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Records of William Worsley, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. These account rolls relate to William Worsley's private and personal income and include not only the revenues of the deanery of St Paul's, but also those of his other ecclesiastical preferments and numerous other estates held privately by Worsley in London, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Berkshire.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1728-1991, mainly comprising legal documents and other records relating to the Hamsell and Birchden estates in Sussex. Also Clerk's general account books.

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.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Farmers, 1947-2005, including ordinances; Court and Committee minute books; membership lists; correspondence files; financial accounts; newsletters; Clerk's files; histories; photographs; papers relating to Wye College and papers relating to property.

THESE RECORDS (EXCEPT PRINTED ITEMS MS 33643/1, 33648, 33650) ARE SUBJECT TO A 30 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. A 70 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO MS 38544-5.

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.

Papers of the Wood family, including records relating to properties in Laleham, Littleton and Shepperton including title deeds, tax assessments, legal papers, rentals, court rolls and plans; family letters, particularly between Edward Wood and his London agent John Pack; family papers such as legal opinions, marriage settlements, wills, and financial accounts; and papers relating to court cases including the Chancery case of Sir Richard Lane versus Charles Wood, 1733, and the Chancery case of Wood versus Wood, 1738-1746.

The material as a whole provides a fascinating picture of the Wood family in the seventeenth century, their personal letters and papers complemented by the deeds of the property they acquired. The material is also interesting from a wider point of view. There are, for example, various references to the Elections of Members of Parliament for Middlesex, including a letter from Henry Spiller of Laleham in 1695 saying, "I have this day sent to particularly and spoken to myself every person in this parish that I thought a freeholder" (March 4th, 1695?). The results of his canvassing are given in detail. Less information has survived on the plague, however, than one might expect. Pack was apparently in the habit of sending down to Littleton the current Bills of Mortality, but unfortunately none of these have survived, although Edward Wood frequently makes pious and sententious comments on them. There are also interesting sidelights on the political scene, including two detailed accounts of the background of the 1688 deposition, and four political and satirical ballads. It is surprising, however, to see how little the family were affected by the enormous political changes taking place. Edward Wood, for example, made his fortune during the Interregnum but did not suffer from the Restoration when he set himself up as a wealthy landowner in Middlesex.

Records of the Wood family, comprising 1695 marriage settlement between Edward Wood (son of Thomas and Dorothy) and Elizabeth Bridger of Guildford, mentioning land in Harmondsworth, Stanwell, Littleton, and Yorkshire. Also probate relating to money left by Thomas Wood of Littleton, 1856.

Records consist of farm accounts (1920-1937) and stud book listing the pedigree of mares from Theydon Hall Farm.

Records of the Wetherall family relating to their Castlebar and Castle Hill estates in Ealing, including leases, conveyances, abstracts of title, agreements, plans of the estate, and papers relating to a Chancery case regarding part of the estate.

Documents relating to the Westminster Bridge inquisitions, 1739-1746. The documents relate to the acquisition of land in Westminster. For each case there is a precept for summoning a jury, a list of jurymen and their resulting inquisition. The list records the general location of the property and the owner or leaseholder concerned.

Copy of Court Roll made at the Court Baron of Sir John Brokett (Brockett), Lord of the Manor of Westington, containing a surrender by John Clerke (by the hands of John Cony and William Clerke, customary tenants) of a copyhold property and the admission of John Adams, his heir, for a fine of 16s. The property consists of 3 acres known as Grene Croft. Signed by Thomas Walkenden, steward.

Copy of a Court Roll made at the Court Baron of Sir John Brokett (Brockett), Lord of the Manor of Westington, containing a Surrender of copyhold by Richard Adams, customary tenant, of a tenement with croft adjacent containing one acre, another close containing about three acres, also three acres of arable land lying in Fynceley Churche Fylde, to the use of John Adams, his elder son. Also contains the Admission of John Adams for an annual rent of 7s.9d.

