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GB 0074 CLC/B/112-020 · Collection · 1910-1988

Records of Asahan Rubber Estates Limited including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and circulars.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from the Manuscripts enquiry desk).

Asahan Rubber Estates Ltd
Arundel Manuscripts
GB 0377 ARUNDEL MANUSCRIPTS · Collection · c1200-1700

Mostly Chronicles and Histories, some with a connection with heralds, with most volumes containing compilations

Arundel MS 1 - Compilation in 14th-century hand. Once belonged to John Dee, who has annotated it. Contains: material concerning world history, mostly taken from Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon, including a world map; short history of Jerusalem, by Jacques de Vitry; History of Geoffrey of Monmouth; De ortu Hyberniensium; Historia brevis Francorum ab eorum origine ad An 1214; William of Jumièges' Gesta Normannorum Ducum; book of Saints Joachim and Anne, concerning the birth of the Virgin Mary; translation of account of destruction of Troy; extract from St Jerome's contra Jovinianum; works concerning Alexander the Great, including forged letters by him; Latin translation of the History of Apollonius, King of Tyre (In civitate Anthiochie); St Anselm's Elucidarium; St Jerome on the Antichrist; list of the cities of the world; Vision of St Thomas Becket, in which the Virgin Mary gave him the ampulla of oil with which the kings of England were to be anointed. On last blank leaf is a note of the death of King Edward IV and the note: 'Cronica quondam Thom[a]e Walmesford'

Arundel MS 2 - 15th-century copy of Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon

Arundel MS 3 - Acts of John of Whethamstede, Abbot of St Albans

Arundel MS 4 - 14th-century copy of Ranulph Higden's Polychronicon

Arundel MS 5 - compilation of the 15th century. Once belonged to John Fox, the martyrologist. Contains: Scala Mundi, with History to 1469 and Chronology to 1619; Chronicle of Popes and Emperors: Popes continue to Benedict XII, Emperors as far as conflict between Guelphs and Ghibellines; Chronicle concerning deeds of Britons and Angles, down to 1471; Tabula succincte elaborata super scala mundi, extending only to name Valerianus

Arundel MS 6 - 14th-century. Once belonged to Brother John of Erghom, then to Sir Edward North. Contains: Bishop Freculph's Universal History; John Tayster's Chronicle from the beginning of world to 1287; tract apparently by Erghom, from the coming of the English to 1357

Arundel MS 7 - 15th-century copy of Thomas Walsingham's History from Edward I to Henry V. With 16th-century insertions between pages 202 and 203 and at the end, including two letters of Edward III to the Pope, with answers

Arundel MS 8 - 15th-century volume containing: Brut Chronicle to the end of reign of Henry V; Legend of St Michael; Life of St Thomas Becket

Arundel MS 9 - two manuscripts bound together:

1) f.1r - 13th-century Greek-Latin Glossary or Lexicon

2) f.56r - one page listing those who came to England with William the Conqueror, copied from John Brampton's Annals but with errors; f.59 - early 13th-century copy of Nicholas Trivet's Annals of Kings who descended from the Counts of Anjou in the male line

Includes pen and ink drawings of Kings Stephen (f.58r), Henry II (f.92r), and Edward I (f.106r).

Also includes descents of Earls of Provence, and Sanctius, Earl of Aragon, drawn by Thomas Howard on leaves at the beginning of the volume

Arundel MS 10 - 13th-century chronicles from birth of Christ:

f.1r - List of Popes, Archbishops, and Bishops of England and Scotland, with notes about customs of Church of Rome concerning Cardinals etc.

f.18r - Chronicle of Popes, Emperors and Kings from commencement of Christian era to end of 12th century

f. 39r - Chronicle from Birth of Jesus Christ to beginning of reign of Henry III, and continued by other hands to 1309

f.114r - De Ortu Religionum

Also includes two metrical prophecies, in 15th-century hand, at beginning of volume, with a note below that Dr Griffin, Dean of Lincoln, was convented in 1590 for preaching unsound doctrine.

At end of volume: 'J de Wangeford', in 13th-century hand

Arundel MS 11 - 13th-century volume, containing:

f.1r - Universal Chronicle, by Radulphus [Ralph] of Coggeshall. Includes letter from Saladin to the Emperor Frederick

f.15r - Short tract on the Dukes of Normandy and Kings of England

f.17r - Chronicle of Radulphus [Ralph] Niger, with additions by Ralph of Coggeshall

f.40r - Short Chronicle of Radulphus [Ralph] of Coggeshall, 1113-1158

f.44r - Tales about the Emperor Justinian

f.45r - Short Chronicle of Radulphus [Ralph] of Coggeshall, 1065-1225

f.51r - Great Chronicle of Radulphus [Ralph] of Coggeshall, 1066-1223 (ends abruptly)

On last leaf, beside a note on the voyage of Edward III in 1337, and a short note in French on the London weights and monies, is a Latin poem of 28 lines on the game of chess, written in the 13th century

Arundel MS 12 - 15th-century Life of King Henry V, written for Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, with his arms in the illuminated capital

Arundel MS 13 - Two manuscripts bound together:

1)f.1r - 15th-century copy Deeds of the Kings of England by William of Gisseburn

2)f.111r - 13th-century Commentary on the Prologues to the Bible ascribed to St Jerome

