Subseries 01 - Court minute books

Identity area

Reference code

GB 2156 TSC/B/01

Title

Court minute books

Date(s)

  • 1602-2020 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

43 volumes

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Scope and content

Official minutes of the meetings of the Court of Assistants, signed by the Master from 2 Mar 1875-2 Jul 1991 and intermittently from 30 Jul 1991-25 Jun 2006.

For each meeting the decisions of the Court are recorded as orders. From Court Book F (1683-97), the minutes are standard in formula.

Text of some documents received by the company have been copied in.

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Accruals

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Bound folio volumes

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Microfilm copies of volumes C-h, page 255, are on reels 56-70, 'Records of the Stationers' Company 1554-1920: 115 Reels of Microfilm with Printed Guide', published by Chadwyck-Healy Ltd (1989)

Related units of description

Rough court minute books [TSC/B/02]; Rough court minutes [TSC/B/03]; Box F: Rough court minutes [TSC/B/04]; Court notebook [TSC/B/06]; Indices and abstracts to the court books [TSC/B/07]

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Catalogued

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Open

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