File 04 - Court book F

1 volume

Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, private courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, pension courts, meetings of partners of the English Stock and general assemblies of the master, wardens and commonalty of the company held at their Common Hall; courts for the election of corporation officers are not titled as such; courts for the election of master and wardens are titled 'Election Courts'.

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; confirmation of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting(s), from 5 Jul 1686 onwards; court business, including administration of English Stock shares, leases and committees, and orders relating to reports, petitions to the company, correspondence and other matters; administration of the livery, from 11 Oct 1686; details of those made free of the company and bound as apprentices, 4 Dec 1693-8 Jun 1696 and from 3 May 1697 onwards.

Spine reads 'Court Book 1683 to 1697' and 'F'.

Inserted into front flyleaves is a small card with typescript inscription regarding the entry for 6 Nov 1693, with handwritten annotations.

Volume includes committee minutes:

folio 25r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed ab[ou]t Peter Parker and Tho[ma]s Guy', 11 Oct 1684

folio 27v: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee concerning the Subpressing Lybells', 27 Dec 1684

folio 33r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee ab[ou]t Peter Parker and Thomas Guy', 29 Apr 1685

folio 41r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee about Peter Parker & Thomas Guy', 25 Jul 1685

folio 67: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed at last Court, to treat ab[ou]t buying the interest late of Mr Sawbridge in Cambridg Printing', 19 Nov 1686

folio 67v: minutes of a 'Meeting of the Comittee appointed at last Court ab[ou]t Mrs Leigh's Account', 26 Nov 1686

folio 78v: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed ab[ou]t Haberdashers & Stall Booksellers &c', 14 Mar 1687

folio 79v: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed ab[ou]t the Companys Coppies at a Court of the 7th of February last', 18 Mar 1687

folios 129v-130r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed to treate w[i]th our Master ab[ou]t Cambridge busines', 1 Mar 1690

folios 131v-132r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee ab[ou]t Mr Starkey's busines', 3 Apr 1690

folio 134r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee ab[ou]t Cambridge Busines', 11 Apr 1690

folios 137r-138v: minutes of 'the same Comittee' [relating to Mr Starkey], 25 Jun 1690

folios 144: minutes of 'the Comittee about Hawkers', 8 Oct 1690

folio 145r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittees appointed ab[ou]t the Subpression of Hawkers', 15 Oct 1690

folio 174: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee apopointed concerning the Oxford affaire', 6 Jul 1692

• English

• Latin

Calf is worn at edges of spine, pages are coming loose

Alison Shell and Alison Emblow, 'Index to the Court Books of the Stationers' Company 1679-1717' (The Bibliographical Society, 2007)

John Noorthouck, Abstract of the Orders of Court, And other Proceedings, of The Worshipful Company of Stationers: Serving as an Index to the Court Books, From the earliest entries. Compiled under the Inspection of the Clerk of the Company By John Noorthouck MDCCLXXX [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]

John Lilly and others, Index to the Court Books to 1775 [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]

A microfilm copy is on reel 57, 'Records of the Stationers' Company 1554-1920: 115 Reels of Microfilm with Printed Guide', published by Chadwyck-Healy Ltd (1989)

Drafts of these minutes are contained in TSC/A/01/03-12; Records relating to Peter Parker, Thomas Guy and Oxford [TSC/E/20/01/17]

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