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No inserts.

Spine reads 'Minute Book 20th December 1875 to 3rd April 1883'.

Spine reads 'Minute Book 1st May 1883 to 1st December 1892'.

Inserted into front pocket is 1 document:

1. undated note addressed to The Stationers Company reading 'One quarters consolidated rate to pay - We expect to pay ours next week and will then send you a [illegible] of the amount to be paid'.

Pasted into volume is 1 document:

pages 143-145: report of the Stock Board dated 25 Sep 1885 to the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants pursuant to the resolution 'That whereas the present condition of the Offices of the Company require immediate attention, it be referred to the Stock Board to consider and report generally on the whole question, including the vacant land'.

Inserted into back pocket are 7 documents:

1. letter dated 25 Mar [18]92 from Geor[ge] Chater to C R Rivington apologising for not being able to attend the next Court meeting, and stating that he would ask Alderman Tyler to give notice on his behalf that at the May meeting he will move that ten guineas be given to the Stationers and Paper Makers Provident Society [see page 518].

2. printed list of the Master, Wardens, Assistants and Clerk with manuscript annotations and alterations, dated 6 Dec 1892. On the back are rough manuscript minutes.

3. letter dated 26 Nov 1892 from William Poulten, Beadle, to a Court member, summoning him to a meeting of the Court of Assistants on 6 Dec 1892 and giving the agenda.

4. letter dated 30 Mar 1892 from William Poulten, Beadle, to a Court member, summoning him to a meeting of the Court of Assistants on 5 Apr 1892 and giving the agenda. Includes manuscript annotations.

5. letter dated 27 Nov 1891 from William Poulten, Beadle, to a Court member, summoning him to a meeting of the Court of Assistants on 1 Dec 1892 and giving the agenda. Includes manuscript annotations.

6. notice dated 6 Dec 1892 listing vacant gifts and pensions, the qualifications necessary for candidates and the personal details of applicants.

7. notice dated 6 Oct 1891 listing vacant gifts and pensions, the qualifications necessary for candidates and the personal details of applicants. Includes manuscript annotations.

No inserts.

Spine reads 'Minute Book 6th December 1892 to 5th May 1903'.

Spine reads 'Minute Book 9th June 1903 to 1st July 1913'.

Inserted into front pocket is 1 document:

1. undated letter from Henry Cecil Sotheran, Clerk, to an unknown recipient, stating that letters to the Master had been communicated to the Court of Assistants, forwarding to the recipient [illegible] from the relevant Minutes, and stating that shares will be paid out.

Pasted into page 64 is 1 document containing:

1. printed accounts for 1903-1904 titled 'Summary of the Master and Wardens' Account for the Past Year (omitting receipts and payments on account of the Charities administered by the Company)'.

2. letter dated 23 Sep 1904 from William Poulten, Beadle, to a Court member, summoning him to a meeting of the Court of Assistants on 4 Oct 1904 and giving the agenda.

3. description of the Standing Salts presented by past Masters Alderman Sir Geo[rge] Wyatt Truscott and Charles John Clay.

Pasted into page 204 is 1 document containing:

1. letter dated 19 Jul 1907 from William Poulten, Beadle, to a Court member, summoning him to a meeting of the Court of Assistants on 30 Jul 1907 and giving the agenda.

2. printed accounts for 1906-1907 titled 'Summary of the Master and Wardens' Account for the Past Year (omitting receipts abnd payments on account of the Charities administered by the Company)'.

On pages 449-452 is a detailed statement of shares to be cancelled and reduced pursuant to Resolution of Court held 5 Dec [19]11.

Spine reads 'Minute Book from 29 July 1913 to 4th July 1922'.

Inserted into front pocket is 1 document:

1. undated note listing four instances of Court business relating to the Livery and Joint Committees, with dates and page numbers.

Pasted into volume are 5 documents:

page 76: plan of Stationers' Hall premises and properties in Ave Maria Lane and Ludgate Hill, produced by the Company's surveyors Daniell Watney & Son to accompany a report on the provisional valuation of the Hall under the Finance Act 1910. A copy of this report is given on pages 73-76.

page 178: printed statement of account for the Stationers' Company's School, 1915-1916.

pages 281: report dated 8 Oct 1918, titled 'Report of the Committee appointed by the Court of the Stationers' Company, on the 8th January, 1918, to prepare a scheme with a view to obtaining increased Revenue, and under which the Company might be made more useful to the Livery, and a desirable home or centre of co-operation for the various Societies connected with the Trades from which the Livery is drawn, and submit it to the Court'.

pages 282-284: report dated 8 Oct 1918, titled 'Report of the Sub-Committee appointed by the Committee of the Court on 18th January, 1918, to interview Mr. Lake, and others, as to the desirability of making Stationers' Hall a centre of co-operation for various Societies connected with the Trades from which the Livery are drawn'.

page 302: additional agenda, dated 8 Jan 1919, for the Court meeting on Tuesday 14 Jan 1919.

Spine reads 'Minute Book 1st August 1922 to 26th March 1930'.

Pasted into volume are 4 documents:

page 228: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1924-25'.

page 308: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1925-26'.

page 444: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1927-28'.

page 522: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1928-29'.

Spine reads 'Minute Book From 1st April 1930 To 1st December 1936'.

Pasted into volume are 8 documents:

page 44: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1929-30'.

page 124: list of Resolutions passed by the Livery at the Annual Meeting held Monday 26 Mar 1930.

page 126: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1930-31'.

page 212: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1931-32'.

page 330: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1932-33'.

page 476: minutes with the headers 'Rider A' and 'Rider B', relating to the election of individuals to vacant shares at the Court meeting held 14 Jan 1936.

page 482: undated stub of form, possibly from the printer, relating to the process of drying in the production of the book.

page 508: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 1934-35'.

