Laurence Ward

Laurence Ward is Principal Archivist (Graphic and Digital Collections) at London Metropolitan Archives responsible for the Graphic Collections, Imaging and Media and City Records teams. He manages exhibitions and co-ordinates the majority of LMA’s digital agenda, from preservation to access. Further professional commitments include the steering group of London’s Screen Archives (the regional archive film network) and the International Council on Archives.

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Great Parchment Book Project

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Abstract

The Great Parchment Book of the Honourable The Irish Society is a major survey, compiled in 1639 by a Commission instituted by Charles I, of all the estates in Derry, Northern Ireland, managed by the City of London through the Irish Society and the London livery companies.

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