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All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, meetings of the court and partners, courts for the election of master and wardens and courts to distribute Mr Cater's charity.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; choosing of wardens and assistants; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees and applications to the company; administration of English Stock shares; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities and company pensions; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 1 November 1887 to 31 July 1894' and 'd'.

Throughout volume are accounts:

pages 58-61: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1887-31 Mar 1888.

pages 144-147: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1888-31 Mar 1889.

pages 228-231: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1889-31 Mar 1890.

pages 336-339: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1890-31 Mar 1891.

pages 442-445: 'The Stockkeepers of the Stationers Company in account with The Partners of the English Stock', 1 Apr 1891-31 Mar 1892.

pages 530-537: accounts for 1 Apr 1892-31 Mar 1893.

pages 618-623: accounts for for year ending 31 Mar 1894.

Attached within volume are 2 documents:

page 69: copy report, valuation and plan of freehold premises at the end of Feathers Court, Milk Street, Cheapside, by Norton, Trist & Gilbert, dated 19 Jul 1888, annexed to letter from Clerk Charles Robert Rivington to the master, wardens and court of assistants of the Company of Stationers, 26 Jul 1888.

page 309: petition of the Stationers' Company to the House of Lords against the Copyright Bill 1891 and Memorial of the Stationers' Company to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury regarding the Copyright Bill 1891.

Draft and fair copy minutes in chronological order; entries in both sets of minutes are divided into paragraphs with headings written in the margin; type of court meeting and date are normally given in the margin at top of entries, with the word 'present' opposite; names of those present given under 'present'; location of court meeting is always stated in fair copy minutes.

Spine reads 'Court Book Liber. E. from 1674 to 16 [83]', 'E' and 'Byelaws Eng[lis]h Stock'.

On recto of first front endpaper is an inscription reading '1st March yearly. Read such of the By laws of English Stock. Fo[lio] 131 as are marked X'. On verso of second front endpaper is a note in late 18th-early 19th century hand reading 'NB. For all proceedings of Court, to Oct[obe]r 24th 1679, inclusive, p. 93 see book D p. 244b, &c, where they are also entered: so that properly speaking, this book begins p. 94.' Added to this is a modern note reading 'being, until then, the continuation of the previous Waste Court Book'.

In front half of volume are draft minutes:

folios 1r-94r: draft minutes, 1 Mar 1675-29 Oct 1679; at end is a note reading 'This follows the Court Book Liber D from the Court hold in October ye 24th. 1679'.

folios 94v-105v: draft minutes, 3 Nov 1679-6 Dec 1680; these have no surviving fair copies.

Fair copy minutes begin on folio 106r.

Near front of fair minutes is a copy case and opinions:

folios 122r-124v: 'A Stated Case w[i]th Counsell's opinion concerning the Stock'; opinions given by Sir William Jones and Sir Creswell Levings, 1 and 4 Nov 1679, and Henry Trinder, 29 May 1681; case is copied into Liber A, folios 191r-193r.

At rear of volume is 1 folio of caveats, unnumbered and bound upside down, dated 3 May 1675-11 Aug 1679.

All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, meetings of the court and partners and courts for the election of master and wardens.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; administration of English Stock shares; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees and applications to the company; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities and company pensions; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 2 October 1894 to 6 May 1902' and 'e'.

Attached within volume are 2 documents:

page 139: article of agreement between Thomas Harrison, Treasurer of the Stationers' Company, and Charles John Letts, publisher, titled 'Agreement For the Publication of Almanacks', dated 24 Mar 1896.

page 445: 'Report on the prospect of increase in the Income of the English Stock', 20 Feb 1900.

Inserted at page 333 is a Report of the Committee appointed to consider the finances of the Company, 1899.

Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, private courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, pension courts, meetings of partners of the English Stock and general assemblies of the master, wardens and commonalty of the company held at their Common Hall; courts for the election of corporation officers are not titled as such; courts for the election of master and wardens are titled 'Election Courts'.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; confirmation of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting(s), from 5 Jul 1686 onwards; court business, including administration of English Stock shares, leases and committees, and orders relating to reports, petitions to the company, correspondence and other matters; administration of the livery, from 11 Oct 1686; details of those made free of the company and bound as apprentices, 4 Dec 1693-8 Jun 1696 and from 3 May 1697 onwards.

Spine reads 'Court Book 1683 to 1697' and 'F'.

Inserted into front flyleaves is a small card with typescript inscription regarding the entry for 6 Nov 1693, with handwritten annotations.

