Transcript of the parish registers of Thaxted, Essex, including baptisms 1558-1812 and marriages 1538-1754.
Sans titrePoll of the livery of the City of London for a member of Parliament, listing the voters' names, livery company, address and vote, 1781.
Sans titreVote of thanks from the Dickens Fellowship to the Corporation of the City of London for the loan of a medal to the first Dickens exhibition, Memorial Hall, London, 25 to 28 March 1903.
Sans titrePapers of Guildhall Art Gallery, comprising account of several pictures presented to the Corporation by John Boydell, alderman, 1793 and register of works of art, listing paintings, drawings and sculptures, presented donated or deposited at Guildhall, begun 1906, retrospective to 1660, and continued to 1953.
Sans titreMinutes of proceedings at the Court of Queen's Bench, Crown side, 1871, in a case relating between the City of London (appellants) and the churchwardens of St Sepulchre (respondents), regarding the extension of the new metropolitan meat and poultry market in Smithfield.
Sans titreRecords of the court of Quarter Sessions, London, comprising lists of jurors for Bridge Ward, Aldgate Ward, Bassishaw Ward and Farringdon Within Ward.
Sans titreRecords of the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, including Royal charters, originals and copies, 11th-17th centuries (CLC/313/A/001/MS25241/001-084). The earliest surviving royal charter, by William II, dates from 1099/1100 (CLC/313/A/001/MS25241/004). Other records include a charter roll, probably compiled during the late 13th century, recording royal writs granted to the Cathedral; and a conge d'elire from George III to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, 1764.
Sans titreRecords of the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, comprising statutes and evidence books.
"Liber L", a cartulary and statute book (original press mark WD4, now CLC/313/B/001/MS25504), early 12th-early 14th centuries, containing inter alia: copies of charters from the reign of Ethelbert (860-6) onwards; manorial inquisitions (see also section CLC/313/L, including CLC/313/L/E-G) and visitations within the cathedral's Peculiar jurisdiction (see also section CLC/313/K/B), 11th -14th centuries; and cathedral statutes, (?)13th century. "Liber L" has been calendared, with extensive extracts edited, by Maxwell Lyte (HMC Ninth Report). See Davis, Medieval Cartularies, no.596. Parts of this volume (lists of chantries and an inventory) are also described in sections CLC/313/O and CLC/313/P.
"Liber A, sive Pilosus", cartulary (press mark WD1, now CLC/313/B/012/MS25501), 1241-1340, with additional entry 1505-1550, containing copies of charters from the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-66) onwards relating to cathedral property, rights and privileges in the City of London, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Essex, Middlesex, Surrey, Warwickshire and Wiltshire. Folios 1-37v are edited in full by Marion Gibbs, Early Charters. See also Davis, Medieval Cartularies, no.597.
Statute and evidence book, ca. 1250-ca. 1300 (WD19) (CLC/313/B/015/MS25519).
Statute and evidence book, late 13th century-1486 (WD2) (CLC/313/B/016/MS25502) [parts of this volume are also described in sections CLC/313/G and CLC/313/O].
"Statuta Majora", 14th century (WD9) (CLC/313/B/021/MS25509) [parts of this volume are also described in sections CLC/313/L, O and P].
"Statuta Minora", early 15th century-1813 (WD20) (CLC/313/B/024/MS25520).
Statute and evidence book, early 15th century (WD8) (CLC/313/B/028/MS25508).
Statute book, 15th century (WD7) (CLC/313/B/030/MS25507).
Statute and evidence book, late 15th century (WD5) (CLC/313/B/031/MS25505).
Many of the cathedral's early statutes have been edited by W Sparrow Simpson, Registrum Statutorum et Consuetudinum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londinensis (1873). His compilation, from the volumes described above (except for MS25501, WD1) includes statutes by Ralph de Diceto (Dean, 118 0-ca. 1200), William de Montfort (Dean, 1285-94), Ralph de Baldock (Dean, 1294-1304 and Bishop of London, 1304-13), Stephen de Gravesend (Bishop, 1318-38), Robert Braybrooke (Bishop, 1381-1404) and William Warham (Bishop, 1501-3); Sparrow Simpson's Registrum also includes extracts from CLC/313/B/034/MS25506 (WD6), ca. 1611-ca. 1613; CLC/313/B/033/MS25510 (WD10), 1502; and CLC/313/B/027/MS25624 (WC39), a transcript made in 1874 of Ms 25520.