Records of the Wegg family of Acton and the Round family of Essex and Acton, relating to estates in Acton. The documents are arranged in 14 bundles with the following contents:

1. Marriage Settlement: Samuel Wegg and Elizabeth Lehook. 1745-1767.
   2. Descent of land in Acton, by exchange with the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to Samuel Wegg. 1719-1759.
   3. Descent of land in manor of Acton, via Somerset, Lethieullier and Fetherstonhaugh to Samuel Wegg. 1712-1802.
   4. Descent of Fordhook Estate, Ealing via Crowcher, etc., to George Samuel Wegg. 1718-1813.
   5. Descent of house and land in Acton via Sir Joseph Ayloffe Houlding, etc. to Samuel Wegg. 1661-1750. Partition of inheritance of Elizabeth Wegg and Sarah Prosser, sisters and coheirs of George Samuel Wegg. 1817.
   6. Descent of land in the manor of Acton via George Samuel Wegg to Elizabeth Wegg. 1759-1817.
   7. Descent of property in Acton via Lutyens, etc. to Elizabeth Wegg. 1661-1830.
   8. Descent of Bank House, Acton and Pew in Acton parish church (and Fordhook, Ealing) to Elizabeth Wegg. 1633-1837.
   9. Land in manor of Ealing: Elizabeth Wegg. 1830.
   10. Miscellaneous Documents: receipts, accounts, letters, etc., Elizabeth Wegg. 1604-1864.
   11. Descent of land to Charles G. Round from Elizabeth Wegg and further documents relating to Charles G. Round. 1842-1856.
   12. Plans.
   13. Documents re Land Tax on Acton and Ealing property. 1799 & 1840.
   14. Acton Charities. 1855.

Letter from Dorothea Watson of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire to an unknown female recipient, 24 Sep 1688. Has heard from Mrs Watson of Danby Wiske, [North Riding of Yorkshire], that a servant (a niece of Mrs Watson) was leaving the recipient's service at Martinmas (11 November); asks her 'to answer the queries on the [o]ther side ... and were Master and Mistresses to [be] upon honor, in their character of servants, there woud [so] on be an end of all complaints of bad ones'. Autograph, with signature. Some traces of the questions from the dorse are visible in reverse on the face of the letter.

WMS/Amer.91 is one of a series of annual orders for general estate supplies sent by Washington to London. MS.7799 comprises a photograph of a letter from Washington shortly before his death, discussing his false teeth, plus supporting documentation.

Records of Wandsworth Common Conservators, 1872-1888, including signed minutes; printed reports of the Chairman and of the Conservators; bye-laws made by the Conservators; financial ledgers; petty cash books; and register of mortgages.

Wandsworth Common records, including: minutes and financial statements of the Wandsworth Common Conservators; correspondence, minutes, leaflets relating to the campaign to save the Common from enclosure; copies of the Wandsworth Common Bill and related material.

Papers of Vincenzo Viviani comprising administrative documentation, an inscription by Viviani honouring Galileo, and a treatise on land reclamation, 1653-1701.

Records of Tottenham Manor, 1619-1920, including court rolls; survey of the manor; account book; quit rental; and Reminiscences of Tottenham by Mrs J W Couchman. Records of Edmonton Manor, 1661-1933, including court books; minute books; survey of the manor; lists of copyholders, fines and rents; annual rentals; quit rentals; stewards' financial accounts and notebook; and manorial court rod. Also precedent book for the manors of Tottenham and Edmonton, 1830.

Records of the Manor of Tooting Graveney, comprising court roll for courts baron with view of frankpledge.

Letter from Francis Tomwsidwy of Gayton, [Northamptonshire] to William Bamwell Esq, Upton, [Northamptonshire], 15 Feb 1602. '... I thanke youe, and thinke my selfe beholding unto youe that it will please youe to afford me these kyndnes to fence my ground wth yor owne thornes (wch I confesse) will be muche more durable than my smoth wood, for the price of them I referre mee to yor selfe and will pay youe what soe ever shall beste please youe.' Mentions Tomsidwy's resolution to sell 'Oldfyeld' and his journey to Northampton with his wife. Written and signed in an italic hand [presumably Tomsidwy's own].

