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      GB 0074 P69/PET1 · Collection · 1300-1985

      Records of the parish of Saint Peter Cornhill, City of London. The records held include a Vulgate Bible dating from circa 1300 (Ms 4158A) and a Cartulary dating from 1425-6 (Ms 4158). The main archive dates from the 16th century with parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns) from 1538, vestry minutes from 1574 and tithe rate, poor rate and church rate books from 1579. The remaining records date from the 17th century, including churchwardens' records, administrative papers, papers relating to poor relief and papers relating to the parish estate.

      Parish of St Peter Cornhill, City of London , Church of England
      GB 0074 P69/PET2 · Collection · 1561-1947

      Records of the parish of Saint Peter le Poer, Old Broad Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) dating from 1561, the rest of the archive dates from the 17th century and includes Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' and Overseers' financial accounts; poor rate books and tithe rate books.

      Parish of St Peter le Poer, City of London , Church of England
      GB 0074 P82/PET · Collection · 1832-1944

      Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Saffron Hill, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of burials; registers of church services; banns book; pew rent books; Parochial Church Council minutes and financial accounts; tithe collectors book; and Churchwardens' Charity account books.

      Parish of St Peter, Saffron Hill , Church of England
      GB 0074 P92/SAV · Collection · 1443-1962

      Records relating to the parish of Saint Saviour, Borough High Street, Southwark; also known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Saviour and Saint Mary Overy. This is a large and extensive collection and it is recommended that researchers consult the detailed catalogue. Summary of some of the major holdings:

      • papers relating to the maintenance of the church building including bills for work and repairs done in the church, contracts, and faculties;
      • token books;
      • marriage licences and registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials;
      • financial records;
      • records of the Vestry including minute books and papers of the clerks;
      • minutes of other committees;
      • legal documents relating to parish properties including leases, agreements, conveyances and deeds;
      • papers relating to legal cases;
      • papers relating to poor relief including petitions to the wardens from the poor and sick asking for assistance;
      • plans and drawings of parish properties;
      • records of constables and other parish officers;
      • records relating to local taxation including poor rates and church rates;
      • papers of parochial charities;
      • papers relating to Saint Saviour's Free Grammar School;
      • registers of apprenticeship indentures;
      • papers relating to Parliamentary elections for the Borough of Southwark, including lists of persons entitled to vote;
      • papers relating to Borough Market;
      • records of the parish of Saint Margaret, Southwark, including financial accounts and depositions.
      Parish of St Saviour, Southwark , Church of England Cathedral Church of Saint Saviour and Saint Mary Overy
      GB 0074 P69/SEP · Collection · 1648-1987

      Records of the parish of Saint Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, City of London, including registers of baptisms, burials, marriages and banns; Vestry minutes; papers of the Vestry Clerks; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; papers relating to parish poor relief including papers of the Overseers and the workhouse; tithe rate assessment books and poor rate assessment books.

      The main archive dates from the 17th century (with parish registers from 1662), but the records also include deeds from 1537. The records of the area of the parish which lay within the City of London are distinct from those of the area which lay within the county of Middlesex. The records of the City of London area of the parish appear first in the catalogue.

      Parish of St Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, City of London , Church of England
      GB 0074 P69/STE2 · Collection · 1454-1954

      Records of the parish of Saint Stephen Walbrook, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; preachers' books; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Churchwardens' accounts; administrative papers; poor rate assessments and tithe rate assessments.

      Parish of St Stephen Walbrook, City of London , Church of England
      GB 0074 P69/STE1 · Collection · 1466-1953

      Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Coleman Street, City of London. The collection includes the so-called 'Vellum Book', a record book chiefly of church property dating from 1466 (Ms 4456). The main archive dates from the 15th century and includes churchwardens' accounts from 1486, parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns) from 1538, poor rate and tithe rate assessments from 1592 and vestry minutes from 1622.

      Parish of St Stephen, Coleman Street, City of London , Church of England
      GB 0074 P69/SWI · Collection · 1536-1954

      Records of the parish of Saint Swithin, London Stone, Cannon Street, City of London, including parish registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns, Vestry minutes, Churchwardens' accounts, deeds, poor rate and tithe rate assessments and miscellaneous administrative papers.

