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Colour photograph. Memorial to John Martin (died 1680; Under Warden of the Stationers’ Company 1678), in the Chapel of St Faith’s, St Paul’s Cathedral. Photograph taken March 1982.

Christopher Meredith (fl. 1624-1653) was a bookseller, specialising in theological books, who served as an Assistant of the Stationers’ Company from 1645 to his death in 1653. He left his two houses in St Paul’s Churchyard (the Crane and the Marigold) to the Company. He specified the following purposes for the annual rents:

• That ten pounds be paid as a loan to poor men of the Company every 29 September
• That ten pounds be split for (1) the purchase of Bibles, either in octavo or duodecimo in a plain binding with clasps and stamped in gold letters ‘Kempsey Manor’, for Meredith’s tenants at Kempsey Manor in Worcester; (2) a gift of school books to the poor boys of Kempsey School, whose parents could not buy them books; (3) a gift of small Bibles to the poor children of Christ’s Hospital.

Meredith had been a governor of Christ's Hospital in his life. He also left ten pounds to the Company to attend his burial and purchase a piece of plate.

i: receipts for military and naval levies, 23 Jul 1677-4 Nov 1795.

ii: receipts for soldiers and military equipment, 18 Jun 1713-24 May 1798.

iii: transcript of order for military levy on the City, 15-22 Nov 1689.

Minutes and agenda.

Coverage of meetings is patchy for some committees; minutes for some committees are spread throughout volume; not all minutes are in chronological order; some minutes are signed; brief index at front of volume.

Spine reads 'Minute book'.

Minutes are given for meetings of 18 committees:

pages 2-49, 57-67, 71-77, 79-85 89-94, 98-99, 140--142, 145-149, 151-158, 162-176, 215-218, 223-268, 271-299, 350-359: General Purposes Committee, 20 Jun 1876-8 Apr 1928.

pages 68-70, 102-106, 269-270: Finance Committee, 1 Aug 1876-31 Jan 1877, 10 Dec 1885-7 Jan 1886, 7 Jun-5 Jul 1921.

pages 108-120: Stock Board and Finance Committee, 8 Aug 1877-8 May 1878.

pages 50-55: Special Committee appointed to consider a memorial from Sir Charles Reed and others respecting the Celebration of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the introduction of printing into England, 25 Oct 1876.

pages 78 and 95: Copyright Committee, 1 Feb 1887-14 Jan 1891.

pages 86-88, 96-97: Stockkeepers and Members of the General Purposes Committee, 2 Jan 1889, 30 Jul 1890, 1 Mar-16 Jul 1912.

pages 122-129, 131, 133-139: Special Committee appointed to consider the present state of the English Stock, 13 Jun 1893-20 Jun 1894, 27 Nov 1900, 28 Jan 1902-5 Jul 1904.

page 130: Committee appointed to provide a Badge for the Master of the Company, 4 Jun 1878.

page 132: Committee appointed to consider the two Bills relating to Copyright introduced into the House of Lords by Lord Monkswell, 9 May 1899.

pages 143-144: Committee appointed to report upon the fees payable to the Company upon admission to the Cloathing and Freedom or otherwise, 1 Dec 1896.

page 150: Committee appointed to make arrangements for the Entertainment to the Livery, 9 Jan 1877.

pages 177-199, 312-315: Pensions Committee, 6 Feb 1917-30 May 1928.

pages 200-205, 208-214, 320-327: Wine Committee, 3 Jul 1877-4 Mar 1879, 3 May 1887-27 Nov 1894, 26 Jul 1898-29 Jul 1913, 19 Jul 1921-25 Jul 1922, 2 Jan 1923-6 Mar 1928.

page 206: Committee appointed to consider the question of the Company continuing to be a donor to the London School of Printing, 6 Dec 1927.

pages 219-222: Committee appointed to consider the question of the penholders pencils and other articles of stationery which were reaching this Country from Germany and America, 2-31 May 1916.

pages 300-311: Joint Committee, 5 Dec 1922-12 Jan 1926.

pages 316-318, 333-339, 360-362: House Committee, 14 Jun 1927-4 Jun 1928.

pages 340-347: Stationers' Hall Registry Committee, 3 Nov 1925-3 May 1927.

