By M. L. Saunders.
Plan of premises showing the part to be leased to Messrs S. Thompson & Sons.
By M. L. Saunders.
List of the livery admitted 1733-1935; deaths entered to 1972; some entries have signatures and obituaries pasted in; index at front of volume.
Spine reads 'Alphabetical list of the livery of the Stationers' Company from 1786 to the present time'.
Inside of front cover reads 'This book belongs to the Beadle 1834'.
Volume also contains:
pages 5-43: scrap book album of company history.
pages 44-45 and 53: copyright returns showing number of literary works and books of prints entered each year, 1709-1944.
pages 57 and 86-90: list of stock keepers with dates of call, 1789-1960.
pages 46-47, 65 and 95-97: table showing number of English Stock shares with dividend details, 1735-1932.
pages 68-71: tally of freemen and liverymen, 1786-1962.
pages 72-73: annual tally of apprentices bound, 1794-1966.
pages 74-84: list of court members showing dates when called and when served as wardens and master, 1786-1973.
page 91: list of treasurers, clerks and beadles, 1780-1979.
pages 93-94: lists of annual livery numbers, 1733-1929.
pages 595-670: list of widows holding share in the English Stock, 1790-1930.
Correspondence and declarations.
Itemised but vague bill. Items include "last night;" "this day tavern & coach;" and "Mr Evans bill," among other items. Total sum is four pounds two shillings six pence.
Bill lodged by Oxford University, the Stationers' Company, Jonathan Edwards, Chancellor of Oxford University, Henry Aldrich, Dean of Christchurch, William Sherwin, Beadle of the University, Thomas Hughes and John Hall, printers, and Henry Mortlock, John Bellinger and Benjamin Tooke, stationers.
Receipt of Robert Stephens in the sum of two pounds ten shillings for his salary. Below is an itemised bill for various expenses in the the sum of two pounds fifteen shillings. Items include: a desk, drawing the carpet for the court room, a bolt to the backdoor in the garden. Place names: Stationers' Hall (court room, garden). Personal names: Robert Stephens, William Phillips.
Stephens, Robert (c. 1643-1719), Messenger of the PressItemised list of food, drink, and services in the amount of nine shillings six pence. Items include bread and beer; wine; meat; butter and cheese; money "given the boy," and a pint of sack. Verso: "Guildhall Octobr : ye 16." Place names: Guildhall.
Itemised bill of food, drink, and service consumed at Mr Greasley's during a meeting about "Oxford business" and "Mr Newmans business." Items include bread, wine, a drawer, and fire. People present include George Sawbridge; Mr Norton; Mr Mearne; Mr Newcombe; and Mr Brewster, "being all ye Com[m]ittee except Mr and Wardens." Personal names: Jonathan Greasley; George Sawbridge; Samuel Mearne; Roger Norton; Thomas Newcombe; Dorman Newman; Edward Brewster.
Itemised list of food, drink, and service in the amount of 10 shillings and 4.5 pence, headed "Mr Hall's Bill." Items include a dish of mackerel; a roasted neck and breast of lamb; a salad; bread and beer; the use of linen; wine; monies given to the servants; money paid at "Peddars;" spent at Pegg's coffee house; and spent at Sams (?) coffee house. Verso: "Hall's Bill." Personal names: Mr Hall. Place names: Mr. Hall's; Peg's coffee house; Peddar's; Sam's (?) coffee house.
Itemised list of food, drink, and service in the amount of one pound three shillings six pence spent at Mr Hall's. Items include a boiled leg of mutton in caper sauce; a shoulder of veal roasted with sauce; two dishes of asparagus; bread and beer; the use of linen; oranges; and wine, as well as money given to the servants. Verso: "Mr Hall's Bill." Personal names: Mr Hall. Place names: Mr Hall's.
Itemised bill of food, service, and drink in the amount of 18 shillings 10 pence. Items include bread and beer; wine; orange and lemons; a miscellaneous charge; dressing [of dinner] and the use of linen; a tankard; tobacco; beef; cheese; and money paid to the drawer and the porter. "One bottle more" added after the initial total. Signed in receipt by Robert Lindsey, "for my M[aste]r Rich[ard] Glover." Verso: "at the Castle Tavern w[it]h Mr. Isted Mr Took Mr Wilkinson Mr Sawbr: rec Mr Gilliflower Renter W ffines." Personal names: Robert Lindsey; Richard Glover; Ambrose Isted; Benjamin Tooke; Christopher Wilkinson; [Thomas or George junior] Sawbridge; Mathew(?) Gillyflower. Place names: the Castle tavern.
Itemised bill of food, service, and drink in the amount of 12 shillings five pence. Items include bread, beer, and ale; wine and sugar; oranges; miscellanous "layd out" charge; dressing and oysters; "payd yd woman;" tobacco; and fire. A note below states "17 February pd 13 s at ye Castle." Verso: "Castle Taverne." Place names: Castle tavern
Itemised bill of food, drink, and service in the amount of 11 shillings, plus 6 pence given to the drawer. Verso: "Castle Taverne." Place names: Castle tavern.
Itemised bill of food, drink, and service in the amount of 11 shillings eight pence plus four further pence spent at the Castle. Items include bread and beer; wine; neck and breast of lamb; and money paid to the porter and the drawer of the bill. Place names: Castle tavern.