Records of trade activities specific to the Stationers' Company, chiefly concerning print regulation, legal deposit and the Stationers' Register. Additional trade activities were carried out by the Company's joint stock company dealing in titles owned by the Company, the English Stock; for ease of reference, English Stock records are catalogued in a separate subfonds, TSC/STO.
Trade records of the English Stock.
Menu cards 2012-2015, 2017, 2019, 2021-2023.
Menu for lunches with guest speakers, 2018-2020, 2023-2024.
List of how many apprentices and freemen were taken on for each month between 5 July 1680 and 6 June 1681, and the monthly and annual total of the fees they paid. For 85 apprentices for the entire year, the total is 10 pounds 12 shillings six pence; for 37 new freemen forthe entire year, a total of six pounds, eighteen shillings, four pence.
Colour photo. Portrait of Tom Hempenstall. Cloathed 30 July 1996.
Title pages of the following: Saint Avstens Manuell (1574); Sermons Preached by Hugh Latimer; Seven Sermons by Hugh Latimer (1572); The Principles of Christian Religion.
Two of the title pages are inscribed by former owners: Robert Chambers and Jon(?): Draper. The title page of The Principles of Christian Religion appears to be a proof. Mounted title page of The Whole Book of Psalmes (1574).
i: receipts for tithes paid to St Martin's Ludgate, 1 Oct 1702-3 Jul 1783, poor rate, 19 Aug 1695-26 Apr 1786, and Lambeth composition for statute duty, 1788 and 22 Apr 1796.
ii: receipts for tithe payments received by William Whitfield, Rector of St Martin's Ludgate, 3 Apr 1706-3 Apr 1718; case for tithes with account rendered, 26 Apr 1748; and receipt for tithes paid to St Michael's Wood Street, 2 Apr 1796.
Colour photo. Portrait of Tim Buckley in Cloathing gown. Cloathed 30 July 1996.
The Whole Book of Psalmes (London Imprinted by John Day, 1583). Pictorial title-page. Imperfect at end.
Day, John (1521/2-1584), printer and booksellerThe Whole Book of Psalmes (at London Printed by John Day dwelling ouer Aldersgate. Anno. 1583). Imperfect.
Day, John (1521/2-1584), printer and booksellerUndated bill for a meal at the Swan Tavern, Fish Street. Items include: bread, ale, wine, lemons, fish, fowls, linen, fruit, cheese, tobacco, and fire. In the sum of seven pounds eight shillings eleven and a half pence. Place name: the Swan Tavern.
Printed pamphlet, The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier (London: Printed for Thomas Collins, at the Middle-Temple-Gate 1680). ESTC No. R24639. Very clean copy. Gift of Liveryman Sheila Needham, 1986.