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Assorted memorandums, notes, and correspondence on regulation of English Stock, appointment of liverymen, court orders, legal affairs. Also contains:

• List of almanacs presented, 1795
• Affidavit of Robert Horsfield in the matter of John Robins, a bankrupt (18th century)
• Case on the bye-law respecting widowhood submitted for legal advice (18th century)
• Report of the Stock Board, 1885
• Report on the English Stock, 1887
• Extracts from Court Minutes
• The Oath of a Stock-keeper

English Stock Account with Francis Gosling, Banker:

• Orders to Pay (1764-83);

• Sheet of promissory notes (blank printed forms), 22 November 1743;

• Accounts (1766-83)

• Memorandum on the English Stock for Stockholders
• Manuscript notes, correspondence, and legal opinions on stock shares, 1832?-1909
• Proposed resolution on yeomanry shares, 1860
• Notice to the livery on the diminished sales of almanacs, 1874
• Extract from the Bye-Laws relating to the English Stock, 1875
• Assignment of John Snow's share to George Mills, 3 August 1894
• Agreement between the Treasurer of the English Stock and Charles Letts & Co. for the publication of almanacs, 1896
• Note on dividends from Edward Cox, 3 December 1906
• Sales of almanacs, 1906
• Assignment of James Francis Waterlow's share to Walter Jameson Waterlow, 1907
• Notices of dividend payments, 1931-1949
• Guide on established practice regarding shares in the English Stock, 1964

i: correspondence relating to the terms and fulfillment of Herbert Fitch's will and his bequest to the Company, 13 Nov 1933-31 Dec 1941 [3 bundles and 2 items]

ii: assorted papers produced or gathered in connection to an update of the pamphlet 'Abstract of Charitable Donations and Benefactions in the Disposal of the Company of Stationers': (1) description of the Stationers' Company's Schools' buildings, undated (2) letter asking the Company for information regarding the Charles Edwin Layton bequest, 4 Nov 1909 (3) memorandum on the Lambe, Sweeting, Tyler and Guy bequests, undated (4) extract from the will of Robert Low, died 17 Apr 1909 (5) copy final report on the Joseph Johnson Miles Memorial, 6 Jul 1885 (6) form of tender for printing the updated pamphlet, 7 Aug 1924 (7) annotated details of the James Figgins bequest, the Charles Edwin Layton bequests, the Sir Thomas Vezey Strong Scholarship and the Stationers' School, undated (8) extract from the first codicil to the will of James Figgins (9) copy case for the opinion of Counsel and Opinion re the Charles Edwin Layton legacies (10) copy will of Henry William Hutchings, proved 20 Dec 1894 [1 bundle]

iii: correspondence regarding the pooling of investments of charitable trusts, 30 Nov-8 Dec 1967, with summary of payments made by the Wardens' Charity Fund, Dec 1967 [3 items].

Income expenditure account from 1 Jul 1913 to 31 Mar 1917.

Company accounts for the years ended 30 Jun 1931 and 30 Jun 1932.

Parties: (1) Nicholas Brady, Master of Arts (2) John Ovington, clerk.

Parties of indorsed assignment, 16 Aug 1704: (1) John Ovington (2) John Chantry, bookseller.

Parties: (1) Nahum Tate, esquire (2) Daniel Browne, stationer.

Parties of indorsed assignment, 16 Aug 1714: (1) Daniel Browne (2) Charles White, gentleman.

Parties: (1) Nicholas Brady, Master of Arts (2) Richard Rooth, esquire.

Parties of indorsed assignment, 5 May 1717: (1) Richard Rooth (2) Richard Mount, executor and administrator of Richard Rooth.

Parties of indorsed assignment, 1 Mar 1718: (1) Richard Mount (2) Stationers' Company.

Parties: (1) James Kirkby, esquire, and Marcus Dixon, esquire (2) Charles Birkhead, esquire, nephew and devisee of John Derbyshire Birkhead deceased (3) Reverend William Tooke, clerk (4) Thomas Drake, gentleman.

Parties: (1) Thomas Drake, gentleman (2) Reverend William Tooke, clerk (3) Elizabeth Tooke, spinster and daughter of William Tooke (4) William Tooke the younger, gentleman.

Parties: (1) Joseph Bonsor, esquire (2) Barry Charles Hampton Knight, gentleman.