      Records of the London Stone District Visiting Society, 1830-1854, 2 volumes: This was a charitable society for visiting families and distributing religious tracts, and also linen, bread, coal etc. Little is known about the society. An undated (but ca.1830s or 1840s) printed notice bound into Ms 3367 gives the secretary's name as J. C. Bowles and indicates that the society was run by a committee which met at 16 Walbrook. The records of the society were deposited with the records of the parish of St Swithin London Stone in 1938 and catalogued shortly afterwards by a member of Guildhall Library staff. They comprise a cash book 1830-54 (P69/SWI/D/02/MS03366) and a summary of visits and payments made 1831-43 (P69/SWI/D/03/MS03367).

      Parish of St Swithin, London Stone, City of London , Church of England
      GB 0096 AL 281 · Collection · 1832

      Papers of Benjamin Sayer, 1832, comprise a letter to [John Wilson] Croker MP. Covering letter accompanying a copy of Sayer's volume of observations and suggestions regarding income and property taxes.

      Sayer , Benjamin , fl 1831-1833 , Under-Secretary of the Property Tax
      GB 106 10/21 · Fonds · 1910-1912

      This scrapbook consists of press cuttings concerning tax resistance, the Women's Tax Resistance League and general issues concerning women and tax, 1910-1912.

      Unknown
      GB 0074 ACC/1366 · Collection · 1766-1838

      Papers of Parnel Seaton, including letters, receipts for payments, assessments for tax on houses, servants, carriages, horses, dogs, hair powder and armorial bearnings, and certificates of assessments for property in Twickenham.

      Seaton , Parnell , fl 1766-1838 , plantation owner
      SHEPPERTON PARISH
      ACC/1218 · Collection · 1714-1964

      Records of the Parish of Shepperton, 1714-1936, including settlement certificates; settlement examinations; removal orders; settlement appeals; apprenticeship indentures; bastardy bonds; papers relating to the workhouse; papers relating to the militia; rates and accounts; papers relating to tithes; enclosure and common lands maps.

      Records of the Shepperton Parish Council, 1895-1928; including correspondence; financial accounts and plans. Records of the Lindsay Estates, 1837-1964, including deeds; correspondence and plans. Plans and maps of the parish, 1841-1938; and some undated historical notes regarding the parish and the estate.

      Shepperton Parish Council Manor of Shepperton Estate Office
      SMALL NATIONAL COLLECTIONS
      GB 0074 CLC/539 · Collection · 1556-1943

      Collection of documents relating to national events or institutions. The documents relate to varied subjects including Parliamentary elections and proceedings; taxation including tax assessments, tax agents and accounts; military commissions; the Tower of London; excise; military orders; passwords issued by royalty; bankruptcies; militia; licences; warrants; petitions; and patents.

      Various.
      SOUTHWARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS
      SOBG · Collection · 1798-1933

      Records of Saint George the Martyr Poor Law Parish, 1835-1873; including minutes of the Board of Guardians; orders of removal; admission and discharge registers; and registers of children admitted.

      Records of Saint Mary Newington Poor Law Parish, 1867-1874, comprising Board of Guardians minute books and Newington Sick Asylum District manager's minute books.

      Records of the Southwark Poor Law Union (formerly the Saint Saviour's Poor Law Union), 1798-1933, including minutes of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; byelaws and regulations; property documents including deeds; correspondence; settlement examinations; removal orders; report books; admission and discharge registers and creed registers; registers of children admitted and boarded out; register of boys sent to the Training Ship Exmouth; registers of children sent to the Hanwell Schools, Central London Schools District; financial accounts; staff records; plans made as part of survey for rating valuation of property in Saint Saviour's Union; and notices of marriage.

