Rental for the manor of Hendon, Middlesex.
Sin títuloRental of the manor of Sticklepath, Devon, 1732-1733.
Sin títuloCollection of documents relating to manors, comprising: admittance from the Court Baron of the Manor of Worcesters cum Enfield; legal forms for the use of a steward of a manor; and custumal and precedent book for the manors of Stepney and Hackney.
Sin títuloPapers of the Devonshire Square (Particular) Baptist Church and predecessor church the Turners' Hall meeting. The records comprise memoranda and constitutional documents, minutes, records of membership and attendance, and financial material. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff.
Sin títuloTranscripts of records of the Baptist Church at Paul's Alley, Barbican. LMA holds no original records of the church, but was presented with a number of transcripts compiled by Hilda Marvell, from the originals at the Library of the Baptist Historical Society and Dr Williams' Library. The transcripts include minutes of church meetings, lists of members, and register of baptisms.
Sin títuloRecords of the Baptist Church, White Alley, City of London, comprising minutes of church meetings.
Sin títuloRecords of the Hare Court Independent Church, Aldersgate, comprising letters relating to hiring a new minister.
Sin títuloRecords of Jewin Street Wesleyan Chapel, comprising annual chapel trust schedules.
Sin títuloInterment order book for the Whitechapel Quaker Burial Ground, 1777-1781, comprising printed orders to the gravemaker, annotated with the name, address, age, date and cause of death, monthly meeting membership and date of burial of the deceased.
Sin títuloCollection of records relating to non-established religion in London, including papers of the Freethinking Christians, the Dutch churches in Colchester and Norwich and St Martin Orgar French Church. The record of the latter comprise minutes, lists of members and seatholders, and financial material.
Sin títuloRecords of Sion College, a society of Anglican clergy. The majority of the collection dates from 1631, with deeds from 1611. The records include notes on the history of the College; constitution, rules and bye-laws; Court of Governor's minutes and other Committee minutes; annual reports; financial accounts; lists of Fellows and subscription books; letter books and correspondence; papers of the Secretary; legal papers; menus and invitations to events; newsletters and promotional material; press cuttings; papers relating to properties and estates owned by the College; papers relating to the library including committee minutes, inventories, lists of borrowed books and registers of rebinding; photographs of past Presidents and Fellows; and photographs of the Library and College.
Sin títuloRecords of Saint Katharine by the Tower Hospital, later known as the Royal College of Saint Katharine and the Royal Foundation of Saint Katharine. Records include charters and licences; rules and regulations; legal papers; minutes; correspondence and letter books; annual reports; financial accounts; registers of baptism, marriage and burial; banns books; Vestry minutes; papers regarding the manor of the hospital; papers regarding poor relief; papers of the Commissary Court of the Royal Peculiar including marriage allegations; papers regarding estates and properties including title deeds and surveys; maps and plans.
This catalogue also includes records deposited in the Library from the Valuation and Rates Department of the Corporation of the City of London in 1920. These volumes relate to rate assessments and poor law administration of the Precinct and probably reached the Corporation via the neighbouring parish of St Botolph Aldgate, to which the inhabitants of the Precinct would naturally have turned in 1825. Later Precinct books are catalogued within the archive of St Botolph Aldgate.
Sin título"Rules of the Monastery of Syon", probably written in the early 16th century for use by the brethren of Syon Abbey, Isleworth, Middlesex.
Sin títuloPapers of the City of London School of Instruction and Industry. The records include minutes, accounts, registers of pupils, reports, letter books and administrative papers.
Sin títuloRecords of Sir John Cass's Foundation and associated institutions. The archive is arranged as follows:
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Minutes, Ms 31010-18;
- Accounts, Ms 31019-38, Ms 19627;
- Legal papers, Ms 31039-54;
- Correspondence, Ms 31055-63;
- Estates records, Ms 31064-97, Ms 19628;
- Cass School, Ms 31098-124;
- Sir John Cass Technical Institute, Ms 31125-37;
- St Botolph Aldgate Parochial School, Ms 31138-55;
- Billingsgate and Tower Wards School, Ms 31156-64;
- Bridge, Candlewick and Dowgate Wards School, Ms 31165-6;
- Broad Street Ward School, Ms 31167-76;
- Cornhill, Lime Street and Langbourn Wards School, Ms 31177-88;
- Red Coat School, Ms 31189-95;
- Aldgate and Allhallows Barking Exhibition Foundation, Ms 31196-225;
- Aldgate Freedom Foundation, Ms 31226-9;
- Butler's Charity, Ms 31230-46;
- St Botolph Aldgate Union Fund, Ms 31247-9;
- St Dunstan's Educational Foundation, Ms 31250-78;
- Miscellaneous records, Ms 31279-85.
The records of the Hackney estate remain uncatalogued at present, as do a large number of miscellaneous deeds and legal papers, mostly 18th century, which probably belonged to the private clients of Jeremiah Bentham, the Charity's receiver.