Pasted into volume are 2 documents:

page 100: First report of the Committee appointed the 11th January. 1876, as to the several sources of income of this Company, and the improvement thereof, 27 Mar 1876.

page 228: photocopy of estimate of income and expenditure, 1 Jul 1920-30 Jun 1921.

At page 121 is a description of the porters' duties.

Coverage of meetings is patchy for some committees; minutes for some committees are spread throughout volume; all minutes are signed; brief and incomplete index at front of volume.

On page 2 is inscribed 'The Worshipful Company of Stationers Committee Minute Book July 1928'.

Minutes are given for meetings of 30 committees:

pages 6-15, 22-23, 27-32, 34-35, 40-70: General Purposes Committee, 2 Oct 1928-21 Mar 1944.

pages 16-21, 24-26, 33, 36-39: Committee appointed to report on the reletting of the Company's properties in the occupation of Messrs J & R Morley, 15 Dec 1930-2 May 1933.

pages 72-75, 82-86, 89-119, 220-246: Finance Committee, 9 Jun 1937-27 Nov 1945.

pages 76-81, 87-88, 247-248: Finance Committee and Stock Board, with sub-committee, 15 Oct 1941-2 Dec 1941.

pages 120-175, 191-193, 197-198, 207-208: Pensions Committee, 28 Nov 1928-5 Jun 1945.

pages 176-180: Luncheons Committee, 15 Oct 1937-11 Jan 1938.

pages 181-189: House and Luncheons Committee, 1 Feb 1938-25 Jul 1939.

pages 194-195: Master and Wardens held to consider the letting of the Hall to the Federation of Boys' Clubs and the admission of Archbishop Lord Lang of Lambeth to the Honorary Freedom and the Livery, 1943.

pages 200-204: Wine Committee, 29 Jul 1930-2 Nov 1937.

pages 210-219, 276-277: Membership Committee, 4 Apr 1939-28 May 1940.

pages 250-273: House Committee, 31 Jul 1928-26 Oct 1937.

pages 278-283: Committee appointed to negotiate, in conjunction with representatives of the Governors of the Company's School, the sale of the Wood Street Estate to J & R Morley Ltd, 3 Oct 1944-24 Jul 1945.

pages 290-293: Committee for letting the Hall, 4 Oct 1932-21 Dec 1934.

pages 294-299: Committee appointed to consider the memorandum drawn up by the Treasurer, Mr H A Cox, relating to the constitution and function of the English Stock, 22 Jul 1943-4 Apr 1944.

pages 300-301, 355: Stationers' Hall Registry Committee, 15 Jul 1932-4 Apr 1933.

pages 302-303, 340-343, 350-354, 359-361: conference between the Stationers' Company and the Newspaper Makers' Company, 3 Apr 1933, 24 Jul 1931-15 Feb 1933.

pages 303-304, 306-310: Committee appointed to examine the report of Sir Charles John Holmes, KCVO on the Company's pictures, 30 Jul 1935.

page 305: Committee appointed to consider a letter received from the Privy Council relating to the proposed change of name of the Company, 7 Apr 1936.

page 311: Air Raid Precaution Committee, 23 May 1939.

pages 312-314: Committee of the Master, Wardens and Past Masters appointed to draw up a referendum to the Livery in connection with the alteration in the election of Liverymen to the Court suggested by the Livery Committee, 16 Apr 1940.

pages 315-316: Committee appointed to consider the safeguarding against enemy action of certain fixtures and other articles at the Hall, 25 Nov 1941.

page 317: Committee appointed to consider whether any alterations and revisions in the present Livery List were required, 26 Mar 1943.