      Saint George the Martyr Poor Law Parish x Saint George the Martyr Board of Guardians Saint Mary Newington Poor Law Parish x Saint Mary Newington Board of Guardians Southwark Poor Law Union x Southwark Board of Guardians x Saint Saviour's Poor Law Union x Saint Saviour's Board of Guardians
      LCC/MIN-2 · Subfonds · 1889-1965
      Part of LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

      Minutes and presented papers of London County Council special and joint committees, 1889-1965, as follows:

      Allegations (Council Officials) Committee

      Special Committee on the Establishment of an Ambulance Service

      Special Committee on Building Control

      Advisory Committee on the Control on the Construction of Buildings in London

      Charing Cross Bridge Advisory Committee

      Church of England Advisory Board on Spiritual Ministration

      Special Committee on Contracts

      Special Joint Committee on the provision of Coroner's Courts and Mortuaries

      Council Chamber and Offices Committee

      Special Committee on the transfer of County Business

      County Hall Luncheon Club Committee

      County Rate Committee

      Departmental Committees on the Organisation and Working of LCC Departments

      Special Committee on the Office of Deputy Chairman of the Council

      Advisory Committee on the Design of Consumer Goods

      Special Committee on Finance Bill, 1914

      Special Committee on Fire Insurance

      Greater London Regional Planning Committee

      Meetings of Heads of Departments

      Special Committee on Health Administration in London

      Hospitals Committee

      Interim Panel

      Juveniles Committee

      Lack of Employment Conference

      Joint Committee on the working of the Leyton tramways

      Loan Fund for Prospective Teachers

      Special Committee on Local Expenditure

      Local Pension Committee

      Special Committee on Locomotion and Transport in London

      London Air Terminal

      Advisory Committee on the Amendment of the London Building Act, 1930

      Special Committee on London Electricity Supply

      Special Committee on changes in London Local Government

      Special Committee on London Government

      London War Pensions Committee

      Special Joint Committee on the Control of lunatics, imbeciles and infectious poor

      Advisory Committee on combined medical appointments in Division 9 of the LCC Public Health Department

      Members and Staff Committee

      Joint Committee of Members and School-keepers

      Special Committee of Inquiry into certain matters of administration in the Mental Hospitals Department

      Sub-committee of the Provisional LCC appointed to confer with a Committee of the Metropolitan Board of Works

      Special Committee on the provision of New Offices

      Officers (Education) Superannuation Committee

      Conference on Open Spaces for recreational purposes

      Special Committee on the Organisation of the Council's Service

      Poor Law Committee

      Procedure Committee

      Richmond Hill (Preservation of View) Executive Committee

      Committee of Inquiry on Sadlers Wells

      Special Committee on Staff Appeals

      Conference on regulations in connection with Streets and Street traffic

      Special Committee on the allocation of the cost of Street Improvements along Tramway Routes

      Survey of London (Joint Publishing) Committee

      Teacher's Superannuation Committee

      Special Committee on Technical Education

      Special Committee on Thames Bridges

      Joint Committee on Thames Flood Prevention

      Special Committee on Traffic

      Tramways Committee

      Special Joint Sub-committee on the Typhoid Fever Epidemic in Maidstone and the London Water Supply

      Special Committee on the Unemployment

      Special Committee on the Valuation of Land

      Special Committee on the War Estimates

      Special Committee on the Works Department

      Please note that copies of these minutes and papers are on open access in the Information Area.

      TBA
      MCC/MIN-2 · Subfonds · 1889-1965
      Part of MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL

      Minutes and presented papers of Special Committees, Joint Committees and Advisory Committees of the Middlesex County Council, 1889-1965:

      Airports Committee

      Arms Committee

      Auxiliary Forces Committee

      Barnet Union Committee

      Bridges Committee

      Common Interests Committee

      County Solicitor Committee

      Dyrham Park Committee

      Edmonton Union Committee

      Education Committee

      Governance Committee

      Guildhall Committee

      Health Committee

      Local Government Committee

      Medical Committee

      Member of County Council Committee

      National Insurance Committee

      Officers Committee

      Pensions Committee

      Physically Handicapped Committee

      Planning Committee

      Poor Law Committee

      Quarter Sessions Committee

      Refuse Dumps Committee

      Registration of Title Committee

      Richmond Hill Committee

      Road Stone Committee

      Testimonial Committee

      Thames Committee

      Unemployed Workmen Committee

      Vagrancy Committee

      Voluntary Hospitals Committee

      Wild Birds Committee

      MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council
      ACC/1427 · Collection · 1868-1965

      Records of Littleton and Shepperton Parish, 1897-1965, including rate books, valuation lists, collecting books and balance sheets.

