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- 1 Mar 1832-1 Nov 1836 (Creation)
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1 volume
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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, courts for the election of stockkeepers and treasurer and courts to distribute Mr Cater's charity.
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 ordinary court meeting; choosing of wardens and assistants; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees, applications to the company and correspondence; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities; administration of English Stock shares; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.
Spine reads 'Court Book 1 March 1832 to 1 November 1836' and 'U'.
Volume includes copy committee minutes:
pages 88-90: minutes of the committee of the stockkeepers appointed respecting the sale of unstamped almanacks, 8 Dec 1832.
pages 143-144: minutes of the committee respecting the alienation of stock, 1 Aug 1833.
pages 274-278: minutes of the committee on the subject of the quarterages, 2 Oct 1834.
pages 278-279: minutes of the committee appointed respecting the Municipal Corporation inquiry, 2 Oct 1834.
pages 291-292: minutes of the committee respecting the situation of cook, 17 Oct 1834.
pages 308-309: minutes of a committee held respecting the quarterage, 9 Jan 1835.
pages 440-442: minutes of the committee appointed to enquire into the duties and emoluments of the office of hall keeper and the character and qualification of the candidates, 25 Apr 1836.
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Language of material
English
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Latin
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Finding aids
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]
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Existence and location of copies
A microfilm copy is on reel 64, '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/01/26 and TSC/B/01/27
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