Arundel MS 14 - Early 14th-century compilation, containing:

f.1r - Wace's Brut

f.93r - continuation of the Brut, to the death of William Rufus, by Geoffrey Gaimar

f.125r - Lai de Haveloc

f.133r - Piers [Peter] de Langtoft's Life of King Edward I

f.148r - List of the British, Saxon, and Norman Kings

f.150r - Romance of Perceval le Galois

Arundel MS 15 - mid 15th-century copy of Thomas of Elmham's Vita et Gesta Henrici Quinti Anglorum Regis. This copy by Roger Walle (d. 1488 as Archdeacon of Coventry)

Arundel MS 16 - Late 13th-century section (46 folios) of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Arundel MS 17 - Two manuscripts bound together:

1) Copy of the Liber Niger Domus Regis Angliae, id est, Domus Angliae sive Aulae Regiae Regis Edw[ard] IV. This copy made in time of King Henry VIII

2) Articles of King Henry VIII, 13 Feb. 1525/6, concerning the ordering and service of his chambers and the duties of his officers and servants of the same

Arundel MS 18 - Two chronicles, first half of 14th century:

p.1 - Chronicle from death of Edward I to 1320

p.14 - Annals of Adam Murymuth

Arundel MS 19 - 15th-century Chronicle of London. Belonged to the 16th-century antiquarian Robert Hare

Arundel MS 20 - 14th-century manuscript by John of London, monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, possibly an autograph copy. Containing:

Unnumbered pages at front - astronomical Calendar, and Chronology from Creation to 1316 (written in 1325)

f.1r - Chronicle from the Conquest of England to the death of Edward I

f.82r - Tract on the death of Edward I, inscribed to Queen Margaret

f.91r - Continuation of the same Chronicle, with, at f.94, copy of judgement against Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in 1321, from letters patent of inspeximus

Arundel MS 21 - 15th-century volume on the Order of the Toison d'Or

Arundel MS 22 - 14th-century English metrical romance of the Battle of Troy. Containing:

f.1r - Metrical romance, beginning: Syth god tyhys worle had wroght / Heven and Erthe al thyng of noght / Fele aventures havet be falle / We that now levyn con noght telle alle

f.8v - Translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History into English, by 'Maister Gnaor'. Translation much larger than Geoffrey of Monmouth's, with many interpolations.

Bound with this manuscript are two leaves of a lectionary from the Gospels of the 9th or 10th century. At beginning and end are 3 leaves from an ornate 14th-century Psalter

Arundel MS 23 - Descent of Edward IV from Adam. 54 pages

Arundel MS 24 - 13th-century volume containing:

f.1r - History of Troy to the death of Cadwalladr

f.19v - the Conquest of England, but also a history of the Dukes of Normandy from son of Rollo to 1216

f.38v - extracts from Ralph of Coggeshall's Chronicle, concerning a boy and girl emerging from the earth

f.39r - St Augustine on the vices and virtues

f.49r - extract from Ralph of Coggeshall's Chronicle concerning marvellous happenings in England

f.51r - extract from Ralph of Coggeshall's Chronicle concerning the castle of Horcola in Armernia Minor

f.51v - the tradition of the Fathers concerning the history of Adam and his successors

f.55v - concerning a wild man captured in the sea (title from Coggeshall)

f.56 - prophecies of Charlemagne

f.57v - concerning the Virgin Mary and the Incarnation of Christ

f.59r - concerning the bread and wine in the Eucharist

f.59v - concerning the virginity of Mary

f.60r - concerning Paradise and Hell; and concerning divine foreknowledge

f.60v - story teaching that the Psalms and prayers for the dead cannot be laid aside

f.61r - story concerning a stupid cleric saved by the Virgin Mary from death, who became accustomed to sing an antiphon to her each morning; other similar subjects

f.63v - tract on the infancy of Christ, attributed to St Jerome

f.76r - medical text: 'Emplastrum ad nervos lesos probatissimum'

Arundel MS 25 - 14th-century compilation by a monk of Durham, including Life of St Cuthbert and excerpts of works relating to St Thomas Becket

Arundel MS 26 - 15th-century volume relating to heralds and on Sir John Fastolf, containing: Statutes of the Order of the Garter; tract on the duties of heralds and the ordering of tournaments; on the manner of making knights; 13 letters under fanciful names, addressed to the most excellent and noble princess Blanche, daughter of the King of England; [A]Eneas de Heraldis, translated into English; judgement in the debate between the Kings of Arms and Sergeants of Arms, given at the Siege of Caen; treaty between Scales, Fastolf and Montgomery for the King, and the men of the fortress of Sille, to bring the Count of Maine to obedience to the King, 1 Oct 1424; Royal Commission granted to Scales etc for those negotiations, given at Rouen, 25 Aug 1424; Fastolf's letter reinstating Laurens de Feugiers as his pursuivant of arms, with the name of Secret, 28 June 1432; Commission of John, Duke of Bedford, to Sir John Fastolf to reduce the Duchy of Anjou and County of Maine, constituting him Governor, 11 Mar 1424

Arundel MS 26X, or HDN 26X - 16th-century Statutes and Ordinances of the Order of the Garter. From armorial bearings on f.2, appears to have belonged to Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex

Arundel MS 27 - 14th-century copy of metrical romance of Guy, Earl of Warwick. f.130 also contains two fragments of poetry, possibly written by an early owner of the book whose name appears on the back flyleaf, John of Haukeham, Rector of the Church of Flet