      Records of Sunbury Urban District Council, 1895-1965, including rate books, collection books, valuation lists, rate collectors books and financial accounts.

      Records of Ashford Parish, 1915-1927, comprising rate books.

      Records of Staines Parish, 1897-1925, comprising rate books.

      Records of Staines Urban District Council, 1868-1965, including rate books, valuation lists and financial accounts.

      Sunbury Urban District Council Staines Urban District Council
      GB 0096 MS 796 · c1911-1912

      The Cobden Club prize winning essay for 1912 The taxation of the "unearned increment" by Josiah Charles Stamp.

      Stamp , Josiah Charles , 1880-1941 , 1st Baron Stamp of Shortlands , statistician
      Tables of tolls for Argenta
      GB 0096 MS 3 · 1423-1444

      Manuscript volume containing tables of the tolls for Argenta in the province of Ferrara, Italy, 1423-1444.

      Unknown
      TAXATION
      GB 0074 ACC/1133 · Collection · 1848-1849

      Assessed tax accounts for the New Brentford and Uxbridge Districts.

      Unknown.
      GB 0096 MS 15 · 1544-1579

      Manuscript volume containing three documents relating to communal tolls/taxation of the Italian city states of Florence and Pisa, 1554-1579.

      Unknown
      GB 0096 MS 685 · 1765-1784

      Holograph drafts of speeches, 1765-1784, to be made in the House of Commons (but apparently not delivered) on subjects including American internal taxation, trade with Canada, the window tax and defence of the current administration.

      Temple , Henry , 1739-1802 , 2nd Viscount Palmerston , politician
      GB 0097 TITMUSS · c1938-1973

      Papers and correspondence regarding finance and tax (Labour Party); papers and notes from Titmuss' social administration related research; papers and correspondence relating to the London School of Economics; official papers and notes from Titmuss' involvement with advisory committees and international organisations; overseas research papers and notes.

      Titmuss, Richard Morris, 1907-1973, Professor of Social Administration
      TOWER WARD
      GB 0074 CLC/W/NA · Collection · 1832-1955

      Records of Tower Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes and accounts, rate assessments, wardmote papers and other administrative and legal papers, and papers of the benevolent fund. The records were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

      Tower Ward , Corporation of London
      Tract relating to income tax
      GB 0096 MS 233 · 1798

      Manuscript volume containing an anonymous tract relating to the income tax proposed by William Pitt the younger, Prime Minister, 13 Dec 1798, entitled 'An humble attempt at removing one serious objection to Mr Pitt's new (intended) tax upon income', with particular reference to Bristol (where the manuscript is dated). The author counters the objection of many business men to disclosing their financial situation to commissioners, by suggesting that it should be optional for any person to elect to disclose his affairs to a Court composed of members not belonging to his district.

      Unknown
      GB 0096 MS 33 · [1581]-1638

      Volume mainly containing treatises on French financial administration, [1581-1610], namely a report by Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully, Director of the Council of Finance, on the finances of France, [1607]; a paper on the Estates General of France, [1583]; a history of royal taxation in France up to the reign of King Henry III, ending with a statement of the revenue in 1581, [1581-1589]; and a paper giving instructions on the powers and authority of the officers of the French Chambre des Comptes (Chamber of Accounts), [1589-1610]. The manuscript also contains papers relating to diplomatic negotiations during the Thirty Years War, comprising a speech on a peace assembly at Cologne, Italy, [1636], and a letter from the Swedish Chancellor Count Axel Greve Oxenstierna to the English Ambassador, Sir Thomas Roe, on the alliance between England and Sweden, 1638.

      Unknown
      LCC/VA/GEN · Collection · 1891-1965
      Part of LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

      Records of the London County Council Valuation Department, 1891-1965, including papers on the assessment of railways in London; press cuttings and other papers relating to transport organisation including fares and facilities, River Thames passenger services, canals, policy, railways, parking, congestion, air fares, the British Transport Commission, the London Transport Executive, pay and working conditions, bus services, arterial roads, the London Traffic Act, 1924; papers relating to town planning schemes; legislation affecting London and papers relating to road improvement schemes.