pages 318-319: Committee appointed to consider the memorandum drawn up by the Treasurer relating to the constitution and function of the English Stock, 29 Jun 1943.

pages 320-323: Committee appointed by the Court on the 8th January 1929, 22 Jan 1929.

pages 324-325: Committee appointed to make arrangements for the admission of Lord Davidson of Lambeth to the Honorary Freedom and Livery, 19 Feb 1929.

pages 326-327, 334-335: Committee appointed to consider whether accommodation at the Hall could be provided for some of the organisation connected to the various branches of the trade identified with the Company, 24 Jun 1929.

pages 328-329, 331-333, 344-349: Committee appointed to consider the Resolution passed by the Livery on the 26th May 1930, 28 Oct 1930-28 Jul 1931.

page 330: Committee appointed to consider the scheme for the establishment of lectures by Mr Hugh R Dent, 15 Dec 1930.

pages 336-339: Committee appointed to make arrangements for the ceremony of the enrolment of Sir Frederick Kenyon, GBE, KCB, Litt.D, D Litt, LLD, etc, as an Honorary Freeman and Liveryman, 13 Mar-27 May 1931.

pages 356-358: Committee appointed to consider the Resolution passed by the Livery on the 23rd May 1932, 25 Oct 1932.

Bound into volume is 1 document:

pages 329-330: resolutions passed by the Livery at the Annual Meeting held Monday 26 May 1930.

Coverage of meetings is patchy for some committees; minutes for some committees are spread throughout volume; not all minutes are in chronological order; all minutes are signed; brief and incomplete index at front of volume.

Front cover reads 'Pensions Committee May 1946-December 1964 General Purposes Committee March 1947-July 1957 Finance Committee October 1946-October 1957 Miscellaneous Committees September 1944-October 1957'.

Inserted in front endpapers is an agenda for a meeting of the Pensions & Charitable Gifts Committee, 22 Oct 1963, with handwritten corrections.

Minutes are given for meetings of 30 committees:

pages 10-13, 18-35: General Purposes Committee, 23 Feb 1949-23 Jul 1957.

pages 14-17: Sub-Committee appointed to consider the employment of boys leaving the Company's School, 19 May 1948.

pages 80-122: Finance Committee, 29 Oct 1946-28 May 1957.

page 150, 155-156, 159-160, 166-167: House Committee, 31 Jul-18 Sep 1956.

pages 151-154, 157-158, 161-162: Committee appointed to make arrangements for the celebration of the fourth centenary of the Company's incorporation by Royal Charter on the 4th May 1557, 2 Oct 1956-20 Mar 1957.

page 163: Committee appointed to consider the proposal that the Immediate Past Master should be a member of the Stock Board, 26 Mar 1957.

pages 164-165: Centenary Committee, 4 Jun 1957.

pages 200-203: Committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the Livery Dinner on the 6th October 1947, 3 Jun 1947.

page 204: Committee appointed to arrange luncheons for the Livery, 29 Jan 1948.

pages 205-206: Committee appointed to consider the investment of £10,564.11.5, being the Value Payment received by the Company in respect of the Wood Street Estate, 29 Jan 1948.

pages 207-208: Committee appointed to consider the election of an Assistant in the place of the late Charles Felix Clay, 19 Jan 1948.

pages 209-210: Committee appointed to consider the inscription on the plaque in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral in connection with the will of Alderman John Norton and the letter to the Livery asking them to contribute to the cost of the plaque, 2 Mar 1948.

pages 211-212: Committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the Livery Dinner on the 30th May 1949, 1 Mar 1949.

page 213, 216-219, 224-225: Committee appointed to have charge of the repairs to the Hall and the Court Room, 29 Mar 1949-23 Oct 1950.

pages 214-215: Committee appointed to consider the holding of an exhibition of books and manuscripts at the Hall in 1951, 7-14 Mar 1950.

