Series G - Charities and property records

Identity area

Reference code

GB 2156 TSC/G

Title

Charities and property records

Date(s)

  • 1582-2026 (Creation)

Level of description

Series

Extent and medium

8 sub-series

Context area

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records relating to donations or bequests to the Company for charitable purposes; the charities and estates adminstered by the Company; and other Company property, such as the barge, Hall and moveables. The charity records include those relating to the Stationers' Company School, in existence 1858-1982.

The Company's property in the Irish Estates, the Manor of Pellipar, was owned by the English Stock, so its records can be found in the English Stock subfonds (TSC/STO).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

In accordance with the Guildhall Library guidelines, charities and property records have been arranged into 8 sections:

TSC/G/01: General charity records

TSC/G/02: General estates records

TSC/G/03: Records of individual charities

TSC/G/04: Records of individual estates

TSC/G/05: Company barge records

TSC/G/06: Stationers' Hall records

TSC/G/07: Movables records

TSC/G/08: Property deeds and records of title (Guildhall term: 'muniments of title')

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Variable

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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Finding aids

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Lists of recipients of Company charity can be found in the Court minute books and rough Court minute books [TSC/B/01-02].

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Notes area

Note

Catalogued

Note

Open

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Description control area

Description identifier

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Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

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