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- 6 Apr 1869-1 Mar 1875 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, meetings of the court and partners, courts for the election of master and wardens, pension courts and courts to distribute Mr Cater's charity.
Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; approval of the orders of court from the preceding ordinary court meeting; report of deaths, when relevant; choosing of wardens and assistants; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees and applications to the company; administration of English Stock shares; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.
Spine reads 'Court Book 6 Apr 1869 to 1 Mar 1875' and 'a'.
Throughout volume are accounts:
pages 29-30: accounts for the English Stock, year ending 31 Mar 1869.
pages 181-184: accounts for the English Stock, 1 Apr 1869-31 Mar 1870.
pages 217-220: accounts for the English Stock, 1 Apr 1870-31 Mar 1871.
pages 339-342: accounts for the English Stock, 1 Apr 1871-31 Mar 1872.
pages 457-460: accounts for the English Stock, 1 Apr 1872-31 Mar 1873.
pages 579-582: accounts for the English Stock, 1 Apr 1873-31 Mar 1874.
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Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
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Finding aids
Charles Robert Rivington, Abstract of the Orders of Court, And other Proceedings, of The Worshipful Company of Stationers: Serving as an Index to the Court Books From 1844 being a Continuation of a former Index. Compiled By Charles Robert Rivington, Clerk of the Company. MDCCCLXX [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]
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Existence and location of copies
A microfilm copy is on reel 67, 'Records of the Stationers' Company 1554-1920: 115 Reels of Microfilm with Printed Guide', published by Chadwyck-Healy Ltd (1989)
Related units of description
Drafts of these minutes are contained in TSC/B/01/30 and TSC/B/01/31
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