Legal papers of the Sir John Cass's Foundation, including scheme for the administration of the foundation; administrations and will of John Cass; copy of John Cass's second will; copy inventory and accounts of John Cass's goods and estates; trust deeds; trustee's petition to the Lord Chancellor regarding the school in Hackney; cases in Chancery brought against the Trustees; Charity Commissioners' reports and schemes; and grants of arms.
Sin títuloCorrespondence of the Sir John Cass's Foundation, including Schoolmaster's out-letter books; Hackney Estate Office out-letter books; Registrar's out-letter books; Clerk's out-letter books; and Clerk's correspondence about Billingsgate Ward School.
Sin títuloRecords of the St Botolph Aldgate Parochial School, later the Sir John Cass Junior School. The surviving records of the parish school begin in 1729 (Ms 31138). These include minutes, accounts, reports, correspondence, admission registers and title deeds. Separate pupil records exist from 1896 only.
Sin títuloRecords of the Aldgate and Allhallows Barking Exhibition Foundation and predecessors Death's Charity and Starling's Trust, including minute books; conveyances; appointment of trustees; Chancery Court papers; financial accounts; schemes for management of the charity; litst of candidates and scholars; title deeds and other papers relating to properties owned by the Charity.
Sin títuloRecords of the St Botolph Aldgate Union Fund apprenticeship charity, comprising Management Committee minutes; statements of accounts; and apprenticeship indentures.
Sin títuloCripplegate Within Ward Schools records, comprising minutes, attendance registers and log books, a declaration of trust, inspector's reports and deeds.
Sin títuloFarringdon Within Ward Schools records comprising a register of sermons preached for the benefit of the children, and volume of accounts.
Sin títuloThree volumes of a magazine entitled The Monthly Instructer, possibly produced by Worship Street Sunday School.
Sin títuloTwo files of research by Charles Angell Bradford relating to the history of the church and parish of Saint Sepulchre, Holborn.
Sin títuloTranscripts of baptism, marriage and burial registers for Saint John at Hackney (1545-1812); White Colne, Essex (1558-1812); and Little Waltham, Essex (1538-1812).
Sin títuloVolumes of notes relating to churches in London, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire. Including architectural sketches and plans, compiled 1820s to 1840s. Some of these notes were later published in the Gentleman's Magazine. The notes appear to have been gathered together and pasted in to these volumes after Carlos' death.
Sin títuloRecords of discount bankers Smith St Aubyn and Company Limited, comprising ledgers and general ledgers 1891-1954, ledgers of partners' and trustees' accounts 1930-1939, trade acceptors ledgers 1927-1955, cash books 1891-1960, daybooks and rough daybooks 1891-1958, journals 1946-50, loans books and ledgers 1932-1952, private accounts loans and interest books 1931-1952, bills books 1891-1892 and 1933-1956, business and appointments diaries 1891-1959.
Sin títuloSociety of Sugar Refiners of London records comprise: minutes, 1776-1818, and agreements, 1771-81.
Sin títuloRecords of Eastern Bank Limited. The archives are those of the London Head Office, and most of the correspondence is in the name of the General Manager. The collection includes corporate records; minutes; General Manager's papers; accounts; correspondence with branches; inspection of branches; lending (except the Mundhra loan); staff records; and premises records.
Access to the archives is subject to a 45 year rule, with a 70 year rule for records containing personally sensitive information. In addition, all records are held off-site, and require at least 24 hours notice for access.
Sin títuloPapers of Wallace Brothers and Company Limited, East India Merchants, bankers and London agents, later known as Wallace Brothers and Company (Holdings) Limited. Most of the records emanate from the core business of the Wallace Brothers partnership and its successors; but some emanate from the business of associated or subsidiary companies which were based in London. The latter include the records of Wyer and Hawke, London agents of Bombay Company Limited, who operated from the London office of Wallace Brothers between 1912 and 1968.
The archive does not hold the papers of Wallace Brothers' associated or subsidiary companies based overseas. No lists of the papers of these companies are held, and their whereabouts and accessibility are unknown. However the archives transferred to Guildhall from Wallace Brothers' London office include a considerable amount of information about the activities of many of these companies, including numerous copy and original documents sent to London by the companies concerned.
Besides papers created or received in the course of business, the Wallace Brothers archives include some memoirs of partners, directors or members of staff, and notes of research into the history of Wallace Brothers and its associates and subsidiaries.
The business papers date from 1862 to 1989, and relate to all aspects of Wallace Brothers' operations, although few banking records are held, and only formal business records survive from the period ca. 1966-1989.
Access is subject to a 45-year closure period (70 years in the case of personnel records). Annual reports and other published documents are not subject to closure.
