Dossier 42 - Court book s

1 volume

All entries written in calligraphy; all minutes are signed by the Master except for 7 Dec 1999.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place and date of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens, immediate past master, treasurer, assistants and liverymen; admission of new court assistants, when relevant; election of new company officials, when relevant; names of those admitted to the cloathing, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; reports by chairmen of committees in chronological order of meetings; report by the Senior Livery Representative; reports by others such as chairmen of trustees, most frequently the library trustees and/or trustees of the Educational Charity; other reports, when relevant; presentations to the company; other business.

Pasted onto the front pastedown is a bookplate with the inscription:

'Presented to

The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers

by the Company's Renter Wardens

1995-1996

Peter Barker CBE

Neville Cusworth

Bert Modlock

Brigadier Richard Mountford OBE'

• anglais

• latin

C Sheard and D Lee, Index to the Court Books 1984-2006 [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]

Entries to 1999 are indexed in J D Lee, Court Orders July 1984-1999 Index [TSC/1/B/xx/xx]

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