Collection GB 0074 CLC/512 - VINCENT FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/512

Title

VINCENT FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1744-1934 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

10 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The collection mostly relates to Zelophead Wyeth Vincent (1755-1840), Citizen and member of the Barber Surgeon's Company. His trade was a hotpresser of woollen stuffs.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/512 1744-1934 Collection 10 production units. Vincent , Zelophead Wyeth , 1755-1840 , hotpresser of woollen stuffs

The collection mostly relates to Zelophead Wyeth Vincent (1755-1840), Citizen and member of the Barber Surgeon's Company. His trade was a hotpresser of woollen stuffs.

Given to Guildhall Library in 1973-74. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1977. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Papers of the Vincent family, including business and personal financial accounts of Zelophead Vincent; verses, hymns, lectures, essays and other writings by Zelophead Vincent on a variety of religious, medical and philosophical subjects; genealogy of the Vincent family; and letters of the Vincent family.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

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

Given to Guildhall Library as "Records of the Vincent, Newton, Macken and Baker families" (former refs: MS 16927- 16940) together with records of Papers of Edward Baker (b. 1737), mathematical instrument maker (see CLC/423) and of William Newton (1786-1861) of Bloomsbury and Herne Bay in Kent (see CLC/482).

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. Finance Personal finance Archives Personal archives Documents Information sources Primary documents Personal papers Family records Family archives Pedigrees Genealogy Vincent , Zelophead Wyeth , 1755-1840 , hotpresser of woollen stuffs

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Given to Guildhall Library in 1973-74. The papers were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1977. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of the Vincent family, including business and personal financial accounts of Zelophead Vincent; verses, hymns, lectures, essays and other writings by Zelophead Vincent on a variety of religious, medical and philosophical subjects; genealogy of the Vincent family; and letters of the Vincent family.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Given to Guildhall Library as "Records of the Vincent, Newton, Macken and Baker families" (former refs: MS 16927- 16940) together with records of Papers of Edward Baker (b. 1737), mathematical instrument maker (see CLC/423) and of William Newton (1786-1861) of Bloomsbury and Herne Bay in Kent (see CLC/482).

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

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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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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