Arundel MS 28 - Volume concerning the foundation of the Priory of Merton:

f.1r - History of the foundation of the Priory of Merton in Surrey by Count Gilbert, with his Life and that of Robert, the first Prior

f.14r - Song or Epitaph on the founder, Gilbert

f.14v - Letter of the Venerable Gervase concerning the death of Gilbert

f.18v - Concerning a venerable brother to whom Gervase appeared in a dream

f.19v - Rental of the Manor of the Priory of Merton from Mulsey, renewed on 16 June, 14 Richard 2

Arundel MS 29 - 15th century. Miscellaneous, including: Latin verses; medicinal recipes, including for the dropsy and for a redness of the face that looks like leprosy; extracts relating to Edward the Confessor and King Malcolm of Scotland; Tractatus de arte legendi leges et jura; notes on the antiquity of cities of England; chronological and historical notes; table of moral remedies against the seven deadly sins; chronicle (12 folios) from Nimrod to King Edward III and King Henry IV; proceedings on deposition of King Richard II, copied from the Roll of Parliament; religious treatises, including on the pains of Hell and a tract by St Methodius on the beginning and end of the ages; epistle foretelling conjunction of the planets in 1463 with ensuing calamities; material on Henry V, including list of prisoners taken by him at the Battle of Agincourt and a letter by him to the King of France, with response; account of the creation of three Knights of the Bath at Lambeth in 1416; expenses of a dinner; letter from Theucrum to Pope Pius, with response (1462); prophecy of St Hildegard concerning mendicants

Arundel MS 30 - Late 13th- to early 14th-century compilation by John of Everisden, including: excerpts from histories (including Gildas' Gesta Britonum) and part of the first book of the History of Henry of Huntingdon; material on the history of England, including genealogy of the Saxon kings from Woden and lists of the bishops of the kingdoms of England; description of Ireland; table of grammatical and rhetorical figures; schemes of musical chords and symphonies; Scriptural tables; material on law, including analyses of Gratian's Decretals; (on ff 97r - 208r) a Chronicle in two parts, from the Creation to the end of the fifth age, and from the Christian era to 1335; material on the Virgin Mary; architectural notes, including on church decoration, and the dimensions of the halls of Westminster, York, Newcastle, and Durham, and of the cloisters of Durham and St Edmundsbury.

Note: First 10 and last 9 leaves are examples of older parchment having been erased and written over, with remaining phrases revealing something of the original, including 9th-century codex of Virgil

Arundel MS 31 - 14th-century copy of Brut Chronicle, ending with beheading of Earl of Kent in 1330

Arundel MS 32 - Catalogue de Chevaliers de l'ordre de Sainct Esprit

Arundel MS 33 - Accounts of Receivers of Crown Lands presented to the King's chief auditors from the 7th to the 14th year of King Henry VIII; Surveys of various Manors and Lordships; Liveries of estates to the King's wards; miscellaneous particulars respecting the revenues of the Crown. Apparently collected by John Smyth, Remembrancer of the Exchequer

Arundel MS 34 - A Baronage of England from the Conquest to 1584, by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms (d 1593)

Arundel MS 35 - Book of Burials of Nobility (16th century). Entries for 28 noblemen who died between 1559 and 1570. With articles: Lyveries for Noble men at the intierement of every man according to his estate; the decrees of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII, on what should be worn by women in mourning; the preparations for the funeral of an Earl

Arundel MS 36 - Court Rolls of certain Manors in Kent, Middlesex and Surrey belonging to Abbey of St Peter, Westminster, 1-3 Richard III

Arundel MS 37 - History of Ireland, by St Edmund Campion (1571)

Arundel MS 38 - 16th-century copy of work on Life and Deeds of William the Conqueror, from a book of the monastery of St Stephen at Caen

Arundel MS 39 - 16th-century treatise on King of England's right to the Crown of France and the Duchies of Normandy, Aquitaine, etc.

Arundel MS 40 - Observations and Collections of Thomas Lant, Portcullis, concerning the Office and Officers of Armes, with all the occurrantes,complayntes, quarrelles, and broyles that consequently hath happened in the same, from the day of his Creacion and first entrance into the Office. Lant held the office of Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms between 1588 and 1597

Arundel MS 41 - Late 16th-century tracts collected by John Vowell alias Hoker of Exeter, on Parliament and on Exeter

Arundel MS 42 - copy of description of Principality of Wales, Duchy of Cornwall and Earldom of Chester, dedicated to King James I by John Doddridge, and copy of letters patent of King Edward IV to Prince Edward, relating to the Principality

Arundel MS 43 - History of Richard III by Sir Thomas More, in Latin. Autograph manuscript

Arundel MS 44 - 17th-century work on nobility by Sir William Le Neve, Clarenceux King of Arms

Arundel MS 45 - The Confessio Amantis by John Gower, 15th-century

Arundel MS 46 - Discorso della Nobilta di Firenze e de Fiorentini, 17th-century

Arundel MS 47 - 16th-century compilation concerning the Knights of the Garter

Arundel MS 48 - 'Botoner's Annals': Historical Tracts and Collectanea of William Botoner (alias Wyrcestre) with Sir John Fastolf's original State Papers. Including: various lists of the Kings of Britain, Popes, and Emperors; genealogies of kings, including of the British Kings from Kamber to Rees ap Meredith; excerpts from chronicles; Botoner's Annals; rhyming Latin poem on the Lamentation of King Edward of Caernarvon; supplication of King John of France to King Edward III for release from confinement; peace treaties between England and France; and History of Henry V's Wars in France