Minute book, 1920-1921, of the Tlahualilo Agricultural Company and the Mexican Cotton Estates of Tlahualilo Ltd Holding Company, Trustees.

Letters of attorney by John Thornbury, knight and William Thornbury, clerk for Robert Billesdon, gentleman to deliver seisin of two shops with upper rooms in Walbrook, to Robert Ferbras, surgeon, John Dayvile, surgeon, William Sipnam, grocer and Walter Bartlot, fishmonger.

One page of a terrier listing 79 pieces of land. The names of the tenants of abutting properties are given. Probably dating from the 18th century.

Records relating to enclosure in Teddington, comprising copy of a Private Act of Parliament (39 George III, Cap. 101) for dividing and otherwise improving all the Common Fields, Commons, Wastes and other Commonable lands and grounds within the Manor, Parish of Teddington, Middlesex, 1799.

Family papers of the Taylor family, including property ownership documents such as leases, releases, bonds, assignments and grants; financial papers such as bills and receipts; legal papers and counsel's opinions; and family papers such as letters, inventories, wills and marriage settlements. The papers relate to various locations including Harlesden, Chiswick, Staines, Ealing, Hounslow and the City of London.

Papers of the Tatem family relating to the Weir Hall estate, Edmonton. The documents relate mainly to the partial sale of the estate in the 19th Century and gradual urban development in the early 20th century.

Papers relating to the Breakspears Estate in Harefield and the families who lived there, particuarly the Ashby family and Joseph Partridge. The papers include legal documents relating to property transactions in Harefield and maps and photographs of the Breakspears estate.

There are also papers relating to property transactions in other parts of Middlesex including Edmonton, Enfield, Ickenham, Ruislip and Teddington; and other counties including Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Bedfordshire and Berkshire.

Farm diary and account book for Swakeleys Farm, Ickenham, Hillingdon, 1842-1884, with references to Herres [or Hercies] Farm, Hillingdon.

Records of the Manor of Stepney, also known as the Manor of Stebunheath, including court baron books; abstracts of court baron rolls; homage books; enfranchisement books; quit rent books; surveys of manorial lands; maps and plans; records relating to property including leases, assignments, conveyances, abstracts of title, wills, marriage settlements and agreements; and correspondence.

Copy of the Stanwell Enclosure Act, "for dividing and inclosing the several open fields arable and meadow grounds, and lammas lands, and commons, moors, and waste lands within the manors of Stanwell and Hammonds, otherwise Shipcot, and in the parish of Stanwell, in the County of Middlesex".

Papers of the Milner and Sperling families of Tottenham, including title deeds for properties purchased by James Milner in Tottenham including mansion and land built by Sir Richard Martin; deeds and inventories for properties owned by Henry Sperling the Elder and Henry Sperling the Younger in Tottenham; papers relating to the Manor of Tottenham and the Manor of Iver held by Henry Piper Sperling.

Records of the Southampton Estate, including correspondence, registers, rental accounts, maps and plans; legal papers, particularly relating to the case Lord Southampton vs the Duke of Grafton; correspondence of the trustees of Lord Southampton; and title deeds and other papers relating to properties in Camden, Kentish Town, St Pancras and Kent.

Certificates, 1887, of Sonora Land Company to title to land in Arizpe and Moctezuma and Salmaripa, in the State of Sonora, Mexico.

Letter from Sir John Sinclair of 133 George Street, Edinburgh to James [Thomson] Gibson-Craig of Riccardton, 23 Apr 1825. Covering note enclosing a copy of Sinclair's pamphlet Defence of the landed and farming interests (1825).

Autograph, with signature.