Records of the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, relating to their jurisdiction over Peculiar parishes, including:
1296, roll of Peculiar Court business conducted in certain parishes in Essex (CLC/313/K/B/005/MS25432).
1328, Peculiar Court business conducted in certain parishes in Hertfordshire (CLC/313/K/B/006/MS25433).
1378, visitations of churches in Essex CLC/313/K/B/001/MS25165).
1667-1825, visitation and court assignation books (incomplete) (CLC/313/K/B/003/MS25533/001-010).
Records of the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, relating to estates owned by the Dean and Chapter, including court rolls, court books, financial accounts, rent accounts, rentals, surveys of the estates, registers of leases, and title deeds.
Sans titreRecords of Truman Hanbury Buxton and Co Ltd, 1527-1977, comprising: corporate records, (B/THB/A); accounting records (B/THB/B); production records (B/THB/C); property records (B/THB/D); trade records (B/THB/E); staff records (B/THB/F); family and personal papers (B/THB/G); records relating to the history of the firm (B/THB/H); diaries (B/THB/J); printed material (B/THB/PMT); photographs (B/THB/X); and artefacts (B/THB/Y).
Also records of breweries taken over by Trumans, comprising Burton Brewery (B/THB/BUR); George Wood and Son Ltd (B/THB/GW); Russells Gravesend Brewery (B/THB/RUS); Swansea United Breweries (B/THB/SUB); and Writtle Brewery (B/THB/WRI).
The records include administrative papers, correspondence, stocks and shares papers, deeds, agreements, articles of agreement for partnerships, board meeting papers, monthly reports, order books, ledgers, records of brewing, stock, bottling and cooperage, gyle books, deeds, tenancy agreements, licensing records, papers relating to public houses including visitation registers, inventories, photographs, sales and deliveries records, wages books, staff medical records, registers of employees, recruitment records, historical research, house journals, newspaper cuttings, official publications and souvenir badges.
Sans titreRecords of the Western Gas Light Company, 1821-1860, including deed of settlement, Acts of Parliament relating to the Company, licences, papers relating to property, legal case papers, minutes of Directors' meetings and minutes of Shareholders' meetings.
Sans titreRecords relating to property owned by Powell, Warner and Crowther, stationers, including lease of 101 High Street, Whitechapel; assignment of the business and all stock and books from Powell to Warner and Crowther; assignment of lease of a warehouse in Commercial Street, Stepney, with schedule of deeds of the warehouse. 1871-1882.
Sans titreRecords of the Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company, later the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company, 1844-1884, comprising minutes of meetings of the Directors and the Proprietors, and deed of settlement.
Sans titreReport upon Fish Markets, Fish Trade Abuses, etc, 17 Apr 1890; with assignment of premises in Stoke Newington, 1684/5; letter about bills, 1824 and collection of late 18th century receipts.
Sans titreRecords relating to property owned by the monastery and church of Saint Peter, Westminster [Westminster Abbey], including leases, assignments, demise, bargain and sale, and power of attorney.
Sans titreRecords of Bow County Court, 1847-1962, including minute books; plaint and minute books; Workmen's Compensation Act register; and default actions books.
Sans titreRecords of the Messina Anglican Chaplaincy, Italy, comprising register of baptisms 1902-1908, and private family letters and papers, 1891-1900. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1988.
Sans titreRegister of baptisms for Nantes Anglican Chaplaincy, France.
Sans titreRecords of the Royal Memorial Church of Saint George, Cannes, France, comprising memorandum and articles of association of the Duke of Albany Memorial Church Society, 1886 (Ms 23615); register of baptisms, 1887-1960 (Ms 23616); service registers, 1887-1964 (Ms 23617); and church inventory, 1907-31 (Ms 23618).