Inserted into volume is 1 document:

page 516: small card containing corrected address of Brian T Coulton, Esq, on the front and figures on the back.

No inserts.

Spine reads 'Minute Book From 12th January 1937 To 2nd March 1943'.

Pasted into volume are 2 documents:

page 20: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1935-36'.

page 110: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1936-37' on front; letter dated 16 Feb 1938 from William Poulten, Beadle, to a Court member, summoning him to a meeting of the Court of Assistants on 1 Mar 1938 and giving the agenda, on back.

No inserts.

Spine reads 'Minute Book April 1943 to July 1950'.

Front cover reads 'Draft Minutes of Court from July 1950'.

Pasted into volume is 1 document:

page 64: addition to entry for Court sitting of 3 Jul 1951, containing a list of Finance Committee members.

Inserted into volume is 1 document:

page 198: Liveryman's voting card dated 31 Jan 1961 and inscribed with the name A L Dawe and the letter 'P', but not otherwise filled in. It relates to a Court resolution approving a Parliamentary Bill to provide for the redemption and extinguishment of the English Stock, to provide compensation for persons affected and to provide for charities.

Neat copies of minutes occur in addition to rough minutes from 1 Oct 1723-4 Feb 1724; tables and lists of pensioners and 'poor paid according to custom' appear from 24 Mar 1730.

Spine reads 'October 1723 to March 1735'.

Front cover reads 'Minute Book of the Company of Stationers from October 1723 to March 1735'.

Inserted at the front end papers is an A5 sheet of paper containing a caption, possibly produced for an exhibition, regarding the volume, the Stationers' Wast Books and the use of vellum binding.

At front of volume are accounts:

folio 1r-1v: accounts titled 'An Account of the Fees Agreed by this Court to be paid to the Clark of this Company for the time being', 1 Oct 1723.

At centre of voume are draft memoranda and accounts:

Draft memoranda:

folio 93v: 'Mem[oran]d[u]m the names of the several persons appointed by the Parishes of Christ Church and Ludgate to partake of Caters Charity on the 1st Decemb[e]r next as follows viz', 12 Nov 1730.

folio 101v-102v: untitled memorandum describing a meeting on 9 Apr 1731 between the Committee appointed in relation to the Estates in Ireland and similar committees of the Skinners' Company, the Girdlers' Company and the Bakers' Company, in which letters from the Skinners' Company's Irish Estate tenant Mr Carey and Mr Richardson, Mr Carey's agent in London, were discussed. Mr Carey desired to hold his estate at a fee farm rent.

Accounts:

folio 97r&98v: accounts of Clerk's fees and the English Stock, 10 Feb 1731.

At rear of volume are lists of English Stock partners, a draft account and a draft memorandum:

List of partners:

folio 164v&165r, continues at folios 171v-175v: lists of English Stock partners, 1732, with the shares that each held.

Draft account:

folio 169v-171r: undated Warden's account, titled 'An Account of what moneys is to be received and paid by the Warden of the Company of Stationers for the time being'.

Draft memorandum:

folio 176r: 'Mem[oran]dum of persons fit to be called on the Livery', undated.

Rough notes in chronological order to folio 68v; from folio 69r onward are rough notes and neat minutes for each Court sitting, which are respectively in chronological order although neat copies do not usually follow immediately after their corresponding rough notes; no inserts.

On the spine is written 'March 1735 to September 1742'.

Front cover reads 'Minute Book 1735'.

At front of volume is an unnumbered table of fees titled 'The Clerk's Fees as setled 10th February 1730 On Account of the Corporation'.

At back of volume are numbered upside-down folios containing a draft account and an account of annual business:

Draft account:

folio 0v-2v: undated Warden's account titled 'An Account of what moneys is to be rece[ive]d and paid by the Warden of the Company of Stationers for the time being'.

Account of annual business:

folio 2v-4v: undated account titled 'An Account of the Annual Course of Business usually Transacted by the Company of Stationers'.

Rough and neat versions of minutes occur throughout; no inserts.

Spine reads ' September [illegible] to September 1748'.

Front cover reads 'Court Book 7th Sept 1742 to Sept 27th 1748 see Court Book K'.

On front endpapers is written in a modern hand 'See vol K of Court Book. Apparently used by the Clerk & copied into the Court Book with much left out. March 2 1744 says (f 248) 'Poor paid according to custom' here names of poor are given. More information in here than in Court Book K' and on the opposite page 'Freemen 4.6 Apprentices 5.- Turnover 2.6'.

At back of volume are upside-down folios containing accounts:

folios 1r-2r: 'The Clerk's Fees as Settled 10th February 1730' [or 1740]. Subheadings are 'On Account of the Corporation' and 'On Account of the English Stock'.

Rough and neat versions of minutes occur throughout; no inserts.

Spine reads 'October 1748 to September 1755'.

Front cover reads 'Minute Book 1748'.

At front of volume are draft accounts and a memorandum:

Draft accounts:

pages 1-4: undated Under Warden's account, titled 'An Account of what moneys is to be received by Mr Under Warden of the Company of Stationers for the time being'.

pages 5-7: undated Under Warden's account, titled 'An Account of what money is to be paid by Mr Under Warden for the time being'.

Memorandum:

page 4: an entry stating that the Under Warden was to state the times of payment on receipts and payments.

Rough and neat versions of minutes occur throughout.

Spine reads 'October 1755 to July 1763'.

Front cover reads 'Minute Book Begining October 7th [illegible]'.

Inserted into volume is 1 document:

folio 10r: undated note reading 'Charles Hitch 1st Divid[en]d - of 40d - 19th Dec - 1755 Lib. H fo:330 May 2 1759 - £20'