Records of the Sherborn family of East Bedfont. The main part of the collection consists of family, estate and parish documents. Most refer to land and events in East Bedfont and the surrounding parishes. There are some fine estate plans (most notably the 1694 plan of Pates Manor, ref ACC/3259/SE2/001) and complementary records concerning enclosure and tithe apportionment. Family correspondence includes the letter book of William Sherborn 1846-1870 (ref ACC/3259/SF3/001) and letters signed by Sir Edward Sherburne, royalist and poet 1684-1687 (ref ACC/3259/SF3/003-005). In addition, there are many references to incidents in local history which will bear interesting comparison with records already deposited in the archive. The artificial collections consist partly of title deeds and partly of correspondence, which includes communication news concerning industrial developments in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1806-1822 (ref ACC/3259/AX/042-046).

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.

Records of Shepperton Manor including court rolls; indexes to court rolls; extracts from court rolls; court memos; surrenders and powers of attorney.

Records of the Shadwell family relating to Northolt, Ruislip and Greenford. Records include papers relating to the sale of estates and property transactions in Northolt and Ruislip; estate administration; sales particulars; manorial records; financial papers; legal papers; and notes on the history of the area.

2 letters written to Frederic Seebohm. (1) From Richard Oliver Heslop, iron and steel merchant of Akenside Hill and Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 Feb 1886. Promising to send a tracing of a map of Corbridge, Northumberland; suggests sources bearing on the history of land tenure in Northumberland. (2) From [James] Saunders, of Clapham and Westminster, 20 Oct 1892. Covering letter sent with tracings of some common field systems, discussing land tenure.

Both letters are autograph, with signatures.

Records, 1902-1977 and undated, of and accumulated by the Restatement of African Law Project (RALP), School of Oriental and African Studies, comprising papers of RALP relating to administration, including minutes; and research material, such as notes, publications, theses, and other collected papers, on tribes and places including Basutoland (Lesotho), Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and Zambia, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Tanzania, and Uganda, relating to customs, aspects of law including succession, slavery, marriage and divorce, land tenure, legal systems, including customary law, legislation, courts, and particular legal cases.

Papers relating to the estates of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury comprising documents relating to property transfer, such as conveyances, mortgages, valuations, leases and abstracts of title. The properties mentioned are primarily in the St James's Park area, Westminster.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Sunbury on Thames, including registers of baptisms, confirmations, banns, marriages and burials; service registers; papers relating to endowments; papers of the churchwardens including accounts, rates, and papers regarding the maintenance of the church and churchyard; Vestry meeting minutes; Overseers of the Poor financial accounts; papers relating to parish charities; papers relating to Sunbury National Schools including minutes; papers of Sunbury Parochial Committee; papers of the Church Rebuilding Campaign; papers relating to the cemetery; Enclosure Acts and awards; and maps of the parish.

Records of the Parish of Saint Andrew, Enfield, comprising churchwarden's receipts for fines paid for encroachment on Enfield Chase.

Copy will of William Bryant of Turnham Green, 1767-1768, relating to his estate at Sudbury and Turnham Green; lease and release relating to land in Acton Common Field and Turnham Green Common Field, 1807, and copy of Act for enclosing lands in parish of Hanwell, 1813.

Papers relating to enclosure in Ruislip, including a copy of the Ruislip Enclosure award and a survey of Ruislip as inclosed by Act of Parliament.

Archive, 1754 to date, of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA; formerly the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, or Society of Arts), created by the Society in the course of its activities, and comprising records of its administration (Ref: AD), and records of its activities and events (Ref: PR), also including some printed material dating back to 1634.

Administrative records of the Society include:

Records of Miscellaneous Committees to discuss the programme and administration of the Society, including the Committee of Correspondence and Papers and the Committee of Miscellaneous Matters, 1754-1848 (Ref: AD.MA/104).
Records of the Society from 1754, later the Council (established 1845) (Ref: AD.MA/100).