pages 220-223, 226-227, 232-233: Committee appointed to consider a letter dated the 12th June 1950 received from the Town Clerk of the Corporation of London relating to the Festival of Britain, 3 Oct 1950-14 Jun 1951.

pages 228-231, 234: Committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the Livery Dinner on the 13th September 1951, 20 Mar-9 Aug 1951.

page 235: Committee appointed to consider the entertainment of the Livery, 12 Nov 1951.

pages 236-237: Committee appointed to make arrangements for the Livery Dinner on 30th April 1953, 3 Feb 1953.

pages 238-248: Committee appointed by the Stock Board to consider the letting of the vacant sites adjoining the Hall, the purchase of the warehouses and the rebuilding of the Court Room, 15 Dec 1953-24 Mar 1955.

page 249, 254-255: Building Committee, 2 Sep 1955-1 Mar 1956.

pages 250-252: Committee appointed by the Master to make arrangements for the admission of Lt Gen Sir Bernard C Freyberg VC, to the Honorary Freedom and Livery of the Company, 19-22 Jan 1946.

page 253: Committee appointed to negotiate, in conjunction with representatives of the Company's School, the sale of the Wood Street Estate to J & R Morley Ltd, 27 Mar 1946.

pages 290-320, 323-336: Pensions Committee, 28 May 1946-25 May 1954-18 Apr 1963.

pages 321-322: meeting of the Master and Wardens appointed to consider vacancies in various Gifts and Pensions, 24 May 1955.

pages 337-348: Pensions & Charitable Gifts Committee, 8 Nov 1962-22 Sep 1964.

Inserted in back endpapers are 3 documents:

1. agenda for meeting of the Pensions & Charitable Gifts Committee, 8 Dec 1964, with handwritten annotations.

2. Charity Fund 1961 Statement of Cash as at 7 Dec 1964, with handwritten annotations.

3. accounts of the Charity Fund, 1961-1965, with handwritten additions.

Minutes for some committees are spread throughout volume; minutes are predominantly in chronological order; most minutes are signed; minutes in front portion of volume are handwritten; minutes in middle and end of volume are typescript sheets of paper pasted onto pages.

Front cover reads 'Minute book General Purposes Committee Wine Committee House Committee from August 1957.'

Inserted in front endpapers are 4 documents:

1. memorandum for the General Purposes Commitee on the Company's insurance, 21 Nov 1962.

2. letter to Mr Wells from R B E Laurie of C T Bowring & Co (Insurance), 27 Apr 1962 [attached to 1.]

3. memorandum on the Company's plate, 13 Nov 1962.

4. letter to G J Wells from A G Grimwade of Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd, 8 Oct 1962 [attached to 3.]

Attached to front endpapers are the Company's terms for hire of the Hall and other rooms, including charges for weddings and functions, undated.

Minutes are given for meetings of 5 committees:

House Committee, 20 Aug 1957-4 Mar 1958.

General Purposes and House Committee, 4 Nov 1958-2 Oct 1959.

Wine Committee, 9 Feb 1962-14 Feb 1967.

General Purposes Committee, 11 Apr 1962-22 Mar 1966.

Ad Hoc Committee, 3 May 1966.

Inserted or attached within volume are 6 documents:

1. notes on the agenda for the meeting of the House Committee, undated.

2. agenda for meeting of the General Purposes Committee, 11 Apr 1962.

3. copy of report from quantity surveyors Messrs. Stoner & Sons to the Stationers' Company's architects Messrs. Henry Dawson & Son, 26 Jul 1962.

4. agenda for meeting of the General Purposes Committee, 13 Nov 1962.

5. agenda for meeting of the General Purposes Committee, 17 Apr 1963.

6. agenda for meeting of the Wine Committee, 11 Feb 1963.

Minutes of Livery Committee meetings; all minutes are signed from 23 Apr 1920-29 May 1931 and most are signed from 20 Jul 1931-23 Jan 1964; all minutes are typescript from 17 Aug 1922 onwards.

