Collection GB 0074 E/WRD - WARD FAMILY

1.52 linear metres (26 documents).

GB 0074 E/WRD 1636-1898 Collection 1.52 linear metres (26 documents). Ward , family , of Covent Garden

The earliest deed in this collection is a grant in fee farm from Francis, Earl of Bedford to John Ward, in 1636/7, of a piece of land abutting north on Long Acre and south on developed and was let as two separate sites-that which became 36 Long Acre, and the site which backed on to it in Hart Street.

Since the series of deeds is by no means complete, there being virtually no title deeds after the early 18th century, the later descent of the property is uncertain. Research in the Middlesex Deeds Register might establish the identity of more recent owners. Most, but not all the documents have been stamped 'Land Registry, London No.252132, Registd 30 Jun. 1921.' Three documents, apparently unrelated to the remainder, are listed at the end.

Purchased by the Archive in January 1974.

Records of the Ward family comprising title deeds for property on Long Acre, Garden Lane and Hart Street, Covent Garden, and in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster.

E/WRD/I: Long Acre-Garden Lane; title deeds, 1636/7-1701;
E/WRD/II: 36 Long Acre: title deeds, 1710-1715, 1874;
E/WRD/III: 36 Long Acre; leasehold interest, 1713/4-1775, 1875-1898;
E/WRD/IV-V: Garden Lane/Hart Street, title deeds, 1710-1780;
E/WRD/VI: St Martin in the Fields: 3 properties, 1677-1686.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

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

For the development of the Covent Garden Estate of the Earls, later Dukes of Bedford, reference should be made to the Survey of London, Vol XXXVI, pp 19-49, and especially to Fig.1 on p.20, and to p.33. For John Ward, see Bedford Estate records Ref. E/BER/CG/L18/3 and L83/5-7.

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. Civil law Property ownership Information sources Documents Deeds Title deeds Property Property transfer People People by roles Property owners Right to property Property law St Martin in the Fields Westminster London England UK Western Europe Europe City of Westminster Covent Garden Civil and political rights Legal systems Human rights Law

Purchased by the Archive in January 1974.

Records of the Ward family comprising title deeds for property on Long Acre, Garden Lane and Hart Street, Covent Garden, and in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster.

E/WRD/I: Long Acre-Garden Lane; title deeds, 1636/7-1701;
E/WRD/II: 36 Long Acre: title deeds, 1710-1715, 1874;
E/WRD/III: 36 Long Acre; leasehold interest, 1713/4-1775, 1875-1898;
E/WRD/IV-V: Garden Lane/Hart Street, title deeds, 1710-1780;
E/WRD/VI: St Martin in the Fields: 3 properties, 1677-1686.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

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English

For the development of the Covent Garden Estate of the Earls, later Dukes of Bedford, reference should be made to the Survey of London, Vol XXXVI, pp 19-49, and especially to Fig.1 on p.20, and to p.33. For John Ward, see Bedford Estate records Ref. E/BER/CG/L18/3 and L83/5-7.

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.

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