Records concerning Chairmen of Council (from 1846) and Council membership (Ref: AD.MA/102).

Records of Secretaries (administrative head of the Society), after 1994 known as the Director (Ref: AD.MA/101).

Records of Presidents (Ref: AD.MA/103).

Records of Membership/Fellowship, relating to subscribers to the Society, originally termed 'members', referred to as 'Fellows' from 1908 (Ref: AD.MA/900). (The archive does not include extensive biographical information on RSA Fellows, although dates of membership of Fellows are usually recorded.)
Records concerning the Society's House in John Adam Street from its design and construction by the Adam Brothers, including correspondence, papers, notes, leases and other legal documents, relating to administration, management, alteration and repair of the building (Ref: AD.MA/300).

Records of various House Committees set up at different times to look at the building, its use, function, administration and management (Ref: AD.MA/305).

Accounting and financial records produced by various committees including the Accounts Committee and Finance and General Purposes Committee (Ref: AD.MA/400).

Annual Reports recording the Society's activities over the year, initially within the Journal (from 1852), but later as a separate publication (Ref: AD.MA/701).

Records relating to general lectures (developed from the 1850s when the Society ceased the award of premiums for inventions), with correspondence mainly concerning administrative arrangements for speakers and publication of their texts (in the RSA Journal) and suggestions for topics for discussion (Ref: AD.MA/800).

Records relating to the RSA Silver Medal awarded annually for the most interesting lecture over the preceding year (Ref: AD.MA/803).

Records relating to production of the Journal and other publicity, promotion and communication (Ref: AD.MA/203).

Donations and collections, comprising objects and artefacts donated to or bought by the Society (Ref: AD.MA/204).

Records of the Society's activities (such as award schemes, exhibitions, conferences, seminars and lectures), including joint initiatives with a range of other organisations, include:

Guard Books (30 volumes), 1754-1770, containing correspondence and papers about all Society activities and committees, on a range of subjects (Ref: PR.GE/110).

Manuscript versions of the Society's Transactions, comprising draft versions of the printed Transactions, including drawings, plans and diagrams in support of claims for premiums and awards. Also general correspondence to the Society on various 19th century campaigns, conferences and committees, covering subjects including lectures (arrangements for dates, speakers, chairmen, participants; suggestions for subjects, submission of lecture texts, corrections to texts, requests for tickets/programmes, acceptances, apologies for non-attendance etc), examinations (requests for syllabus, copies of certificates, programmes, rules; complaints, arrangements, agreements with colleges, details of examiners etc), membership (requests for information, applications, replies to circulars, notes accompanying subscriptions, resignations, complaints), Council/committee chairmen (intention to attend meetings, acceptances, general arrangements for meetings, requests for information, dates, times etc), Journal (receipt/non-receipt of copies, reciprocal arrangements with other libraries, requests for extra copies, corrections to proofs, advertising, arrangements for making blocks, photogravures etc), House (letters from freeholders, solicitors, contractors; booking of rooms), staff (applications for employment, testimonials, sick notes etc - a very small number of items), general (invitations, letters from bankers, auditors, business circulars, requests for funding, suggestions for campaigns, policies, events etc), and including artistic copyright, uniform musical pitch, domestic economy, art workmanship, musical training, food committees, patent law reform, prevention of fires in theatres and education exhibitions (Ref: PR.GE/118-19, 121).