Arundel MS 49 - Financial accounts of manors held by Margaret, Countess of Norfolk, 1394, and extracts from the Registers of the Priory of Chacombe

Arundel MS 50 - 16th-century treatise on 'The Order of a Kinges Chamber, and howe a Gentleman Hussher shoulde behave himself', by John Wogan

Arundel MS 51 - Volume containing two manuscripts:

1) 15th-century private memorandum book of Roger Machado, Norroy King of Arms, including: account of funeral of King Edward IV (part missing); financial accounts, including of wine imported in 1484 (in Spanish) and notes of expenses of journeys made to Ghent and Bruges for the Marquis of Dorset, 1485; accounts of Embassy to Spain and Portugal, 1488, and to the Marshal of Brittany, 1490

2) Account of Life and Death of Cardinal Wolsey, by George Cavendish, his gentleman usher

Arundel MS 52 History of King James VI of Scotland and I of England - noted as missing in 1946. Note: as W H Black lists only the title of this volume, with no other accompanying information, it may be speculated that he did not see it and it has been missing from the College since at least 1829.

Arundel MS 53 - Late 15th-century pedigree from the Creation to King Alfred, via Patriarchs and Kings of Israel, Dardanus and British Kings, and Woden. Unfinished, probably intended to continue to reigning monarch

Arundel MS 54 - Proceedings in the Court of Chivalry on the case of Appeal between Donald Lord Reay and Sir David Ramsey, charged by him with High Treason, 27 Nov 1631 - 12 May 1632

Arundel MS 55 - Registrum Brevium secundum usum Cancellariae, time of Edward III

Arundel MS 56 - Collection of Statutes, written between 1340 and 1350, ending with note written c.1422, on limitation of writs with respect to times past, ordained by several statutes of Henry III and Edward I

Arundel MS 57 - Late 14th-century, two items:

1) Cursor Mundi, a long poem on Scriptural History, interspersed with legends, and translated from French

2) Richard of Hampole's Prykke of Conscience, a religious poem in seven parts

Arundel MS 58 - History of England, 15th-century: metrical chronicle of Robert of Gloucester remodelled, with interpolatations, and with additions from the Brut Chronicle, Geoffrey of Monmouth, William of Malmesbury, and other chroniclers. Continued to 1332

Arundel MS 59 - Cartulary of Tutbury Priory, Staffordshire, written in reign of Henry VI

Arundel MS 60 - Cartulary of Augustinian Priory of Novus Locus, Sherwood, Nottinghamshire

Arundel MS 61 - Early 14th-century, Piers [Peter] Langtoft's Chronicle in French Alexandrine verses, from Brutus to the death of Edward I, in 2 parts

Arundel MS 62 - Volume containing two items:

1) The Siege of Caerlaverock. Copied from original Roll by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, in 1587. With banners and shields of knights illuminated in the margins

2) Catalogue of the names and arms of the great princes, noblemen, and knights, English and foreign, with their retinues, who were with King Edward III in his wars in France and Normandy, during the siege of Calais, with the number of ships and men of war. By Ralph Brooke, York Herald, in 1607

Arundel MS 63 - mistakenly renumbered as Arundel MS 26 in the 19th century. The 'new' number has been retained. See 'System of Arrangement' for further details

Arundel MS 64 - A study of the military, in 4 books, by Nicholas Upton, Canon of the Cathedral Churches of Salisbury and Wells. 15th century.

Arundel MS 58 (duplicate number) - A Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely Subdued (1612)

Arundel MS 74 - Informatione Sopra la Regione Della Precedencia

Arundel MS 75 - Garteriados Sive Avrae Periscilides

Arundel MS 90 - Parliaments Held in Dublin, 1605/6

Arundel MS 61 (duplicate number) - Historia di Hispania

Arundel MS 94 - Eadmer, Historia Novorum Monachi Cantuariensis (c. time of William I - Henry I)

Howard , Thomas , 1585-1646 , 14th Earl of Arundel , politician x Arundel , 14th Earl
GB 0074 LMA/4054 · Collection · 1909-1987

Records of the Artists League of Great Britain, formerly the Imperial Arts League. The records relate mainly to the administration of the league. The earliest material are the council minutes from 1909. There are also files of individual members; especially interesting is the file of Sydney Cockerell, bookbinder, which includes samples of hand made end-papers. Also of interest are the subject files on sketching and painting in war time (1915-1942) and a file of newspaper cuttings (1939-1940) concerning exhibitions and bequests during the war.

Artists League of Great Britain x Imperial Arts League
GB 0074 CLC/114 · Collection · 1810-1990

Records of the Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Fund, including records relating to the establishment of the fund, and joint records of both branches; records of the Annuity Fund; records of the Benevolent Fund; and records relating to John Pye, a founder member of the fund.

Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Fund
GB 0074 ACC/0468 · Collection · 1869-1882

Plan of Dovecote Estate in Hornsey, 1882, with one sheet from the Ordnance Survey map of London, 1869-1872.

The Artizans, Labourers, and General Dwellings Company Limited
ARTHURS CLUB
GB 0074 F/PCK · Collection · 1895-1957

Records of individuals and other bodies relating to Arthur's Club (Note these records are not those kept by the Club itself). The collection consists of records of Anthony Horatio Packe relating to his membership including correspondence regarding membership, typed circulars sent to members, rules of the club, and papers relating to the sale and closure of the club; records of Stanley Ledger, Night Porter giving his appointment and references; and Club Library catalogue.

