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Issued at the request of Master Roger Norton and others.

Limp vellum-bound transcripts and translations of Company and English Stock charters:

folios 1r-4r: transcript of 1667 inspeximus exemplification of the Charter of Incorporation of 1557, in Latin.

folios 5r-11r: translation of the above into English.

folios 14r-18v: transcript of the 1667 inspeximus exemplification of the 1603 English Stock Patent.

folios 21v-24r: transcript of the School Books Patent.

folios 25r-39v: transcript of the Charter of Incorporation of 1684, in Latin.

folios 40r-55r: translation of the above into English.

folios 56r-62r: transcript of the 1675 inspeximus exemplification of the 1616 English Stock Patent.

Transcripts of the 1557 Charter of Incorporation, the 1603 English Stock Patent, the 1616 English Stock Patent, the School Books Patent, the 1684 Charter of Incorporation and the Company ordinances printed in 1692, written by E. Owen and with his added commentary and observations.

Printed by R. Nutt, includes transcripts of the 1557 Charter of Incorporation, the 1603 English Stock Patent and the 1684 Charter of Incorporation. Bound by R.L. Green (Freeman) in 1977.

One soft-bound copy of 'The Charters and Grants of the Company of Stationers of the City of London', printed by R. Nutt, marked as George Woodfall's copy. Two soft-bound copies of 'The Charters and Grants of the Company of Stationers of the City of London, with observations thereon'.

Statutes relating to printing in England and the activities of the Stationers' Company.

This was the earliest public enactment to mention the Stationers' Company, and the first to affect its procedure after its in incorporation. As part of wider provisions for the suppression of superstition, hypocrisy and abuses, section 51 proposes licensing in order to remedy 'great abuse in the printers of bookes', specifially requiring the Company's obedience with regard to licensing by the City of London Court of High Commission.

On front pastedown is written 'Giuseppe Valletta 21 Aprile 1700'.

On page opposite front pastedown is written in a modern hand the initals 'SH' and the text 'See reference in par. no 51 (verso of D1) 'agaynst heretical & seditious bookes' Queen Elizabeth 'straytely commaundeth all maner her subjects, and specially the Wardens and companie of Stationers to be obedient'. Underneath this is written '(Printed by R. Jugge 1559) Master 1568, 1569, 1573 and 1574 ?STC 10095'.

Records relating to the different tiers of membership of the Stationers' Company, including livery lists, registers of apprentices and freemen, master and apprentice calendars, apprentice memorandum books and records of quarterage.

General accounts and financial records.

Records relating to the establishment, constitution, privileges and internal regulation of the Stationers' Company.

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.

Records of the formation and administration of the Stationers' Company's primary joint stock company.

Records relating to donations or bequests to the Company for charitable purposes; the charities and estates adminstered by the Company; and other Company property, such as the barge, Hall and moveables. The charity records include those relating to the Stationers' Company School, in existence 1858-1982.

The Company's property in the Irish Estates, the Manor of Pellipar, was owned by the English Stock, so its records can be found in the English Stock subfonds (TSC/STO).