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Date(s)
- 5 Apr 1910-9 Apr 1918 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume
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Scope and content
All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers and meetings of the court and partners
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; admission of new court assistants, when relevant; administration of English Stock shares; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees and applications to the company; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities and company pensions; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company or bound as apprentices.
Spine reads 'Court Book 5 Apr 1910 to 9 Apr 1918' and 'g'.
Attached in volume are 4 documents:
page 294: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School. Statement of Account for the Year ending 31st March, 1912'.
page 418: fold-out plan of Stationers' Hall premises and properties in Ave Maria Lane and Ludgate Hill, 1914.
page 448: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School. Statement of Account for the Year ending 31st March, 1914'.
page 554: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School. Statement of Account for the year 1915-16''.
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Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Front edge of spine is split; bottom corners of covers are worn
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]
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
A microfilm copy is on reel 70, '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/01/35 and TSC/B/01/36
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