The associated and subsidiary companies whose activities are known to be reflected in the Wallace Brothers archives are (provisionally) listed below, in the order in which the records will be arranged in the catalogue:
- Arrancan Company Limited, Burma rice merchants;
- Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited;
- subsidiaries and associaties of Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited: Amalgamated Saw Mills Limited, Anamallais Ropeway Company Limited, Bombay Burmah Plantations Limited, East India Rubber Corporation Limited;
- subsidiaries and associates of East India Rubber Corporation Limited (Bombay-Java Trading Company, Indo-Java Rubber Planting and Trading Company Limited), Joint Timber Company Limited, Thailand, North Borneo Timbers Limited;
- subsidiaries and associates of North Borneo Timbers Limited (Wallace Bay Limited), Rangoon Mining Company, Sumatra Petroleum Company, Thai Tapioca Limited;
- Bombay Company Limited;
- subsidiaries and associates of Bombay Company Limited: BCL Limited, BMD Agency Limited, Dymes and Company, cotton mill owners and oilseed processors, Madras, Karachi Company Limited (formerly the Karachi branch of Bombay Company Limited; established as a separate company in 1952), Lakhshmi Cotton Manufacturing Company, Sholapur, India, Wyer and Hawke, London agents of Bombay Company Limited;
- Chrestian and Company, mica producers, India;
- DP Investments Limited;
- subsidiaries and associates of DP Investments Limited: Development Participations Limited;
- Glazebrook, Steel and Company Limited, textile manufacturers, Manchester;
- Hermes Securities Limited;
- subsidiaries and associates of Hermes Securities Limited: Hermes Credit Corporation Limited;
- Kerosene Oil Company Limited;
- Leslie and Anderson Limited;
- Malaysian Company Limited;
- Tannadine Company Limited, Sumatra;
- Wallace and Adam Limited, agricultural equipment importers, Kenya;
- subsidiaries and associates of Wallace and Adam Limited: Kiu Estate Limited, Ol Pejeta Ranching Company Limited, Pyrita Limited;
- Wallace and Company, Bombay;
- Wallace Brothers Developments Limited;
- Wallace Brothers Finance Limited;
- Wallace Brothers Nominees Limited;
- Wallace Evans and Company Limited (known as Wallace Brothers Commodities Limited from 1967).
Records of merchants Stratton and Gibson (later known as Stratton, Gibson and Fuller) comprising two series of account books, 1798-1817.
Sin títuloRecords of solicitors Richard Brunskill; George Sutton and Mark Merriman. The records comprise financial material and correspondence.
Sin títuloRecords of T Wiggin and Company, merchants, comprising ledgers 1858-74; waste books 1864-72; out-letter book 1865; correspondence and accounts 1865-72.
Sin títuloRecords of various property companies, all associated with Trafalgar House Developments Limited. The records include constitutional documents; annual reports and accounts; financial material; minutes; correspondence; registers of leases and rents; lists of shareholders; deeds and papers relating to property.
Sin títuloRecords of Wills, Faber and Dumas Limited comprising sea casualty books, 1916-20 and 1930-50; and a register of claims, 1932-54.
Sin títuloFormulary and precedent book of a London law clerk or attorney's scrivener, possibly John Ambler.
Sin títuloDeed of co-partnership between William Baldwyn and John Tynte to act as woollen drapers.
Sin títuloArticles of agreement between Henry Ballow, citizen and dyer, and Eliazer Hasell, mercer, regulating the administration of their joint property and debts at the end of their partnership as mercers.
Sin títuloMinute book of the trustees of the Central Bahia Railway Trust.
Sin títuloLetter book of Italian merchant Thomas D'Aeth. Commodities referred to in the letters include oil, spices, fish, dye-woods and some textiles.
Sin títuloTwo letters from George Dance the younger; the first relating to preparations for the entertainment at Guildhall of the Prince Regent, the Emperor of Russia Alexander I and the King of Prussia Frederick William III, 1814; the second describing Dance's son as surviving the battle of Waterloo, 1815. With a sheet of verse in Dance's hand, 1810.
Sin títuloLiquidator's accounts for DL Thomson and Company, stockbrokers.
Sin títuloCurrent account ledgers of a merchant banker, perhaps a predecessor of Samuel Dobree and Sons.
Sin títuloThe Dry Docks Corporation of London Limited records comprise the minute book of the board of directors and finance committee, and accompanying index. The whereabouts of any other records is not known.
Sin títuloRecords of Felix Calvert and Company, brewers, comprising accounts of beer supplied to customers.
Sin títuloRecords of insurance brokers Fenning and Shepard, comprising annual abstracts of balances, which were drawn from company ledgers 'A' and 'B' (whereabouts now unknown).
Sin títuloLetters to William Hurt from Thomas Rogers, writing from Surrat (Surat), Mesulapatam (Masulipatam) and Gulcondah (Golconda, now Hyderabad).
Sin títuloDeeds of settlement of the Llantysilio Slate Company.
Sin títuloAccount book of the clerk of the Coal Exchange. The book includes receipts include money for shares, with names of subscribers; market dues paid by non-proprietors; interest on capital; rents of parts of the premises; and rents of offices in the Exchange, with names of tenants.
Payments include the purchase of the site; building and maintenance work; wages and salaries; cleaning, lighting, watching, and winding the clock; rates, taxes and insurance; half-yearly dinners; newspapers; dividends, with recipients' names.
From 1781 there are receipts and payments towards a 'New Room', funded by subscription.
Sin títuloPapers of Luxton and Company, fishmongers, mostly letters to John Hawkins Luxton relating to trading and family matters.
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