Arthur's Club , member's club
GB 0347 D56 · Collection · 1904-1905

The collection consists of a bundle of miscellaneous papers derived from the work of Arthur Wellings.

Please contact the Archive for further information.
GB 0074 ACC/2305/20 · Collection · 1932-1979

Records of Arthur Cooper (Wine Merchant) Limited, including correspondence; share transfers; papers regarding mergers and name changes; papers relating to financial matters; memorandum and articles of association and annual reports with accounts.

Arthur Cooper (Wine Merchant) Ltd
ARTHUR BROWN AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/014 · Collection · 1867-1947

Records of Arthur Brown and Company, comprising ledgers and financial material, wage books and sketch books of staff caricatures.

Arthur Brown and Co x ABCO Petroleum Ltd
Art and Architecture
GB 0064 ART · Collection · [1694-1826]

Volumes relating to Art and Architecture. Of the six volumes in this class four relate to Greenwich Hospital; one contains the Royal Warrant of 1696 granting site for the building, followed by plans and elevations. The other three contain copies of prints, plans and drawings of the building, grounds and locality compiled by Robert Mylne (1734-1811) while Clerk of the Works in 1793; they include a series of plans showing the state of construction in 1728, and others variously dated, 1734 to 1791. There is also an architect's notebook, 1694 to 1700, possibly belonging to Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661-1736); and the sketchbook of Coote Carroll Nelson in HMS JAVA, 1826, in South-East Asia, which includes cartoons of life on board as well as coastlines and sketches of local craft and people.

Untitled
GB 0074 O/519 · Collection · 1688-1707

Day book, 1688-1707, probably belonging to Thomas Arnold, pipe layer and miller. The accounts relate to purchase of pipes, hay, bran, farrier's work; tradesmen appearing in the accounts include plumbers, pipe borer, hayman, paviour, farrier.

Arnold , Thomas , fl 1688-1707 , pipe layer and miller
ARNOLD FAMILY {DRUGGISTS}
GB 0074 F/ARN · Collection · 1800-1845

This collection of nineteenth-century papers relating to the Arnold family comprises bills for schooling, apprenticeship indentures, and printed material including notice of attack on Mr Arnold by a footpad, with details of reward, and religious circulars.

Arnold , family , druggists of Barbican, London
ARMY AND NAVY CLUB
GB 0074 LMA/4179 · Collection · 1725-1992

Records of the Army and Navy Club, including Committee and Annual General Meeting minutes; annual reports with printed members lists (1847-1933); annual statements of accounts and other finance; Members admissions, deaths and resignations, members accounts and payments, candidate books, and newsletters.

Army and Navy Club
Armitage Dispensing Chemist
GB 0120 GC/100 · Collection · 1899-1943

Armitage Dispensing Chemist prescription registers 1899-1943, a total of 30 items, 1-27: registers, 1899-1940; 28-30: Records of Prescriptions Dispensed for Particular Doctors, 1919-1925, 1928-1943.

Armitage Dispensing Chemists
LMA/4425 · Collection · 1900-1965

Plans of the school buildings, 1900-1965, including original proposals by architect Frank Baggallay, proposed alterations and additions to Farm Cottage; recreation hall, master's house, garage and stores; workshops, office and stores; recreation hall and gymnasium; adaptation of school block for boys accommodation; Nelson and Shackleton Cottages, The Lodge; The Tower Block, including workshops, band practice room and swimming pool; dining hall steelwork, roof trusses and concreting; layout and drainage plan for new dining hall, workshops and gymnasium; new school block: stage 1 drainage layout and heating duct; Masters House: details of trenches; new dining hall and kitchen: hot and cold water services; staff accommodation: cottages; site layout; adaptation of former laundry to provide recreation room and library; additional staff accommodation; new dining hall and kitchen; Nelson and Shackleton houses: proposed covered way to bathrooms and Craftsman's workshops.

Ardale School x Stepney Cottage Homes
ACC/2172 · Collection · 1909-1918

Collection journal for the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Archway Road, detailing monies collected after each service or meeting, 1909-1918.

Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION
GB 0074 LMA/4252 · Collection · 1952-1984

The collection comprises photographs from the Greater London Council Department of Architecture and Civic Design and the Department of Planning and Transportation.

GLC , Greater London Council
ARCHER, James (b 1814)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-006 · Collection · 1850-1873

Account book of James Archer, carpenter, for repairs carried out in the premises of Suse and Sibeth, merchants.

Archer , James , b 1814 , carpenter
GB 0099 KCLMA Archer · Collection · 1889-1938

Papers of Capt John Archer, 1889-1938, including: diaries, 1889-1896, 1901, 1908-1910, 1919, 1921-1922, 1925 and 1938; correspondence with family, friends and colleagues detailing his military experiences, 1893-1913; papers relating to Archer's career, including notebook containing details of service record, examinations passed, certificates gained and financial accounts, 1889-1894; list of warrant and non-commissioned officers at School of Musketry, Hythe, Oct 1895; printed map of Mashonaland, 1896; issues of The Rhodesia Herald, 1896, concerning the Mashonaland Uprising; general instructions for non-commissioned officers, 1897; timetable for movement of Archer's unit from Omdurman, 1898; poem 'The Night Attack on Surprise Hill', by Pte J Gibbons, 1899; sketch map of Lydenburg and the surrounding countryside, South Africa, by R Verney, 2 Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, [1899]; lithograph map of Cairo, War Office, 1901; special orders announcing proclamation of peace, June 1902; Intelligence summaries, Jan and April 1902; order of service for Military Thanksgiving Service for the Restoration of Peace, Pretoria, Jun 8 1902; order of service for Coronation Day, 26 Jun 1902; parade service for visit of the Amir of Afghanistan to Agra, Jan 1907, with map showing locations of troop billets and plan of organisation of troop review; papers relating to Archer's time as POW, Germany and Holland, 1914-1918, and press cuttings, correspondence and reports relating to Archer's job as Superintendent of Prisons, Nyasaland, 1920-1936.

