Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJES/4/3
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJCR/SJES/4/3
Title
Registers of Leases
Date(s)
- 1609-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
50 volumes. Paper.
Context area
Name of creator
(1511-)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Registers mainly of copies of leases and other deeds of property up to 1817.
Volumes may also contain copies of letters of attorney, patents of bailiffs, documents connected with legacies and benefactions, presentations to livings, letters testimonial and, before 1817, deeds such as copies of conveyances and agreements other than leases.
From 1609-1741, indexes are of names of lessees. From 1741, there is also an index of places.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Volumes for 1989 onwards are kept in the Bursary.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Also known as Deed Books, Volume 1 (1609-1626) was at one time bound with or kept as part of the White Vellum Book whose pagination it continues.
Note
- Volumes 34 and 35 are lease books containing copies of leases granted in the Platt estates in London.
- Volumes 36 to 39 are lease books containing copies of leases granted in former Platt estates in Kentish town.
Alternative identifier(s)
Former ref.
C8.1-50