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- 1 Nov 1887-31 Jul 1894 (Creation)
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1 volume
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All minutes are signed by the master; 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 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; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; 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 and company pensions; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.
Spine reads 'Court Book 1 November 1887 to 31 July 1894' and 'd'.
Throughout volume are accounts:
pages 58-61: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1887-31 Mar 1888.
pages 144-147: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1888-31 Mar 1889.
pages 228-231: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1889-31 Mar 1890.
pages 336-339: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1890-31 Mar 1891.
pages 442-445: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1891-31 Mar 1892.
pages 530-537: accounts for 1 Apr 1892-31 Mar 1893.
pages 618-623: accounts for for year ending 31 Mar 1894.
Attached within volume are 2 documents:
page 69: copy report, valuation and plan of freehold premises at the end of Feathers Court, Milk Street, Cheapside, by Norton, Trist & Gilbert, dated 19 Jul 1888, annexed to letter from Clerk Charles Robert Rivington to the master, wardens and court of assistants of the Company of Stationers, 26 Jul 1888.
page 309: petition of the Stationers' Company to the House of Lords against the Copyright Bill 1891 and Memorial of the Stationers' Company to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury regarding the Copyright Bill 1891.
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Language of material
English
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Latin
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Finding aids
D J O'Connell, General Index of Court Records Volumes 'b' to 'm' (1875-1960) [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]
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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A microfilm copy is on reel 68, '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/01/33 and TSC/B/01/34
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