Rifle and athletic meeting programmes, with press cuttings recording Archer's successes, 1898-1914. Photograph album showing manoeuvres, Malta, 1897; Crete, 1898; punitive raids on Transvaal farms, including taking Boer women into concentration camps, 1901; Middleburg and Groot Oliphant Camps, 1901-1902; views of Egypt including parades, inspections, sports and camps, 1902-1905; photographs of groups of POWs, Merseburg Camp and examples of paper money used in the Merseburg Camp, 1914-1919. Also copy of A Fine Chest of Medals: The Life of Jack Archer, Colin Baker (Mpemba Books: Cardiff, 2003).

Archer , John , 1871-1954 , Captain x Archer , Jack
GB 0074 CLC/B/013 · Collection · 1623-1639

Papers of trader Richard Archedale, comprising journal of receipts and payments; and business and personal accounts.

Archedale , Richard , 1574-1638 , trader
GB 0074 A/ATG · Collection · 1682-1957

Records of the Archbishop Tenison's Secondary School for Girls including deeds of title; leases; financial accounts; vouchers; plans; reports and returns on school by and to authorities e.g. Board of Education; Headmistress's reports to Managers; logbooks; reports; Headmistress's correspondence.

Also papers of Lambeth Subscription Girls' School including deeds of title; minutes; financial accounts and voucher.

Papers of the Lambeth Head Teachers' Conferences including minutes, financial accounts and correspondence.

Archbishop Tenison's Secondary School for Girls
GB 0074 A/ATB · Collection · 1676-1923

Records of Archbishop Tenison's Secondary School for Boys, including deeds of title; leases; minutes; financial accounts; reports; vouchers mainly for repairs and taxes; correspondence; property management; records of boys admitted, school work and functions; the will of Archbishop Tenison and notes on his life; and records relating to the parish of Saint Martin in the Fields.

Archbishop Tenison's Secondary School for Boys
GB 0074 ACC/2692 · Collection · 1693-1985

Records of Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School (formerly known as Archbishop Tenison's Secondary School for Boys). Most important are the Trustees' and Governors' meetings minutes 1847-1953 (ref: Acc/2692/17-19). An unusual survival has been a number of evacuation records, which do not exist for many schools in London (ref: Acc/2692/142-148). Illustrations of the school and its life are present in a volume of plans of the school site at Kennington Oval dated 1927 (by A.H.R. Tenison, Architect, ref: Acc/2692/154), and in the large collection of photographs (ref: Acc/2692/155-205). Concerning the sale of the library in 1861 is a Catalogue from Sotheby's which records the prices fetched at auction for individual books (ref: Acc/2692/209). A history of the school, not entirely accurate, was written in 1928 and a transcript survives (ref: Acc/2692/240).

Records include: Schemes and Parliamentary Acts, Deeds, Minutes, Finance, Correspondence, Examiners' reports, Headmasters' reports, Papers and letters relating to School and Library, Building work, Record of boys, school work and functions, Evacuation records, Plans, Photographs, Printed material, Letters and papers relating to Revd C.F. Milner.

Archbishop Tenison's Secondary School for Boys Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School
GB 0074 A/LPB · Collection · 1661-1962

Records of Archishop Temple's Boys School, Lambeth, including deeds relating to the school; minute books; financial accounts; plans of the school; Headmasters' reports; registers of admissions; log books; staff meeting minute books; and list of headmasters.

Archishop Temple's Boys' School
GB 0074 A/LPI · Collection · 1879-1928

Records, 1879-1928, of Archbishop Tait's Infants School, relating to administration and finance, and comprising conveyance from the Most Rev Archibald Campbell, Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Trustees of Tenison's School, of land attached to the Archiepiscopal residence in Lambeth, 1879, with an agreement between the National Society and the Trustees, 1880; minutes of the Committee of Management, 1883-1898, and Governors, 1898-1903; cash account books, 1901-1928; inventory of furniture etc in school mistress's residence, Lambeth Road, 1888.

Archbishop Tait's Infants School x Saint Mary's Infants School , Lambeth
GB 0074 ACC/2496 · Collection · 1934-1980

Records of the Arcade Property Company Limited, 1934-1980, including memorandum and articles of association; register of seals; register of members; register of directors and secretaries; minute books; attendance books; and financial accounts.

Arcade Property Company Ltd , property holding company
GB 0074 CLC/B/178-02 · Collection · 1912-1958

The records of Arbanash (Roumania) Oil Company comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1912 and 1929; minutes of board and general meetings, 1928-1955; annual balance sheets and accounts, 1939-1948, final accounts for 1948 and correspondence regarding winding up, 1950; cash book and private ledger, 1939-1958.