      Registers of applications for mortgages and housing loans under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts and the Housing Acts. Returns of gross and rateable value of properties by locality; pamphlets, articles and posters relating to street and road improvements; site plans of LCC hospital properties transferred to the Ministry of Health in July 1948 under the National Health Service Act, 1946.

      LCC , London County Council x London County Council
      LCC/VA/V/L · Collection · 1911-1945
      Part of LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

      Valuation lists of the London County Council Valuation Department, 1911-1945. Information contained in these valuation lists includes: street name, number of property in street, very brief description of property i.e. 'house', 'flat', 'public house' rateable value, and so on. No names of owners/occupiers are given.

      LCC , London County Council x London County Council
      GB 0096 MS 679 · 1835

      Manuscript 'Valuation of Pickton tithes to Michaelmas 1835', giving the property values of 9 farmers and the amounts for which they were liable. Includes 'Parish rates and cesses paid as per voucher to Michaelmas', and totals received from Kirk [Leavington] and Castle Leavington tithes to the same date.

      Unknown
      Vosgien, Donat
      GB 0096 MS 505 · 1787

      Manuscript tract on taxation entitled 'Observations sur l'impôt territorial en nature proposé à l'assemblée des notables', written by Donat Vosgien at Épinal in 1787.

      Vosgien , Donat , fl 1787-1792 , [lawyer]
      GB 0097 WAINWRIGHT R · c1868-2005

      Papers of Richard Wainwright MP, c 1868-2005, including personal papers, papers relating to the Colne Valley constituency and general election campaigns, articles, speeches and press releases written by Wainwright and Liberal Party policy papers; papers relating to Richard Wainwright's time at Cambridge University, his work for the Friends Ambulance Unit during World War II and the Rowntree Reform Social Services Trust (now the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust). Further papers relate to his wife, Joyce's, involvement in the Yorkshire Women's Liberal Federation.

      Wainwright , Richard Scurrah , 1918-2003 , Liberal MP
      WALBROOK WARD
      GB 0074 CLC/W/PA · Collection · 1610-1941

      Records of the Walbrook Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise Wardmote minutes and accounts, rate assessments and inhabitants lists, precepts and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

      Walbrook Ward , Corporation of London
      WATTS, Ethel
      GB 106 7ETW · Fonds · 1928-1961

      The archive consists of files on the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (1948-1953), Royal Commission on Taxation (1944-1960), Women's superannuation (1947-1950), the Institute of Chartered Accountants (undated.), equal pay (undated.) and the Fawcett Society (undated.); private correspondence including letters from Philippa Strachey (1928-1961).

      Watts , Ethel , fl 1920-1960 , accountant and feminist
      Wellcome Foundation Ltd
      GB 0120 WF · [1860 - 1995]

      Papers of the Burroughs Wellcome and Company (BW and Co) and from 1924 the Wellcome Foundation Ltd (WF), [1860-1995], including records of the pre-partnership S M Burroughs Company; papers relating to the founders Henry S Wellcome and Silas M Burroughs; papers of senior managers from BW and Co and WF; legal papers, particularly concerned with Trade Marks and Stamp Duty; marketing records including operational papers, a large collection of images and of publications; financial records, mainly regarding salaries; papers relating to WF sites, including the Wellcome Chemical Works, Dartford; records of Coopers, the subsidiary veterinary company, together with records of Coopers own world-wide subsidiary companies; records of related bodies, the British Insulin Manufacturers Association and The Therapeutic Research Corporation.

      Wellcome Foundation Ltd
      WESTMINSTER
      O/271 · Collection · 1777-1778

      Receipts issued to Thomas Strafield for payment of rates to the Westminster Commission of Sewers for the Kings Scholars Pond, and to the parish of Saint James's, Westminster for the care of the poor, 1777-1778.

