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- 26 Sep 1729-1 Oct 1787 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Scope and content
Notebook containing court book entries and other information on procedure relating to Company members who served as Lord Mayor or sheriffs of the City of London.
Information contained includes:
folios 1-9: copies of court book entries relating to procedure surrounding Company members who served as sheriffs, 1729-1785.
folios 13-15: copies of court book entries relating to procedure surrounding Company members who served as Lord Mayor, 1754 and 1785-1786.
folios 17v-18r: account of the proceedings on the sheriffs being sworn in at the Guildhall, 1779, 1781, 1785 and 1787.
folios 18v-19v: account of the proceedings on the sheriffs being sworn in at Westminster, 1779, 1781, 1785 and 1787.
folios 19v-20r: order of procession on the day the sheriffs were sworn in at the Guildhall, 1779.
folio 20v: order of procession on Lord Mayor's day.
folio 21r: order of presenting the Lord Mayor at the Exchequer Bar, 1779.
folios 21v-22r: account of the proceedings on the Lord Mayor being sworn in at the Guildhall, 8 Nov 1785.
folio 22: account of the proceedings on the Lord Mayor being sworn in at Westminster, 9 Nov 1785.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Court book entries are in chronological order.
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Language of material
English
Script of material
Latin
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Existence and location of copies
A microfilm copy is on reel 55, 'Records of the Stationers' Company 1554-1920: 115 Reels of Microfilm with Printed Guide', published by Chadwyck-Healy Ltd (1989)
Related units of description
Court books H-O [TSC/B/01/06-12]
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