Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/050 - CLAYTON AND MORRIS [SCRIVENERS, MERCHANT BANKERS AND ESTATE AGENTS]

222 production units.

The Clayton papers underwent several dispersals between 1928 and 1953, and as a result they are now widely scattered. For details of their dispersal see "The Clayton Papers" by F. T. Melton, in the Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research vol. III, no. 125 (May, 1979), pp. 91-99.

GB 0074 CLC/B/050 1600-1875 Collection 222 production units. Clayton and Morris , scriveners, merchant bankers and estate agents

In c 1638 Robert Abbott (c 1610-1658) set up as a scrivener in Cornhill. During the 1640s he took on two apprentices, his nephew Robert Clayton (1629- 1707), and an adoptive nephew of a baker in Abingdon, John Morris (c 1627-1682). When Abbott died in 1658 the business was taken over by Clayton and Morris, whose partnership lasted until Morris's death in 1682.

The business of the partnership spanned the development of the brokerage business from the money-scrivening of Abbott's original business to the early form of deposit banking which the Clayton and Morris partnership practised in the later 17th century. The other activities of the partnership included conveyancing, land valuation and estate management.

Clayton became a citizen and scrivener (afterwards draper) and was alderman successively of Cordwainer and Cheap wards from 1670, sheriff 1671-1672 and Lord Mayor 1679-1680. He was knighted in 1671. Morris became a scrivener and was alderman of Cheap ward in 1669 and MP for Bletchingley 1679-1682.

The Clayton papers underwent several dispersals between 1928 and 1953, and as a result they are now widely scattered. For details of their dispersal see "The Clayton Papers" by F. T. Melton, in the Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research vol. III, no. 125 (May, 1979), pp. 91-99.

The Clayton papers held by London Metropolitan Archives have been acquired by Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section from a variety of sources and by various means (chiefly purchase). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The papers of Abbott, Clayton and Morris consist of the business and family records of two generations and form one of the earliest and largest extant collections of Stuart-era financial records. There are also related records of Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1648-1689), a close personal friend of Robert Clayton. (Clayton was appointed by Jeffreys as a trustee of his family settlement drawn up in 1689.) Jeffreys was Common Serjeant (1671-1678) and Recorder of London (1678-1680).

The archive is arranged as follows:
CLC/B/050/A Clayton and Morris;
CLC/B/050/B Abbott, Robert;
CLC/B/050/C Clayton, Robert;
CLC/B/050/D Jeffreys, George Jeffreys;
CLC/B/050/E Wyse, John;
CLC/B/050/F Cornhill Ward;
CLC/B/050/G Buckinghamshire Record Office.

Access only to holders of a History Card. Please see staff if you require a card.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For further reading, see F. T. Melton, Sir Robert Clayton and the Origins of English Deposit Banking, 1658-85 (CUP, 1986), and F. T. Melton, "Sir Robert Clayton's building projects in London, 1666-72", in Guildhall Studies in London History, vol. III, no. 1 (Oct 1977).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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The Clayton papers held by London Metropolitan Archives have been acquired by Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section from a variety of sources and by various means (chiefly purchase). The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

The papers of Abbott, Clayton and Morris consist of the business and family records of two generations and form one of the earliest and largest extant collections of Stuart-era financial records. There are also related records of Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1648-1689), a close personal friend of Robert Clayton. (Clayton was appointed by Jeffreys as a trustee of his family settlement drawn up in 1689.) Jeffreys was Common Serjeant (1671-1678) and Recorder of London (1678-1680).

The archive is arranged as follows:
CLC/B/050/A Clayton and Morris;
CLC/B/050/B Abbott, Robert;
CLC/B/050/C Clayton, Robert;
CLC/B/050/D Jeffreys, George Jeffreys;
CLC/B/050/E Wyse, John;
CLC/B/050/F Cornhill Ward;
CLC/B/050/G Buckinghamshire Record Office.

Access only to holders of a History Card. Please see staff if you require a card.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

• English

• Latin

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English