Minutes of meetings, general meetings and annual general meetings; all minutes except those of the annual general meetings are manuscript, 23 Apr 1920-26 May 1922; all minutes are pasted in from 17 Aug 1922 onwards.

Attached to front pastedown are typescript annual livery committee membership lists, 1921-26 and 1927-32; some lists have manuscript annotations and corrections.

Some minutes have other documents inserted:

Minutes of 22 Jun 1921:

1. annual statements of income and expenditure of Livery luncheons, 1920-1921.

Minutes of 9 May 1928:

1. livery committee pamphlet giving agendas for annual general meeting and special meeting of 27 May 1929, a livery committee report for 1928-1929, names of livery representatives on the court 1926-1929, a note regarding entry of Stationers' Company School pupils into company crafts and a notice of Stationers' Company and Printing Industry Technical Board Craft Lectures, session 1929-1930.

Minutes of meetings, special meetings and annual general meetings; minutes of meetings and special meetings are pasted into volume; minutes of annual general meetings are bound into volume.

Pasted into front endpapers are Livery Committee member names and addresses, with annotations.

Between minutes for first two Committee meetings is bound 1 document:

1. notice of motion for November court for discussion in December court, undated.

Some minutes have other documents inserted:

Minutes of the annual general meeting, 24 May 1939:

1. letter from R T Rivington to Dr G L Riddell stating that the court would be pleased to receive suggestions from the livery committee regarding the difficulties experienced by some in paying freedom or livery fees and the limited privileges and advantages open to junior members of the livery, 4 May 1939.

2. letter from V B Harrison to Dr G L Riddell discussing a resolution regarding absentee court members, 3 May 1939.

Minutes of 29 Jun 1939:

1. letter from chairman D F Kellie to R T Rivington requesting that he attend committee meetings when asked, undated.

2. information and and suggestions for the committee when considering their reply to the court's invitation to make suggestions relating to (1) the difficulties experienced by some in paying the fees and (2) the limited privileges and advantages open to junior members of the livery, undated.

3. copy letter from F D Bone to the company Honorary Secretary offering suggestions regarding the social and material welfare of people employed in the newspaper industry, 7 Jun 1939.

Minutes of 18 Oct 1939:

1. letter from R T Rivington to Dr G L Riddell stating decisions of the court relating to several points, 6 Oct 1939.

Minutes of 31 Jul 1940:

1. election to the court: referendum to be submitted to the Livery, undated.

Minutes of meetings, special meetings and annual general meetings; minutes of standard and special committee meetings are pasted into volume; minutes of annual general meetings are bound into volume.

Spine reads 'Livery Committee minutes 1950-1964'.

Taped into front endpapers are livery committee member names and addresses, 1957-1958.

Inserted into front endpapers is 1 document:

1. note of receipt for livery committee minute book 1950-1964 and three folders of correspondence and old papers, handed to J C Moran by the Honorary Secretary on 31 Jan 1972, with later pencil annotation stating that the note was attached to the parcel containing the above mentioned papers, which had been discovered among registry parcels after being lost for several years.

Inserted or pasted into minutes are other documents:

28 Oct 1954: report of a meeting of the social sub-committee of the livery committee, 7 Oct 1954.

13 May 1955, 3 May 1956, 17 Apr 1957, 13 May 1958, 14 May 1959, 15 May 1961 and 14 May 1962: used livery committee ballot papers.

23 Sep 1959: suggested future procedure for election of committee presentation of accounts and nomination of livery representative on the court, undated.

26 Sep 1962: report of special membership committee, Aug 1962.

5 Apr 1963: recommendations regarding a suggested Stationers' Company printing scholarship, Mar 1963.

Appendices are attached to minutes for 2 Committee meetings:

29 Oct 1990:

1. draft list of the Company's objectives, undated

22 Feb 1993:

1. proposals for costs of summer works, 1993

Appendices are not placed in file