Personal papers of Reverend W E F Greene, along with papers of his mother Ellen, and son Leslie Norman Freeman. They comprise certificates and licences, 1869-1925 (Ms 24145-6); accounts, 1895-6 (Ms 24207); and copy will 1894 (Ms 24208).
Greene , family , of LondonDiploma of doctorate of medicine from Aberdeen University for Edward Whitaker Gray, 1778; with two letters from John Ruskin to a "Dr. Gray", 1871 (not thought to be the same individual).
Gray , Edward Whitaker , 1748-1806 , physician and museum curatorResearch of Kathleen Garrett relating to philanthropist Maria Hackett, including typescript copy of three letters (1868-9) from Maria Hackett to John Henry Blunt, 1975; an unpublished biography of Maria Hackett, compiled c 1970-9; typescript versions of articles printed in Guildhall Studies in London History, 1974-1977; and miscellaneous research notes on the life of Maria Hackett, compiled c 1970-1979.
Garrett , Kathleen Isabella , fl 1970 , historian Hackett , Maria , 1783-1874 , philanthropistNotes by Henry Gardner, on school meals, a 'trade' school, excursions, and hospitals, c 1883, with additional notes by Mrs. P. Wallbank, Mr Gardner's daughter, on the same, 1915.
Gardner , Henry , fl 1883-1887 , school teacherRecords of Sir David Gammans, MP for Hornsey. The records consist of press cuttings stuck into four series of scrapbooks, with the occasional invitation card, menu or photograph included, and a small group of files containing election addresses, typescript articles, and correspondence.
Gammans , Sir , Leonard David , 1895-1957 , Baronet , politicianPapers of Professor Harold Munro Fox, 1905-1968, comprising biographical papers, 1905-1965; notebooks and working papers, 1915-1967, including a journal, scientific observations and photographs relating to the Suez expedition, 1924-1925, laboratory notebooks,1925-1967; broadcast talks to schools, 1937-1939; lectures, chiefly from his last years at Bedford College, 1953-1955; publications, 1960-1967, including notes, correspondence, obituaries; personal and scientific correspondence, 1936-1970.
Fox , Harold Munro , 1889-1967 , zoologistRecords of Samuel Fisher, local government officer. The collection reflects the range of his interests and involvement in public life. There are a large number of photographs and press cuttings as well as some family papers. The photographs show Fisher's activities as Mayor and as Chairman of the London Labour Mayors Association, and include pictures of visits to Geneva, Australia, Gibraltar, New York, Israel and Belfast.
Fisher , Samuel , 1905-1979 , Baron Fisher of Camden , local government officer x Fisher of Camden , BaronRecords of Farringdon Without Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes and accounts, rate assessments and inhabitants lists, inquest and legal papers, title deeds and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Farringdon Without Ward , Corporation of LondonRecords of the Farringdon Within Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, tax and rate assessments, inhabitants lists and details of ward officers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Farringdon Within Ward , Corporation of LondonPapers mainly concerning William Emery senior, Master of the Feltmakers' Company, including copy portrait, baptismal certificate, sermons written by him, and probate copies of his and his wife's wills, 1810-67. Also papers relating to William Emery junior, Church of England clergyman, including letters to him, with some transcriptions and certificates relating to his professional qualifications and appointments, 1847-70.
Emery , William , 1825-1910 , Church of England clergyman Emery , William , 1798-1867 , Master of the Feltmakers' CompanyPapers of Sir John Whittaker Ellis, Lord Mayor of London, 1759-1935, including muniments of title to premises in the City of London and Surrey estate; papers relating to the administration of his estatse including rent ledger; household and personal accounts; and papers of his executors.
Ellis , Sir , John Whittaker , 1829-1912 , Baronet , Lord Mayor of LondonRecords of Arthur William Dunk, Boer War soldier in the City Imperial Volunteers, comprising official papers; letters and postcards written home during his service; notebooks providing itinerary of travels in South Africa; and menu cards and programmes for dinners of the City Imperial Volunteers Old Comrades Association.