      Westminster Commission of Sewers x Westminster and Middlesex Commission of Sewers
      GB 0074 PS/WES · Collection · 1896-1943

      Records of Westminster Magistrates Court, 1896-1943, including court registers; rates registers; means enquiry summonses; summonses indexes; Married Women Act orders; bastardy complaints and letter book.

      Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

      Domestic proceedings: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

      Westminster Magistrates Court
      GB 0096 AL256 · Fonds · [1846]

      Letter from John and Richard Wheen of the Soapworks, Ratcliffe Highway, St George in the East, [London] to Lieutenant-Colonel C N Fox, 17 Mar [1846]. Covering letter enclosing 'a statement of the case of the soap trade for the repeal of the duty'; they hope that Fox will accompany the deputation to Sir Robert Peel.

      Autograph, with two signatures.

      Wheen , John , fl 1846 , soapmaker
      Wheen , Richard , fl 1846 , soapmaker
      GB 0097 RHYS WILLIAMS J · 1908-1978

      Papers relating to Juliet Rhys Williams' work on economics, taxation reforms, wages policy, and Commonwealth trade; her membership of the European League for Economic Co-operation, the United Europe Movement, the European Movement, and other European groups; correspondence, articles and pamphlets relating to European issues; correspondence, speeches, conference papers and pamphlets from the Liberal Party; material concerning Rhys Williams' involvement in the Conservative Party, mostly relating to the Monday Club and elections; papers relating to commercial television, and film making; documents relating to the building and administration of Cwmbran New Town; papers relating to Rhys Williams' time as Churchwarden of St Anne's, Soho, and as vice-president of the St Anne's Society; material relating to the publishing and winding up of the 'European Review' and the 'Economic Digest'; minutes of the Bishop of Llandaff's Committee on hardship in the Rhondda Valley; Rhys Williams' collected writings, correspondence, and pamphlet and newsletter collections; papers relating to projects and societies in which Rhys Williams was involved; and family papers relating to property owned by the Rhys Williams family, family finances, photographs, Elspeth Rhys Williams (her daughter) and Sir Rhys Rhys Williams (her husband).

      Williams , Juliet Evangeline Rhys , 1898-1964 , Baroness Rhys Williams , public servant
      Wine trade documents
      GB 0096 MS 743 · 1658-1795

      Collection of manuscripts relating to the wine trade, comprising:

      1. Indictment made by Edmond Trimer at the Middlesex Quarter Sessions held at Hicks Hall, 7 Jul 1658, to the effect that George Taylor, victualler of South Mimms, Middlesex, had sold 60 pints of wine (French, white, and Spanish sack) since 7 Aug 1657, contrary to the Act. Taylor had forfeited £600, and was to appear in court to answer the charge. Trimer claimed half the fine.
      2. Letter from John Hunter, British Consul at Seville and San Lùcar, 16 Mar 1790, to Henry Dundas, Treasurer of the Navy, enclosing a 'Proposal for a supply of wine for the British Navy to be shipped in San Lucar, and delivered in Portsmouth', and a 'Proposal for a deposit of wines in the Isle of Wight'. Both proposals are signed by John Hunter, 16 Mar 1790.
      3. Two letters from James Rannie, written at Leith, Scotland, including a covering letter dated 9 Mar 1795 to Henry Dundas, then Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, for a petition from the 22 'merchants, importers and dealers in foreign wines in Leith', against the proposed retrospective increase of duties on stocks of wine held by merchants on 24 Feb 1795 (wanting); and a letter from Rannie to Dundas dated 9 May 1795 concerning wines shipped to Dundas and wines reserved for him. (Rannie is spelt 'Rennie' in the endorsements.)
      4. Memorandum endorsed 'Attorney General's [Sir John Willes] opinion...Wine imported in flasks or bottles, whether the officers may accept the duties where no fraud appears', dated 29 May 1736.
      5. Draft of a bill to repeal the Acts of 1727 and 1745 setting duties on wine, endorsed 'A clause about wine imported in flasks or bottles'.
      Hunter , Sir , John , 1751-1816 , Knight , diplomat; Rannie , James , fl 1795 , victualler; Trimer , Edmond , fl 1658 , of Middlesex