Dossier 13 - Court book P

1 volume

Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, pension courts, court and meetings of partners for the election of stockkeepers and treasurer of the English Stock, courts to distribute Mr Cater's charity and courts to distribute Mr Wright's donation.

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 4 February 1794 to 5 April 1803' and 'P'.

At rear of volume are copy wills and extracts from wills:

page 554: will of Mr Richard Johnson the Elder of 17 Bride Street, Fleet Street, London, 25 Sep 1792.

pages 555-556: will of Mr Richard Johnson the Younger of 3 Ludgate Hill, 3 Jan 1795.

page 557: 'Extract from the Will of Mr Alderman Gill deceased', undated.

page 557: 'Extract from the Will of Mr Alderman Wright deceased', undated.

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Calf is worn away at base of spine; front and back boards coming loose from spine

Abstracts of entries from 1795 onwards are contained in Anonymous, Index 1795-1806 [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]

Daniel Battiscomb, Abstract of the Orders of Court, And other Proceedings, of The Worshipful Company of Stationers: Serving as an Index to the Court Books, From Novr. 1779, being a Continuation of a former Index. Compiled under the Inspection of the Clerk of the Company. By Daniel Battiscomb. MDCCXCIV [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]

An early draft part index is contained in Index to Portions of Volumes P and Q, 1795-1803 [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]

A microfilm copy is on reel 61, '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/B/01/23 and TSC/B/01/24

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