Volume includes committee minutes:

folio 25r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed ab[ou]t Peter Parker and Tho[ma]s Guy', 11 Oct 1684

folio 27v: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee concerning the Subpressing Lybells', 27 Dec 1684

folio 33r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee ab[ou]t Peter Parker and Thomas Guy', 29 Apr 1685

folio 41r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee about Peter Parker & Thomas Guy', 25 Jul 1685

folio 67: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed at last Court, to treat ab[ou]t buying the interest late of Mr Sawbridge in Cambridg Printing', 19 Nov 1686

folio 67v: minutes of a 'Meeting of the Comittee appointed at last Court ab[ou]t Mrs Leigh's Account', 26 Nov 1686

folio 78v: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed ab[ou]t Haberdashers & Stall Booksellers &c', 14 Mar 1687

folio 79v: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed ab[ou]t the Companys Coppies at a Court of the 7th of February last', 18 Mar 1687

folios 129v-130r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee appointed to treate w[i]th our Master ab[ou]t Cambridge busines', 1 Mar 1690

folios 131v-132r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee ab[ou]t Mr Starkey's busines', 3 Apr 1690

folio 134r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee ab[ou]t Cambridge Busines', 11 Apr 1690

folios 137r-138v: minutes of 'the same Comittee' [relating to Mr Starkey], 25 Jun 1690

folios 144: minutes of 'the Comittee about Hawkers', 8 Oct 1690

folio 145r: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittees appointed ab[ou]t the Subpression of Hawkers', 15 Oct 1690

folio 174: minutes of a 'meeting of the Comittee apopointed concerning the Oxford affaire', 6 Jul 1692

All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers and meetings of the court and partners.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; administration of English Stock shares; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees and applications to the company; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities and company pensions; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 3 June 1902 to 1 March 1910' and 'f'.

Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, private courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, pension courts, meetings of partners of the English Stock and a court for chosing eight more assistants; courts for the election of corporation officers and for the election of master and wardens are not titled as such.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; confirmation of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting(s); court business, including administration of English Stock shares, administration of charitable annuities, administration of leases, and resolutions and orders relating to reports, petitions to the company, correspondence and other matters; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book from 169[7]. to 171[7]' and 'G'.

On folios 72r-75r is engrossed the proceedings and judgement against Mr Randall of Newcastle, including an official memorandum before the Queen's Bench ratifying the terms of the original charter, inscribed by John Lilly in official court hand, 23 Jul 1702.

Volume includes committee minutes:

folio 157r: minutes of a meeting of the committee about taking the Impression of Clarendon in 8 [octavo] of Mr Baskett, 30 Mar 1708.

All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers and meetings of the court and partners

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; admission of new court assistants, when relevant; administration of English Stock shares; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees and applications to the company; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities and company pensions; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company or bound as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 5 Apr 1910 to 9 Apr 1918' and 'g'.

Attached in volume are 4 documents:

page 294: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School. Statement of Account for the Year ending 31st March, 1912'.

page 418: fold-out plan of Stationers' Hall premises and properties in Ave Maria Lane and Ludgate Hill, 1914.

page 448: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School. Statement of Account for the Year ending 31st March, 1914'.

page 554: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School. Statement of Account for the year 1915-16''.

Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, Pension courts, meetings of partners for the election of stockkeepers and treasurer of the English Stock and courts to distribute Mr Cater's Gift; courts for the election of corporation officers and for the election of master and wardens are not titled as such.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; confirmation of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting(s); choosing of wardens and assistants; court business, including administration of English Stock shares, administration of charitable annuities, administration of leases, and resolutions and orders relating to reports, applications to the company, correspondence and other matters; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book from 3 June 1717. to 30 June 1733. Liber H' and 'H'.

At top of recto of the page preceding the first entry is written in contemporary hand 'Daniel Davis Packer in Peters court Corhhill'.

Near front of volume are copy bonds:

pages 18-19: obligation and condition requiring the company to distribute yearly the sum of £50 to poor company members and widows of members, taken from a sum of £1000 given to the company by Thomas Guy for investment in the English Stock, 3 Feb 1717.

pages 20-22: obligation and condition requiring the company to pay in half-yearly installments the yearly sum of £125 to Thomas Guy and, after his death, limitors declared in his will or other writings, or if limitors are not declared then instead to the mayor, commonalty citizens of London and the governor or treasurer of St Thomas' Hospital for use by the poor of the hospital, 3 Feb 1717.

On page 123 is recorded the translation of Samuel Buckley from the Haberdashers' Company to the Stationers' Company, 25 Sep 1722.

All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, meetings of the court and partners and meetings of the master, wardens, court of assistants and livery.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens, assistants and liverymen; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; admission of new court assistants, when relevant; administration of English Stock shares; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities and company pensions; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company or bound as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 7 May 1918 to 26 March 1925' and 'h'.

Pasted into volume are 2 documents:

page 33: 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 34-36: 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'.

Attached in volume are 5 documents:

page 54: additional agenda, dated 8 Jan 1919, for the Court meeting on Tuesday 14 Jan 1919.

page 340: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 1920-21'.

page 430: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 1921-22'.

page 520: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 1922-23'.

page 612: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year 1923-24'.