Records relating to Premium and Programme committees (Ref: PR.GE/112); Albert Medal (founded 1863) (Ref: PR.GE/101); Memorial Tablet (blue plaque) scheme (founded 1866) (PR.GE/122); War Memorials Advisory Council (established 1944, disbanded 1948), concerning memorials of the Second World War (Ref: PR.GE/117); Exhibition of Exhibitions (1951), concurrent with the Festival of Britain, to commemorate earlier ground-breaking Society exhibitions on contemporary art (1760), industrial design (1847-1850), photography (1852), industry (1761), and the first international exhibition (1851) (Ref: PR.GE/102); R B Bennett Commonwealth Prize (endowed 1944) for outstanding contribution to the promotion of the arts, agriculture, industries and commerce of the Overseas Empire (Ref: PR.GE/116); Commonwealth Committee (Ref: PR.GE/113); proposals and planning for the Festival of Britain (1951) (Ref: PR.GE/103); events for the RSA Bicentenary (1954) (Ref: PR.GE/107); Benjamin Franklin Medal (instituted 1956) (Ref: PR.GE/100); Trusts, bequests, fundraising and development (Ref: PR.GE/111).

Records relating to manufacture and commerce, including the Paris Exhibitions (1844-1900) (Ref: PR.MC/109); Great Exhibition (1851) (Ref: PR.MC/107); International Exhibition (1862) (Ref: PR.MC/108); Chicago Exhibition (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893), British Section (Ref: PR.MC/112); Industry Year/Industry Matters (1986) (Ref: PR.MC/100); Tomorrow's Company (begun 1994), concerning the role of business in a changing world (Ref: PR.MC/115); Redefining Work (launched 1995) (Ref: PR.MC/116); Forum for Ethics in the Workplace (1997) (Ref: PR.MC/117); Manufacturing, Wealth Creation and the Economy (1998) (Ref: PR.MC/118).

Records of subject-based standing committees set up by the Society from 1754 to judge awards and premiums in particular areas, including minutes and correspondence about awards and attendance at and structure of committees: Agriculture (Ref: PR.MC/103), Chemistry (Ref: PR.MC/105), Colonies and Trade (Ref: PR.MC/104), Manufactures (Ref: PR.MC/102), Mechanics (Ref: PR.MC/101), and Polite Arts - including prints, drawings and other artwork submitted for award (Ref: PR.AR/103).

Records relating to fine and applied arts, including exhibition of works of Ancient and Medieval Art (1847-1850) (Ref: PR.AR/105); exhibition of the works of William Etty and William Mulready (1848-1849), including general correspondence, printed matter, catalogues, press cuttings, tickets and notices about mounting of exhibitions, and attendance (Ref: PR.AR/112); British Art in Industry Exhibition (1935) to publicise good design in articles of everyday use (Ref: PR.AR/101); Humorous Art Exhibition (1949-1950) (Ref: PR.AR/100); Art for Architecture scheme (from 1990), aiming to enhance the urban environment by encouraging cross disciplinary approaches to building and landscape projects, and associated with the Jerwood Art for Architecture Award (introduced 1994) (Ref: PR.AR/110); Shakespeare in Schools (begun 1992), a pilot project to introduce Shakespeare to children (Ref: PR.AR/108).

Records relating to promotion of design, including the Design Bursaries Board, Design Committee, the Design Board, Design Advisory Group and Design Section (Ref: PR.DE/106-7); Industrial Art Bursaries Competition (started 1924), succeeded by the Design Bursaries Competition, Competition of Industrial Designs and Student Design Awards (Ref: PR.DE/100); Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) scheme (created 1936) to encourage a high standard of industrial design (Ref: PR.DE/101); Bicentenary Medal (instituted 1954) for exceptional influence in promoting art and design in British industry (Ref: PR.DE/102); Presidential Awards for Design Management (instituted 1964) to recognise outstanding design policy (Ref: PR.DE/105).
Records relating to education, including the RSA Examinations Board (PR.ED/100); the Education for Capability programme (initiated 1979) to counteract academic bias in British education and promote practical, organising and co-operative skills (Ref: PR.ED/107); the future of Technological Higher Education in Britain (1982), a study group to consider the problems facing Britain in the development of technological higher education (Ref: PR.ED/118); Home-School links (from 1988) (Ref: PR.ED/108); Parents in a Learning Society, a development project to involve parents in education and assess home-school work (Ref: PR.ED/104); the National Advisory Council for Careers and Educational Guidance (established 1994), to promote and advise on provision of guidance for learning and work (Ref: PR.ED/103); Education Futures (2000) (Ref: PR.ED/116).