Dunk , Arthur William , 1871-1942 , Boer War soldierResearch notes and plans of ancient earthworks in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Brecknockshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, London, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Wales, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and Yorkshire.
Downman , Edward Andrews , fl 1900 , antiquarianRecords of Dowgate Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes, rate assessments and accounts, and petitions. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library at various dates.
Dowgate Ward , Corporation of LondonRecords of the Diocese of Winchester, 1480-1936. The archive collections relate mainly to parishes in the ancient county of Surrey, now in the dioceses of Guildford and Southwark and include: the records of the Archdeaconry of Surrey which had jurisdiction over the parishes in the ancient county of Surrey excluding 13 peculiars (administrative areas outside the jurisdiction of the bishop), including Bishop's Transcripts for parishes in the archdeaconry, the issue of licences including marriage bonds and allegations and clergy's licences, registry material, church consecrations and dedications, dissenters' meeting house certificates, and terriers of church property in each parish.
Also the records of the Archdeaconry Court of Surrey, consisting of court probate material including wills; the records of the Commissary Court of Surrey, including the bishop's commissary court probate records including wills and cause papers in court proceedings; and a small collection of office papers of the Archdeaconry of Winchester relating to parishes in Hampshire.
Diocese of Winchester, Church of EnglandRecords of the Diocese of Southwark, 1742-2000. The collection relates to the area of London covered by the Diocese of Southwark south of the River Thames, dating mainly from 1905. It provides a wealth of information on church architecture and fixtures, sources for marriages and clergy (of particular use for family history), and the morals and conduct of clergy and their parishioners. Some records date from when parishes were under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Winchester (before 1877) and the Diocese of Rochester (1877-1904).
The records of Southwark Diocesan Regsistry include the following: grants of faculties relating to church buildings and fittings with a large number of coloured drawings and plans of churches, monuments, stained glass designs and other fittings (1905-2000); consecration and dedication papers including petitions and plans relating to new churches and burial grounds (1905-1976); ordinations and appointments of clergy (1878-1974); records relating to marriages including lists of marriage licences granted to couples intending to marry in churches within the Diocese of Rochester and Southwark (1877-1910, 1940-1958) and marriage warrants and affidavits recording the declarations made by parties intending to marry by licence (1905-1974).
Also records relating to visitations, the process by which the bishop maintained faith and discipline and corrected clerical and lay abuses, including lists of churchwardens (1924-1956), visitation returns (1907-1956) and presentment reports submitted by churchwardens on the state of church buildings and the conduct of clergy and parishioners in the parish (1905-1974).
The collection also contains minutes and property deeds from the Rochester and Southwark Diocesan Church Trust (1817-1966) relating to the College of Saint Saviour, Saint Olave, Southwark and All Saints, North Peckham, including correspondence relating to the removal of remains from the Flemish Burial Ground, adjacent to Saint Olave in 1842 (reference DS/CT); and minutes and related papers of Rural Deaneries of Dulwich, and Newington and Southwark (1869-1990) (reference DS/DRD).
Please note that some of the collection is uncatalogued. Please ask a member of staff for information regarding the procedure to access uncatalogued records.
Diocese of Southwark , Church of EnglandRecords of the Diocese of Rochester, 1620-1905. This collection contains faculties* and visitation records providing information about church buildings and lands; bishops transcripts and marriage warrants providing information about the work of the church; and orders in council and office papers, providing information about the administration of the diocese, especially reorganisation of administrative units within the diocese.
*faculty in this sense refers to pecuniary ability, means, resources, possessions and property.
