Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 3 Jul 1733-1 Mar 1742 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 volume
Zone du contexte
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, Pension courts, meetings of partners for the election of stockkeepers and treasurer of the English Stock, courts to distribute Mr Cater's charity, a court to consider of the repairs of the kall and warehouses and a court for the election of a porter.
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); choosing of wardens and assistants; court business, including administration of English Stock shares, administration of charitable annuities, administration of leases, and resolutions and orders relating to reports, applications to the company, correspondence and other matters; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.
Spine reads 'Court Book from 3 July 1733 to 1 March 1741. Liber I' and 'I'.
On pages 412-413 is recorded the election of Samuel Richardson, novelist and author of 'Pamela', to the court of assistants, 1 Dec 1741.
At back of volume is inserted a piece of paper with a contemporary handwritten incription 'Court Book I. fo: 189 & 228'.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
anglais
Écriture des documents
latin
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
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]
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
A microfilm copy is on reel 58, 'Records of the Stationers' Company 1554-1920: 115 Reels of Microfilm with Printed Guide', published by Chadwyck-Healy Ltd (1989)
Unités de description associées
Drafts of these minutes are contained in TSC/B/01/15 and TSC/B/01/16
Zone des notes
Note
Catalogued
Note
Open