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Correspondence re dissolution of smaller funds to create the Welfare Fund. Includes Scheme sealed by the Charities Commission.

Transcipts of bequests and the attendant conditions. The majority of entries date from 1593-1679, with additional entries made in 1884 and 1908.

Extracts and copies of wills bequesting monies to the Stationers' Company for charitable use.
Folder contains:

i: extract from will of James Compton, 24 Sep 1858.

ii: extract from will of Jonas Davis, 11 Apr 1827.

iii: extract from will of Richard Johnson, 3 Jan 1795.

iv: extract from will of Alderman Gill, undated, with extract from notice informing the Company of the bequest and photocopies of the will [4 items].

v: draft wills of Henry Mortlock and his widow Elizabeth Mortlock concerning English Stock shares, undated.

vi: typescript transcription of will of John Norton, [21 May 1612].

vii: extract from will of William Strahan, 2 Jul 1784, with receipt for payment of the bequest, 1 Aug 1786, receipt for payment of earlier gift from Strahan, 20 Jul 1774, and pamphlet containing a printed extract from his will [4 items].

viii: extract from will of Richard Welles, 12 Mar 1803.

ix: extract from will of Beata Wilkins, 24 Nov 1773.

x: extracts from will of Alderman Wright, 4 Dec 1798 [2 items].

xi: extract from will of William Bowyer, 30 Jul 1777, with printed list of qualifications prescribed by his will for a candidate of an annuity of £30 per annum to a journeyman compositor.

xii: probate of will of Bartholomew Penny, 1798.

xiii: extract from will of Thomas Holme, 30 Apr 1870.

xiv: extract from will of James Figgins, 19 Dec 1883.

xv: extract from will of Emily Bentham, 1904.

Bundles contain:

xvi: copy will and codicils of Herbert Fitch with assorted documents relating to the administration of the terms of his will, 22 Oct 1936-10 Mar 1943.

xvii: copy will of Charles Edwin Layton, 28 Feb 1908, with assorted documents relating to the administration of the terms of his will, 15 Dec 1927-1 Dec 1940.

Printed pamphlet with extracts from the following wills: William Bowyer (1777), Beata Wilkins (1773), William Strahan (1784), Richard Johnson (1795), Thomas Wright (1794).

Copies of the wills of Thomas Wright (1798) and Jonas Davis (1827). Received of the Charity Commission, 15 Feb 1947.

Folder is divided into subfolders:

i: list of pensioners of Cater's Charity, 1 Dec 1800.

ii: 4 copies of typescript table of Company pensions, undated, with summons to cakes and ale festivities, Jan 1960 [5 items].

iii: printed table of pensions and annuitants, undated.

iv: details of the Catherine Hamblin and Jonas Davis bequests, c.1850.

v: summons to a meeting of the General Purposes Committee to consider the Company Charities with list of Company charities, C R Rivington, 1 Apr 1883.

vi: draft Charity Commission scheme concerning the Company charities, mid 20th century.

Printed abstract of charitable donations and benefactions. Printed by John Nichols and Son.

i: contemporary printed copy of Thomas Guy's will, 1725. Printed by John Osborn, bound in paper.

ii: scheme for the regulation and administration of the William Norton, George Bishop, Christopher Meredith and John Norton charities, 1858. Bound in cloth.

iii: pamphlet printed for use by company members and officials; contains details of all company charities, consisting of benefactions of Beale Blackwell, William Bowyer, Theophilus Cater, John Clarke, James Compton, Jonas Davis [and Reverend and Mrs C A Barlow], Charles Dilly, Alderman James Figgins, Thomas Guy, Catherine Hamblin, Luke Hansard [two benefactions], Richard Johnson, Joseph Johnson Miles, John Nichols and John Bowyer Nichols, Andrew Strahan [two benefactions], William Strahan, Charles Whittingham, Beata Wilkins and Thomas Wright, and the Company's stock pensions, 1917; inserted is a slip detailing candidate requirements for Charles Edwin Layton's gift.

Pamphlets printed for use by Company members and officials; contains details of all Company charities, consisting of benefactions of Beale Blackwell, William Bowyer, Theophilus Cater, John Clarke, James Compton, Jonas Davis [and Reverend and Mrs C A Barlow], Charles Dilly, Alderman James Figgins, Thomas Guy, Catherine Hamblin, Luke Hansard [two benefactions], Richard Johnson, Joseph Johnson Miles, John Nichols and John Bowyer Nichols, Andrew Strahan [two benefactions], William Strahan, Charles Whittingham, Beata Wilkins and Thomas Wright, and the Company's stock pensions.

Front cover of first copy of pamphlet has the inscription 'Master or Chairman'.

Front cover of second copy of pamphlet has the inscriptions 'Warden' [crossed out] and 'Clerk'; content of pamphlet contains manuscript annotations and corrections.

Correspondence and declarations.

Receipts for monies paid out by the Under Warden, who was responsible for the Company's accounts until 1907, to the Chamber of London for maintaining the St Paul's Cross preachers as required by George Bishop's gift.

i: Samuel Kendal, received money for Sir Thomas Player, 15 Nov 1681.

ii: Samuel Kendal, received money for Peter Aylworth, 14 Feb 1684.

iii: Thomas White, received money for Sir Thomas Cuddon, 6 Aug 1701.

iv: Thomas White, received money for Sir William Fazakerley, 23 Sep 1707.

v: Thomas White, received money for Sir William Fazakerley, 28 Feb 1709.

vi: letter from J Browne to Edward Brewster regarding the St Paul's Cross preachers, 5 Feb 1682.

Minutes of the Committee respecting the Charities, 29 Dec 1829-25 Sep 1830, and minutes of the Committee respecting the Irish Estate, 29 Mar-17 May 1830, 15 Dec 1832 and 11 Oct 1835, with minutes of a joint meeting of the Stationers', Bakers' and Girdlers' committees, 2 Jun 1830; some minutes incorporate copy letters, reports and other records..

Minutes of 15 Dec 1832 and 11 Oct 1835 are loose sheets of paper inserted into the volume.