Sans titreRecords of Saint Andrew's Anglican Church, Tangier, Morocco, comprising minutes, accounts, correspondence, newsletters, notes on the church and photographs.
These records are subject to a 30 year closure period and Ms 35876 is permanently closed. For further details contact the enquiry desk.
Sans titreRecords of Saint George's Anglican Church, Lisbon, Portugal; including transcript of gravestones in the cemetery, register of marriages and registers of burials.
Sans titreService register for Saint George's Anglican Church, Taormina, south Italy.
Sans titreRecords of Saint Mark's Anglican Church, Lucerne, Switzerland. The records comprise: chaplains' books, 1894-1970 (incomplete) (Ms 15706); baptisms 1864-1976, marriages 1884-1973, and burials 1863-1961 (Ms 21330-2, 21473-5); and miscellaneous papers, 1891-1928 (Ms 21476). They were catalogued by various members of Guildhall Library staff from 1977.
Sans titreAccount book from Saint Mark's English Church, Versailles, France.
Sans titreRecords of the College of Minor Canons, Saint Paul's Cathedral. The records comprise: charters and statutes, 1394-1640 (Ms 29410-19); minutes, 1760-1981 (Ms 29420); correspondence, 1966-82 (Ms 29424), accounts, 1722-1958 (Ms 29425-9); title deeds, 1246-1896 (Ms 19932-41, 29430-1, 29440); registers of estates, 1609-1874 (Ms 19859, 29432-3), and miscellaneous papers, 1663-1903 (Ms 29421-3, 29434-9, 30571-4). The covering dates given for the whole collection (1394-1982) are the dates of compilation. These records have been catalogued by various members of staff over many years.
The records are freely available for research with the exception of the minute book from 1872 (Ms 29420/5) and some recent papers (Ms 29424) both of which can only be examined with written permission from the Warden of the College for the time being.
Sans titreRecords of All Saints Anglican Church, Bordighera, Italy, including registers of baptisms and marriages; register of services; financial accounts; and correspondence.
Sans titreService registers from the Bologna Anglican Chaplaincy, Italy.
Sans titreRecords of the British Chapel, Moscow, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and burials.
Sans titreRecords of Saint Peter and Saint Sigfrid Anglican Church, Stockholm, Sweden comprising register of services, 1855-1907, with notes and certificates of baptisms, marriages and burials 1856-1907 (Ms 22402), and register of baptisms, 1916-60 (Ms 23642). They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff in 1987-8.
Sans titreService registers for the Church of the Ascension, Stresa, Italy.
Sans titreRegisters of baptisms, marriages and burials at the Protestant Chapel, Ostend.
Sans titreService register for the Ferrol Anglican Chaplaincy, Spain.
Sans titreRegister of marriages for the Anglican church of Holy Trinity, Boulogne sur Mer, France.
Sans titreRecords of Holy Trinity Church, Lyon, France, comprising registers of baptisms, 1854-1967 (Ms 14533), marriages, 1868-1969 (Ms 14534), banns, 1878-1911 (Ms 14535), and burials, 1863-1961 (Ms 14536).
Sans titreRecords of the Jerez de la Frontera Anglican Chaplaincy, Spain, comprising: register of baptisms, 1878-1966 (Ms 21026); and register of burials, 1873-1977 (Ms 21027). They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1984.
Sans titreRegisters of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials at Libau Anglican Chaplaincy, Latvia.
Sans titreThe archives of Camp Bird Limited, mining company, consist of minutes, reports and accounts, financial material and correspondence. The archives include records of subsidiary companies including Tekka Taiping Limited; Grahams Trading Company Limited and subsidiaries and Davis and Soper Limited.
These records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice to view.
Sans titreRecords of the Assam Frontier Tea Company Limited, including Directors' minutes; annual general meeting minutes; ledger and London trustees provident fund minute book.