Records relating to the environment, including the Campaign for the Preservation of Ancient Cottages (begun 1926) to protect cottage architecture, establishing a fund which purchased or restored cottages near Worthing, at Bibury, Gloucestershire, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Chiddingstone, Kent, and elsewhere (Ref: PR.EN/100); three 'Countryside in 1970' Conferences (1963-1970) (Ref: PR.EN/104); Environment Committee (formed 1971) to identify and anticipate major environmental problems and provide a forum for discussion (Ref: PR.EN/107), which began the Pollution Abatement Technology Award Scheme (PATAS) (1983-1986) (Ref: PR.EN/103), succeeded by the Better Environment for Industry/European Better Environment Awards for Industry (BEAFI/EBEAFI) (1987-1991) (Ref: PR.EN/101); the Environment Committee's sub-committee the RSA-Cubitt Trust Panel (to 1991), devoted to the built environment and working with the Cubitt Trust to convene conferences, seminars and an annual Cubitt Lecture (Ref: PR.EN/106); After the Earth Summit - What Next? (1992) (Ref: PR.EN/128); RSA Environmental Management Awards (begun 1993) (Ref: PR.EN/102).

The Early Library (Ref: SC/EL/1-5), comprising c500 printed works collected by the Society before 1830, including journals and periodicals, and c300 pamphlets and tracts covering broad-ranging topics relating to premiums and awards of the various sectional committees (Agriculture, Polite Arts, Chemistry, Manufactures, Mechanics, and Colonies and Trade), and including extracts from proceedings of other societies and learned institutions.

Records of the Royal Contract Estates, 1297-1774, including papers relating to the state of the estates; papers relating to the debts of King James I and King Charles I; papers relating to the sale of the various estates; indentures; financial accounts; surveys of various estates; auditors' certificates of the total rents of the manors and lands; law suits; committee papers and deeds.

Certified copy, made 30 June 1698, of an indenture of settlement of 21 April 1691 between (1) Sir George Rivers, Baronet, and Dorothy, his wife, of Chafford in the parish of Penshurst, Kent, and (2) William Freeman, of Sandown Castle, Kent, and John Seyliard, of Penshurst, of the moiety of (1)'s lands in Suffolk (Holbrook, etc), Essex (Finchingfield) and London (in the parishes of St Andrew's, Holborn, and St Bride's), with an undertaking to levy fines before the justices.

Part of a rental on paper relating to properties in East Kent, including Eastry, Sandwich, Worth and Upton, and written in the late 14th to early 15th century.

Notebook of John Urpeth Rastrick headed: 'Cost price of timber in scantl[in]g', [1829].

The records of PW Flower and Sons, merchants, concern the company's trading interests and property investments, and the affairs and investments of the Flower family (see CLC/B/173/MS19469 for a Flower family tree) and of other families with shared or related interests; they include the papers of various trustees by whom some family and business activities were administered.

The records include:

• Mss 19338-55: business records: general, or relating to more than one country;
• Mss 19356-78: business records: Australia, including some Salting family papers (see also Mss 19470-89);
• Mss 19379-93: business records: India, including some Pearse family papers;
• Mss 19394-99: estate records: general or relating to more than one estate;
• Mss 19400-9: estate records: individual estates or properties (except Park Town);
• Mss 19410-38: estate records: Park Town, except maps and plans which are catalogued in the Print and Maps Section;
• Mss 19439-46: family records: executors of P.W. Flower, including references to business and estate matters;
• Mss 19447-69: family records: general, including references to business and estate matters;
• Mss 19470-89: Papers relating to the Salting family of Australia (with which the Flower family had business connections; see also Mss 19356-78) and in particular to George Salting (d 1909) art collector and benefactor to public art galleries.