A mix of individual documents, including petitions, warrants, applications relating to freedom, printing, and scandalous books.

• Copy of a royal order for the appointment of John Playford, John Bellinger, Robert Scott, Robert Horne, John Baker, and Ambrose Isted to be admitted to the Court of Assistants, 16 June 1681.
• Petition of the Company of Stationers to the King regarding appointment of licensers and limiting numbers of master printers (two copies).
• Order of Court of Aldermen that all apprentices who serve masters of other companies but are printing, binding, or selling books, take their freedom from the Stationers’ Company, 1671.
• Warrant to Mayors, Sheriffs, Bailiffs, Constables, and other officers to assist the Stationers’ Company in searches, 1685.
• Some remarks about the business of the Stationers’ Company, 1673-1674, particularly relating to prosecutions and private printers.
• Copy of the oath of every freeman of the City of London.
• Application form for City freemen.
• Orders of the Lord Mayor of Aldermen relative to admission of freemen to liver of their companies, 1697.
• Copy of the oath of a freeman of the Company of Stationers.
• Extract from act requiring clerks to return two livery lists Lord Mayor for election purposes, 10 April 1784.
• Petition of the Company of Stationers to the King for the better regulating of printing and printing presses, 1688 (two copies).
• Orders of Court concerning seditious publications, 12 December 1792.
• Notice of Court of Common Council, 17 May 1782.
• Licence to John Henry to engrave, print and publish a map of Virginia, 1768.

Parties: (1) James Richardson, stationer, George Richardson, chemist, and Jonathan Mariott, soapmaker (2) Stationers' Company.

i: 'Monmouth Routed, and taken Prisoner, With his Pimp the Lord Gray. A Song to the Tune of King James's Jigg', ballad lyrics printed for bookseller James Dean, with a handwritten note by Dean on the back, 11 Jul 1685.

ii: signed enformation of James Dean giving testimony before Roger L'Estrange regarding the ballad 'Monmouth Routed', 11 Jul 1685.

iii: signed oath of Alice Moody and Elizabeth Watson regarding the ballad 'Monmouth Routed', 11 Jul 1685.

iv: Roger L'Estrange, 'Considerations and Proposals in order to the Regulation of the Press: Together with Diverse Instances of Treasonous, and Seditious Pamphlets, Proving the Necessity thereof', [1663].

v: Roger L'Estrange, 'A Seasonable Memorial in some Historical Notes upon the Liberties of the Presse and Pulpit: With the Effects of Popular Petitions, Tumults, Associations, Impostures, and Disaffected Common Councils', 1680.

vi: 'Philopatris' [Charles Blount], 'A Justi Vindication of Learning: Or, An Humble Address to the High Court of Parliament In behalf of the Liberty of the Press', 1679.

vii: [Charles Blount], 'Reasons Humbly offered for the Liberty of Unlicens'd Printing, To which is Subjoin'd, The Just and True Character of Edmund Bohun, The Licenser of the Press', 1693.

viii: 'The Speech of the Lord Chancellor of England, in the Exchequer Chamber, touching the Post-nati', printed for the Stationers' Company 1609. John Rowe of Middle Temple has signed the titlepage.

ix: 'A Letter to a Member of Parliament; Shewing The Necessity of Regulating the Press: Chiefly From Necessity of Publick Establishments in Religion. From the Rights and Immunities of a National Church. And the Trust reposed in the Christian Magistrate to protect and Defend them. With A Particular Answer to the Objections that of late have been Advanced against it', 1699. (cf 'A Letter To a Member of Parliament, Shewing, that a Restraint On the Press Is inconsistent with the Protestant Religion, and dangerous to te Liberties of the Nation, 1698' - anonymously authored tract, now variously attributed to Daniel Defoe and Matthew Tindal, in TSC/A/01/03/03.

From Jacob Jackson, printer, to Mr Smith. The letter is abusive.