Identity area
Reference code
GB 2156 TSC/C/05
Title
Apprenticeship records
Date(s)
- 1555-1997 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
8 series
Context area
Repository
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Chiefly registers and indentures.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
D F Mackenzie, 'Stationers' Company Apprentices 1605-1640' (Charlottesville, 1961), 1641-1700 (Oxford, 1974) and 1701-1800 (Oxford, 1978).
M L T, 'The Stationers' Company: An Index of Apprentices Bound and Turned-Over, 1800-1830', The London Booktrades, 1800-1830, Working Papers No. 1 (1987).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Liber B: Clerk's memorandum book, TSC/F/02/01
Notes area
Note
Catalogued
Note
Open
Note
Traditionally, regulation of apprenticeships was a key responsibility of Livery Companies. Any Stationer taking on an apprentice was obliged to register the arrangement at Stationers' Hall. This arrangement remained in place well into the twentieth century.