Arbanash (Roumania) Oil Co
APPRENTICESHIP
GB 0074 ACC/0097 · Collection · 1715-1836

Papers relating to apprentices, comprising conditions of employment of journeymen regarding trade secrets for the printing, colouring and staining of silks, linens and calicos, 1715; and apprenticeship indenture for Moses Kendall to Francis Church, timber merchant, 1736.

Agreements regarding business partnerships, including agreement for draper John Mosden, painter Edward Baugh and grocer Matthew Hewytt to establish business of Mercer, 1729; agreement that John Chaplyn, haberdasher, and George Kent, mercer, will trade jointly as mercers, 1729; agreement of co-partnership between John Purcas and Abraham Purcas, merchants, 1732. Also bond and receipts.

Unknown
GB 0074 CLC/B/012 · Collection · 1683-1954

Records of Antony Gibbs and Sons Limited, merchants and foreign bankers, and their branches and subsidiaries. Records include papers relating to the Gibbs family; correspondence, letters and letter books; ledgers and other financial records; papers and correspondence of branches in Peru, Chile, Australia, the West Indies, New York, Bristol and Liverpool; memoranda; trading agreements; minutes and reports; papers relating to the guano business and papers relating to the iodine industry.

Correspondence with foreign branches will be found in a number of different points in the catalogue. A keyword search of the online catalogue by the name of the branch and 'Gibbs' is the easiest access to branch correspondence.

Antony Gibbs and Sons Ltd , merchants and foreign bankers
GB 1556 WL 1001 · Collection · 1925-1930s

Papers concerning Antisemitism in the USA, 1925-1930s, comprising antisemitic printed tracts including correspondence between Hugo Valentin, N W Rogers and The Jewish Central Information Office regarding the antisemitic material in the Wiener Library (Ref 1001/1 - antisemitic tracts collection).

Various
GB 1556 WL 663 · Collection · 1936-1940

Papers giving evidence of anti-Semitic measures taken by the Nazis, comprising a letter from Preussische Gestapo to the Reichsnährstand regarding the appropriation of a Jewish convalescent home in Belzig, Brandenburg, 29 Jul 1936; letter from Gestapo Hamburg, 23 Sep 1939, to all Jews in the greater Hamburg region detailing procedures for the seizure of all radios in accordance with an order made on 1 Sep 1939 and notice from the Gestapo Bielefeld regarding a curfew for Jews, 9 May 1940.

Jewish Central Information Office
Antisemitism in Holland
GB 1556 WL 726 · Collection · [1936]

Papers relating to anti-Semitism in Holland comprising letter from Professor D Cohen in Holland to Neville Laski in London on anti-Semitism in Holland, 13 Jul 1936; notes on Comité van waakzamheid, an organisation founded in 1936 by intellectuals in Holland to counter the Dutch Nazi movement and photograph of an antisemitic leaflet.

David Cohen
GB 1556 WL 987 · Collection · 1938

Papers concerning antisemitic measures in Nazi Germany, 1938, comprising a typescript copy of an order given by Hermann Wilhelm Goering outlining Adolf Hitler's decisions concerning Jews and their property and residence; including use of dining cars and sleepers on trains; ban from entry to certain hotels and restaurants; pensions and mixed marriages. The collection includes an English translation.

Unknown
GB 1556 WL 1124 · Collection · 1935-1940

Papers concerning antisemitic discrimination in the Third Reich, 1935-1940, relating to the workplace discrimination against Jews during this period and notably comprise copies of correspondence including a notification to Willy Kroener, a dentist, that he must have a plaque outside his house stating that treatment is restricted to Jews only, 20 Feb 1939; correspondence to Magdalena Meyerstein, Leipzig, from the Reichstheaterkammer that she can no longer be a member of that organisation, 9 Apr 1937-6 Sep 1940 and a pro-forma letter from the Reichsnährstand, Kleve, Rheinland, regarding the treatment of those who have dealings with Jewish traders, [1930s].

Various
GB 0074 CLC/002 · Collection · 1704-1989

RESTRICTED ACCESS: PERMISSION NEEDED FROM THE SOCIETY.

Records of the Antiquarian Horological Society, comprising: AGM notices, 1966-date (Ms 20510); minutes, 1950-70 (Ms 20511, 20512-13, 20575); lists of members, 1957-67 (Ms 20511A); publicity material, 1954-ca. 1974 (Ms 20514-15); Benjamin Gray's daybook, 1704-26 (Ms 23726); Robert Gardner's commonplace book, ca. 1887 (Ms 29842); and miscellaneous papers, ca. 1915-89 (Ms 29186-7A, 29287, 29292, 30794-4A).

Ms 20514 is a series of printed pamphlets recording the history of the Society in a summary form, 1955-ca. 1974.

They were catalogued at various dates from 1983 by members of Guildhall Library staff. Access to records should be sought from the Society (contact details may be obtained from the enquiry desk).

Antiquarian Horological Society
GB 0074 CLC/025 · Collection · 1832-1834

Records of the Antient and Honourable Lumber Troop, comprising list of officers, rules and instructions for procedure, instructions for the ceremony of initiation into the troop, and copy of the troop song.

