Collection GB 0074 ACC/0197 - WEDGEBOROWE FAMILY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/0197

Title

WEDGEBOROWE FAMILY

Date(s)

  • 1614-1831 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres.

Context area

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.

Feoffment was an early form of conveyance involving a simple transfer of freehold land by deed followed by in a ceremony called livery of seisin.

Source: British Records Association Guidelines 3: How to interpret deeds (available online).

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/0197 1614-1831 Collection 0.01 linear metres. Various.

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.

Feoffment was an early form of conveyance involving a simple transfer of freehold land by deed followed by in a ceremony called livery of seisin.

Source: British Records Association Guidelines 3: How to interpret deeds (available online).

Records deposited in December 1942.

Records relating to property owned by the Wedgeborowe family in Hatton, East Bedfont and Enfield; including feoffments, a mortgage and a marriage settlement. Also printed rules and regulations to be observed by members of the Uxbridge Yeomanry Calvalry, 1831; plan of property in Hillingdon and Harefield showing proposed route of Watford, Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Railway; and plan of Uxbridge showing routes of sundry railways and branch lines.

Documents arranged in chronological order.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

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.

January to May 2011. Hatton Middlesex Uxbridge Europe Western Europe UK England London Hillingdon Harefield Property Hounslow Enfield (district) Enfield East Bedfont Hertfordshire

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in December 1942.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records relating to property owned by the Wedgeborowe family in Hatton, East Bedfont and Enfield; including feoffments, a mortgage and a marriage settlement. Also printed rules and regulations to be observed by members of the Uxbridge Yeomanry Calvalry, 1831; plan of property in Hillingdon and Harefield showing proposed route of Watford, Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Railway; and plan of Uxbridge showing routes of sundry railways and branch lines.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Documents arranged in chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

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

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

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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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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