Records of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers. The main administrative records of the Company date from 1451, however, the records also include a copy of the ordinances of 1348, and deeds from 1307. Records include charters; ordinances; memoranda books; Court minute books; Committee reports; livery lists; annual lists of members of the Company; registers of freedom admissions; registers of apprentices; search books, giving details of defective pewterware found at establishments and fairs visited by Company representative; papers concerning the assay of tin; legal case papers; papers relating to properties and papers relating to charitable bequests.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
Worshipful Company of Pewterers