Collection GB 0074 ACC/1417 - TRETHOWANS {SOLICITORS}

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1417

Title

TRETHOWANS {SOLICITORS}

Date(s)

  • 1779-1921 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.33 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

Lease and release was the most common method of conveying freehold property from the later seventeenth century onwards, before the introduction of the modern conveyance in the late nineteenth century. The lease was granted for a year (sometimes six months), then on the following day the lessor released their right of ownership in return for the consideration (the thing for which land was transferred from one party to another, usually, of course, a sum of money).

An assignment of term, or assignment to attend the inheritance, was an assignment of the remaining term of years in a mortgage to a trustee after the mortgage itself has been redeemed. An assignment of a lease is the transfer of the rights laid out in the lease to another party, usually for a consideration (a sum of money).

A covenant or deed of covenant was an agreement entered into by one of the parties to a deed to another. A covenant for production of title deeds was an agreement to produce deeds not being handed over to a purchaser, while a covenant to surrender was an agreement to surrender copyhold land.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1417 1779-1921 Collection 0.33 linear metres Trethowans , solicitors

A deed is any document affecting title, that is, proof of ownership, of the land in question. The land may or may not have buildings upon it. Common types of deed include conveyances, mortgages, bonds, grants of easements, wills and administrations.

Conveyances are transfers of land from one party to another, usually for money. Early forms of conveyance include feoffments, surrenders and admissions at manor courts (if the property was copyhold), final concords, common recoveries, bargains and sales and leases and releases.

Lease and release was the most common method of conveying freehold property from the later seventeenth century onwards, before the introduction of the modern conveyance in the late nineteenth century. The lease was granted for a year (sometimes six months), then on the following day the lessor released their right of ownership in return for the consideration (the thing for which land was transferred from one party to another, usually, of course, a sum of money).

An assignment of term, or assignment to attend the inheritance, was an assignment of the remaining term of years in a mortgage to a trustee after the mortgage itself has been redeemed. An assignment of a lease is the transfer of the rights laid out in the lease to another party, usually for a consideration (a sum of money).

A covenant or deed of covenant was an agreement entered into by one of the parties to a deed to another. A covenant for production of title deeds was an agreement to produce deeds not being handed over to a purchaser, while a covenant to surrender was an agreement to surrender copyhold land.

From the British Records Association "Guidelines 3 - Interpreting Deeds: How To Interpret Deeds - A Simple Guide And Glossary".

Received in 1978. ACC/1417

Papers, 1779-1921, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Finchley, Hendon, Hanworth, Holborn, Islington, Kensington, Saint Pancras and the following Westminster parishes: Saint Clement Danes. Saint George Hanover Square, Saint James, Saint Margaret and Saint Martin in the Fields; including plans, conveyances, mortgages, lease and releases, bonds, covenants to produce deeds and assignments.

ACC/1417/001 to ACC/1417/050

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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

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 Conveyances (documents) Leases (documents) People People by roles Property owners Law Legal documents Releases (documents) Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Mortgages (documents) Property ownership Civil law Legal systems Bonds Property Solicitors Trethowans , solicitors Legal profession personnel Personnel People by occupation Property law

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1978. ACC/1417

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers, 1779-1921, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Finchley, Hendon, Hanworth, Holborn, Islington, Kensington, Saint Pancras and the following Westminster parishes: Saint Clement Danes. Saint George Hanover Square, Saint James, Saint Margaret and Saint Martin in the Fields; including plans, conveyances, mortgages, lease and releases, bonds, covenants to produce deeds and assignments.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/1417/001 to ACC/1417/050

Conditions of access and use area

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

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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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