Sans titreRecords of the Budla Beta Tea Company comprising Board of Directors minutes; annual general meeting minutes, London trustees provident fund minutes and a ledger. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreThe records listed below are of the London office of the Central Provinces Manganese Ore Company. They include:
Ms. 15907-21: Foundation and constitution: initial activities, agreements, memoranda and articles of association, share capital, shareholders, allied companies etc;
Ms. 15922-7: Management: AGMs, powers of attorney, proprietors and board minutes;
Ms. 15928-40: Finance: accounts, ledgers, journals, cash books, assets, taxation;
Ms. 15941-71: Administration: office diaries, correspondence;
Ms. 15972-8: Prospecting licences;
Ms. 15979-97: Mining leases;
Ms. 15998-16040: Mines inspections, reports, plant and machinery etc;
Ms. 16041-54: Ore analysis, mining methods etc;
Ms. 16055-83: Marketing: sales, contracts, prices, freight, shipments, duties;
Ms. 16084-95: Photographs, maps, plans, drawings of mines and activities;
Ms. 16096-116: Personnel: records of directors, managers, engineers, mineworkers etc., salaries, contract labour, staff provident fund;
Ms. 16117-20: Property: India (except mines) and England;
Ms. 16121-31: Miscellaneous papers: the company, the industry, Indian affairs;
Ms. 16132-43: Manganese Ore (India) Limited: foundation, agreements, minutes, reports etc.
All the records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreRecords of Charles Barker and Sons Ltd, advertising agency, as follows:-
Mss. 19973-19979: Foundation and Constitution: memorandum and articles of association, certificate of incorporation, shares and related papers;
Mss. 19980-19981: Management: minutes and related papers;
Mss. 19982-20007: Finance: private accounts; annual reports and accounts, ledgers, journals, cash books etc;
Mss. 20008-20028: Administration: advertising record and order books, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, clients lists, newsletter of 1824, papers relating to Joint Stock Companies Directory, reports and scripts;
Mss. 20029-20034: Samples of advertising proofs;
Mss. 20035-20038: Scrapbooks of press cuttings relating to clients and bankers;
Mss 20039-20041: Press releases and miscellaneous press cuttings;
Mss 20042-20044: Printed information booklets relating to the company, presentation documents;
Mss 20045-20055: Personnel: records of appointment, remuneration, fees etc. of partners, directors and managers;
Mss 20056-20058: Property;
Mss 20059-20067: Miscellaneous: company history, personal and genealogical papers relating to the Barker family (see also Ms 19982).
Also records of Barker Family (MS 19982, 20007, 20065), 1764-1905. The records comprise private accounts, receipts and notices concerning life assurance policies and investments, and genealogical notes.
Sans titreRecords of William Coare (d 1830), wine and brandy merchant, including Coare's apprenticeship indenture and freedom of the City of London; sales ledger; bonds for money owed to Coare; lists of stock and inventories; correspondence; and legal papers.
Sans titreRecords of the Colombo Gas and Water Company Limited, comprising constitutional documents, minutes and correspondence, share records, accounts and title deeds. It should be noted that CLC/B/054/MS14890 requires proof of identity to see.
Sans titreRecords of Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited, including minutes of the Fire Committee and the Accident Department; and papers of the Marine Department including ledgers, journals, weekly returns, letters, voyage books giving details of ships insured, registers of shipbuilding risks underwritten, register of vessels insured on the American lakes, salvage books, and record of losses in the First World War. Also salvage books of the Century Insurance Company Limited.
Sans titreRecords of the Hand-in-Hand Fire and Life Insurance Society, including cash books, journals, ledgers, minute books, letter books, fire insurance policy registers and indexes, mortality tables, statistics, and deed of settlement.
Sans titreRecords of the Imperial Live Stock and General Insurance Company Limited, comprising Board and general meeting minutes. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreRecords of the New India Assurance Company Limited, comprising a salvage book giving details of insurance claims on shipping.
Sans titreRecords of the Northern Assurance Company Limited, comprising general minute books, directors' minute books, and Fire Offices' Committee (Foreign) minute books.
Records held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreRecords of the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited, comprising Board minutes, Accident Department minutes, Guarantee Department minutes, and annual general meeting minutes.
Sans titre