Diocese of Rochester , Church of EnglandRecords of the Diocese of London, 1467-1976, held at the London Metropolitan Archives include:
- records of the Archdeaconry of Hampstead (induction mandates, visitation papers)
- records of the Archdeaconry of Hackney (visitation papers)
- records of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (assignation books, churchwardens' presentments, financial papers, calendars, probate books and probate inventories, caveat books, registers of wills, administration bonds, renunciations, warrants, original wills, visitation books)
- records of the Consistory Court of London (Acts of Court, assignation books, deposition books, Vicar General's books, registers of wills, original wills, matrimonial and testamentary cause papers, appointments of proctors, caveat books, Chancellor's notebooks, statistics)
- papers of various rural deaneries (Paddington, Spitalfields, Bethnal Green, Saint Pancras, Enfield, Chelsea, Tottenham, Shoreditch, Saint Marylebone)
- bishop's transcripts from the County of Middlesex and the County of London
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papers relating to tithes (maps, apportionments, altered apportionments, certificates of capital value, awards of exchange, redemption certificates).
Records of the Diocese of London, 1306-1996, (held at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section but currently accessible through the LMA) include:
- Bishops' registers
- Vicar Generals' books
- Bishops' Act books
- Ordination papers and Ordination registers
- Licensing papers for curates, lecturers, institutional chaplains, parish clerks, midwives, physicians and surgeons, schoolmasters
- Marriage allegations and marriage bonds
- Parish files (of church deeds, consecration papers, plans and so on.)
- Faculty papers, by parish.
- Subscription books.
- Parish register transcripts
- Episcopal visitation records
- Records of jurisdiction:-
- Commissary Court records including court books, probate records, original wills, probate and administration act books, probate inventories
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Estate records for property and manors in the City of London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex, Westminster and Worcester.
Also papers relating to the Bishop of London's jurisdiction overseas. The Bishop of London was held to exercise responsibility for Anglican churches overseas where no other bishop had been appointed. He retained responsibility for churches in northern and central Europe until 1980, but his jurisdiction in southern Europe ceased in 1842 on the creation of the diocese of Gibraltar. In 1980, the Bishop of London divested himself of all overseas jurisdiction and a new diocese of 'Gibraltar in Europe' was established. Records include:-
- Ordination and licensing records
- Consecration papers and chaplaincy deeds
- Foreign register transcripts
- issues of the "Gibraltar and Fulham Diocesan Gazette"
- Foreign chaplaincy archives for the chaplaincies of:
Adelboden, Switzerland
Aix les Bains, France
Alassio, Italy
Archangel, Russia
Athens, Greece
Balestrand, Norway
Biarritz, France
Bologna, Italy
Bordighera, Italy
Boulogne, France
Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest and Lower Danubian ports, Romania
Burgenstock, Switzerland
Calais, France
Cannes, France
Cap d'Antibes, France
Cartagena, Spain
Champery, Switzerland
Chantilly, France
Corfu, Greece
Davos, Switzerland
Ferrol, Spain
Florence, Italy
Fray Bentos, Uruguay
Geneva, Switzerland
Ghent, Belgium
Grindelwald, Switzerland
Haarlem, Netherlands
Hamburg, Germany
Helsinki, Finland
Hughesovka, Russia
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Leghorn, Italy
Leysin, Switzerland
Libau, Latvia
Lisbon, Portugal
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lyons, France
Messina, Sicily, Italy
Minas de Riotinto, Spain
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Moscow, Russia
Nantes, North West France
Odessa and South Russia
Oporto, Portugal
Ostend, Belgium
Palermo, Italy
Pisa and Bagni di Lucca, Italy
Ponta Delgada, Azores
Riga, Latvia
Rigi-Kaltbad, Switzerland
Saas Fee, Switzerland
St Servan, France
Seville, Spain
Spiez, Switzerland
Stockholm, Sweden
Stresa, Italy
Syra, Greece
Tamaris sur mer, Toulon, France
Taormina, Sicily
Trieste, Italy
Ulvik, Norway
Versailles, France
Viareggio, Italy
Vitznau, Switzerland
Wengen, Switzerland
Zermatt, Switzerland
Personal papers of Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, Lord Dickinson of Painwick. These papers reflect Dickinson's interests as a London County Councillor, an MP and a peer, and also his involvement in the London Liberal Federation, of which he was Chairman 1896-1918, the World Alliance for promoting International Friendship through the Churches and the League of Nations Union.
