practising civil law in London. Like the Inns of Court of the common lawyers, the society had buildings with rooms where its members lived and worked, and a big library. Court proceedings of the civil law courts were also held in Doctors' Commons. It was situated on Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars.

New Inn is one of the Inns of Chancery in Holborn, a group of buildings and legal institutions in London initially attached to the Inns of Court and used as offices for the clerks of chancery, from which they drew their name.

Deposited in 1979

Papers, 1709-1725, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising leases for chambers in Doctor's Commons and New Inn.

Two documents

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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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.

July to October 2009 Legal documents Information sources Deeds Documents Title deeds Leases (documents) Areas and spaces Internal areas Rooms Architecture Buildings Inns of court Law Slatterson and More , solicitors

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 1979

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Scope and content

Papers, 1709-1725, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising leases for chambers in Doctor's Commons and New Inn.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Two documents

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Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

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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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Language(s)

  • English

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