Catalogue description WILLIAMS OF WOOLLAND ARCHIVE

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Title: WILLIAMS OF WOOLLAND ARCHIVE
Description:

Deeds, family papers, manorial and estate records, legal papers and Ecclesiastical records

 

Mr. Prideaux' predecessors as Clerks to the Goldsmiths' Company were allowed to carry on a private practice as solicitors at Goldsmiths' Hall apart from their official duties as Clerks. These documents, mainly relating to the estates of the Williams family of Woolland, were part of a collection accumulated in the course of this private practice.
Date: 1508 - 1937
Held by: Dorset History Centre, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Williams family of Woolland, Dorset
Physical description: 75 files
Subjects:
  • Dorset
Administrative / biographical background:

Mr. Prideaux' predecessors as Clerks to the Goldsmiths' Company were allowed to carry on a private practice as solicitors at Goldsmiths' Hall apart from their official duties as Clerks. These documents, mainly relating to the estates of the Williams family of Woolland, were part of a collection accumulated in the course of this private practice.
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