On pages 137-167 is inscribed an inventory by Toplis & Harding, valuers, titled 'An Inventory of the Furniture, Silver Pictures etc at The Stationers' Hall, Ludgate Hill, London, E6 with Valuation for Insurance Purposes', Nov 1919.

Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, Pension courts, meetings of partners for the election of stockkeepers and treasurer of the English Stock, courts to distribute Mr Cater's charity, a court to consider of the repairs of the kall and warehouses and a court for the election of a porter.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; confirmation of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting(s); choosing of wardens and assistants; court business, including administration of English Stock shares, administration of charitable annuities, administration of leases, and resolutions and orders relating to reports, applications to the company, correspondence and other matters; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book from 3 July 1733 to 1 March 1741. Liber I' and 'I'.

On pages 412-413 is recorded the election of Samuel Richardson, novelist and author of 'Pamela', to the court of assistants, 1 Dec 1741.

At back of volume is inserted a piece of paper with a contemporary handwritten incription 'Court Book I. fo: 189 & 228'.

All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, meetings of the court and partners and meetings of the master, wardens, court of assistants and livery.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens, assistants and liverymen; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; admission of new court assistants, when relevant; binding of apprentices, cloathing and being made free of the company; disposal of English Stock shares; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees and applications to the company; payment of, and election to, charitable annuities and company pensions; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company or bound as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 7 April 1925 to 12 January 1932' and 'i'.

Inserted into front endpapers are 2 slips of paper with the captions 'Order of the Court of 28 July 1925 granting permission for H R Plomer's catalogue of the Company's records to be published, with a copy of Plomer's catalogue, 1926' and 'Court Orders concerning publication of the Company's records 1842-1960'.

Pasted into volume are 4 documents:

page 52: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1924-25'.

page 158: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1925-26'.

page 258: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1926-27'.

page 334: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1927-28'.

page 428: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1928-29'.

page 524: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1929-30'.

page 624: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1930-31'.

page 628: document titled 'The Resolution passed by the Livery at the Annual Meeting held on Monday, May 26th 1930'.

All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers and meetings of the court and partners.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens, assistants and liverymen; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; admission of new court assistants, when relevant; binding of apprentices, cloathing and being made free of the company; disposal of English Stock shares; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees; payment of charitable annuities; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company or bound as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 2 February 1932 to 11 January 1938' and 'j'.

Pasted into volume are accounts:

page 86: 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1931-32'.

page 234: 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1932-33'.

page 448: 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1933-34'.

page 530: 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey. Statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1934-35'.

Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, Pension courts, court and meetings of partners for the election of stockkeepers and treasurer of the English Stock and courts to distribute Mr Cater's charity.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; confirmation of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting(s); choosing of wardens and assistants; court business, including administration of English Stock shares, administration of charitable annuities, administration of leases, and resolutions and orders relating to reports, applications to the company, correspondence and other matters; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 2 March 1741 to 27 Sept. 1751' and 'K'.

All minutes are signed by the master; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers and meetings of the court and partners.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens, assistants and liverymen; report of deaths, when relevant; approval of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting; admission of new court assistants, when relevant; binding of apprentices, cloathing and being made free of the company; disposal of English Stock shares; resolutions, including those relating to recommendations and reports of committees; payment of charitable annuities; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company or bound as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 1 Feb 1938 to 3 July 1945' and 'k'.

Inserted into front endpapers is a slip of paper with the caption 'A letter from F C Francis, secretary of the Bibliographical Society, read to the Court of 3 May 1938 on the appointment of W A Jackson as editor of the court books from 1602'.

Pasted into volume are 5 documents:

page 12: 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.

page 112: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1937-38'.

page 198: accounts titled 'Stationers' Company's School, Hornsey, statement of receipts and payments for the Year 1938-39'.

page 239: two photographs of bomb damage in the hall and court room at Stationers' Hall, Oct 1940; the bombing and damage is described in entry for 5 Nov 1940, pages 241-242.

Minutes are unsigned; minutes are given for ordinary court meetings, special courts, court meetings for the election of corporation officers, courts for the election of master and wardens, pension courts, court and meetings of partners for the election of stockkeepers and treasurer of the English Stock and courts to distribute Mr Cater's charity.

Typical order of entries for ordinary court meetings is: place, date and time of court meeting; list of those present, consisting of the master, wardens and assistants; confirmation of the orders of court from the preceding court meeting(s); choosing of wardens and assistants; court business, including administration of English Stock shares, administration of charitable annuities, administration of leases, and resolutions and orders relating to reports, applications to the company, correspondence and other matters; names and personal details of those cloathed, made free of the company and bound or turned over as apprentices.

Spine reads 'Court Book 1 Octr. 1751 to 28 Sepr. 1763' and 'L'.