Antient and Honourable Lumber Troop , social club
GB 0074 LMA/4421 · Collection · 197- - 199-

Papers of the London Branch of the Anti Apartheid Movement. The records are wide ranging and include minutes, reports, memoranda and correspondence, as well as publications and more ephemeral material documenting the many events and demonstrations organised by the movement. Although the collection relates specifically to the local and regional groups for the London area, the papers are equally concerned with the wider business of the movement, at both the national and international levels. Records of the Annual General Meetings, the National Committee and the Executive Committee are held as well as material from the London Committee and papers of local anti apartheid groups. The papers of David Kenvyn, chairperson of the London Committee and secretary of Redbridge Apartheid Group, reflect the regional and local activities of the movement, while papers from related organisations illustrate the extent to which the movement worked in partnership with other bodies.

Anti Apartheid Movement , London Branch
Anthony Kersting material
GB 0347 D113 · Collection · [1940-1949]

Notebook containing a record of a trip to Petra in 1944, typescript and handwritten accounts of trips in Syria, Mesopotamia and Amman and a poster for an exhibition of Anthony Kersting's photographs.

Please contact the Archive for further information.
ANSELL, John (1860-1936)
GB 0074 F/ANS · Collection · 1690-1935

Personal correspondence of John Ansell, Chief Clerk of the Middlesex Deeds Registry, including letters from Lord Truro and papers relating to the administration and management of the Middlesex Deeds Registry.

Ansell , John , 1860-1936 , Chief Clerk of the Middlesex Deeds Registry
ANNA Romskog (fl 2005)
GB 0074 LMA/4641 · Collection · 2013

Records of Anna Romskog (student at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, USA), including a oral history interview with her tutor, Jacqueline deVries, regarding her experience of the 2005 London bombings, when she was present in central London. Consists of a paper transcript of interview, supporting documentation and an audio copy of interview on CD.

Romskog , Anna , fl 2005
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-019 · Collection · 1911-1957

Records of the Ankola Tea and Rubber Company Limited including articles of association; prospectuses; annual reports; correspondence and reports on the estates.

Ankola Tea and Rubber Co Ltd
GB 0120 GC/52 · Collection · 1911-1916

Minutes of the Executive Council of the Animal Defence and Anti-vivisection Society, 26 May 1911-17 Aug 1916.

Animal Defence and Anti-vivisection Society
ANGUER FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/0079 · Collection · 1547-1789

Records of the Anguer family; comprising title deeds and legal documents relating to land and property in the Manor of Poplar, including Stepney, Stratford and Bromley by Bow.

Various.
ANGLO-THAI CORPORATION
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-01 · Collection · 1836-1979

Records of the Anglo-Thai Corporation and predecessors; including partnership deeds; agreements; articles of association; Directors' minute books; press cuttings; annual reports; papers relating to shares; financial records; correspondence, tenders; employment contracts; deeds for property and photographs.

Gillanders, Ewart and Co , traders in goods from India x Arbuthnot, Ewart and Co , traders in goods from India Ewart, Lyon and Co , traders in goods from India x Ewart, Latham and Co , traders in goods from India Anglo Siam Corporation x Anglo Thai Corporation
GB 0074 CLC/B/011 · Collection · 1897-1948

The surviving archives of Anglo-Russian Cotton Factories Limited consist of board and general meetings minutes, and papers relating to the act of association and to dividends.

Anglo-Russian Cotton Factories Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/010 · Collection · 1919-1990

Records of the Anglo-Portuguese Bank Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; Board minutes; annual reports and accounts; correspondence; financial records; manager's files; some staff files; and communications with headquarters in Portugal.

Anglo-Portuguese Colonial and Overseas Bank , 1919-1955 Anglo-Portuguese Bank Ltd , 1955-1977 AP Bank Ltd , 1977-1987 Riggs AP Bank , 1987-2005
ANGLO-MAIKOP GROUP
GB 0074 CLC/B/009 · Collection · 1910-1949

Papers of the Anglo-Maikop Group, oil mining company, and subsidiaries as follows:
Anglo-Maikop Corporation Ltd. (Mss 24054-62);
Kuban Black Sea Oilfields Ltd. (Mss 24063-8);
Kuban Refining Co. Ltd. (Mss 24069-74);
Black Sea Amalgamated Oilfields Ltd. (Mss 24075-7);
Levanovskoe Petroleum Co.Ltd. (Mss 24078-83);
Maikop Combine Ltd. (Mss 24084-90);
Maikop Midland Oilfields Ltd. (Mss 24091-6);
Maikop Pipeline and Transport Co. Ltd. (Mss 24097-103);
Maikop Refineries Ltd. (Mss 24104-9);
Maikop Valley Oil Co. Ltd. (Mss 24110-15).

The records include memoranda and articles of association; minutes; financial records and accounts; agreements; and reports.

Anglo-Maikop Group , oil mining company
ANGLO-JEWISH EDUCATION
GB 0074 ACC/2712/AJE · Collection · 1861-1995

Records of the United Synagogue's own Board of Jewish Religious Education, as well as the London Board of Jewish Religious Education and its predecessor the Jewish Religious Education Board, and other bodies such as the Union of Hebrew and Religious Classes, the Jewish Association for the Diffusion of Religious Knowledge, the Jewish Memorial Council, the Central Council for Jewish Religious Education and the Jewish Voluntary Schools Association. Also records of individual schools and institutions such as the Jews Free School, Jewish Infant Schools, Westminster Jews Free School, Ilford Jewish Primary School and Michael Sobell Sinai School. The records themselves include minutes, correspondence, reports, annual reports, financial records, registers of bar mitzvah tests, printed material such as publicity, brochures, prospectuses, journals and press cuttings, and the papers of Governing bodies.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

United Synagogue , Board of Jewish Religious Education