Records of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, compiled between 1353 and 2005, but they include deeds dating from 1286. They also include registers of freedom admissions and apprentice bindings from 1428; Court minutes; copies of charters and ordinances; committee minutes and agendas; registers of members; quarterage books; financial accounts; Clerk's papers including letter books; photographs; and papers relating to swan upping.
Also deposited with the archive of the Vintners' Company are records of Williams and Day, wine merchants of 3 Water Lane and 6 Fowkes buildings (Ms 15553-65).
Records of the Company Almshouses comprise: accounts, 1830 (15358); lists of benefactions to widows, 1899 (Ms 15370); plans, 1901 (Ms 18471); and miscellaneous papers including correspondence and details of next of kin, [1800?], 1902-60 (36817-19). Further references may be found in other Vintners' Company records such as minutes and accounts.
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 Vintners