Dickinson , Willoughby Hyett , 1859-1943 , 1st Baron Painswick , politicianRecords of J P Crowley comprising drawings of and notes on sundials in churches and churchyards in North Devon, 1952-62, and in Cornwall, 1957-64.
Crowley , J P , fl 1952-64 , antiquarianRecords of Joseph Croskey, textile merchant, consisting mostly of financial accounts and correspondence, some relating to the business of Brunswick and Company, furriers.
Croskey , Joseph Dickenson , fl 1782 , textile merchantThese records are exclusively for the part of Cripplegate Ward lying outside the City wall. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, rate assessments, presentments and returns, plans of the ward and other administrative papers.
Cripplegate Without Ward , Corporation of LondonThese records are exclusively for the part of Cripplegate Ward lying inside the City wall. The records comprise wardmote minutes, accounts and rate assessments. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Cripplegate Within Ward , Corporation of LondonRecords of Cripplegate Ward, Corporation of London, comprising wardmote agenda papers and petitions to the Court of Common Council. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Cripplegate Ward , Corporation of LondonRecords of the Cornhill Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes and accounts, returns and inhabitants lists, jury lists and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Cornhill Ward , Corporation of LondonThese records include papers relating to the activities of Valens and Stephen Comyn as attorneys for the executor of Richard Marples, auditor to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral; and bills, cheques and receipts relating to the Comyn household.
Comyn , Valens , fl 1732 , Clerk to the Chamberlain of St Paul's CathedralRecords of Patrick Colquhoun, police magistrate, comprising letter to Henry Dundas, Home Secretary, relating to a salary dispute, 1793; letter to Richard Ford, magistrate, relating to apprehension of a criminal, 1797; letter to William Wickham, Under-secretary of State for the Home Department, relating to the river police, 1798; letter regarding the Wapping riots, 1798; letters relating to expenditure, 1799.
Also autobiographical notes giving an account of 'family and public services', including a detailed chronological account of his public services, beginning with his early career in Glasgow, where he was Chief Magistrate. He accepted the position of a police magistrate in London "not so much on account of the salary which was small; but from a strong impression on his mind that by great attention to the duty he had undertaken to perform he would be able after a time to suggest measures for the improvement of a System(?), than which nothing could be worse." His various activities have included regulating public houses, and establishing the river police office, soup kitchens and a public school in Westminster. He has published treatises on these and other subjects which have been read widely, and many of his suggestions have been implemented. In many connections he has been styled a "public benefactor".
This document appears to have been composed with a view to publication. In 1818 Colquhoun's son-in-law contributed to the European Magazine "an exhaustive account of his useful and disinterested labours," (Dictionary of National Biography, Vol IV, p.860), and it is possible that this was written for that article. However, as the account of his services ends at 1814 (although he was a police magistrate until 1818), and the watermark is 1814, the earlier date seems the more probable.
Colquhoun , Patrick , 1745-1820 , economist, statistician and police magistrateRecords of the College Archives primarily covering the period of office of the first Archivist, Claire Daunton, who established the Archives and created the cataloguing system. Records include material relating to accessions and deposits (1987-1988), cataloguing, records management and departmental policy (1989-1997). They include correspondence with the Vice-President's office (1993-1996) and regarding the indexing of Committee minutes (1990). Also includes papers of Dr Ornella Moscucci's unpublished history of the College (1989) and the College Archives Subject Guides (1999).
Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsRecords of Coleman Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes, rate assessments and accounts, and lists of jurymen and inquest men. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Coleman Street Ward , Corporation of LondonLetter from Richard Cobden of Manchester to F Buloz, Esq, Paris, 19 Dec 1845. Answering Buloz's request for a collection of the National Anti-Corn Law League's publications for an article in the Revue des Deux Mondes. Cobden explains that 'no complete collection of [tracts, articles, pamphlets and advertisements] has been preserved - Nor has there been any history of the League written in England.' He promises to give full information and 'copies of all our publications which are preserved' to a visitor 'if recommended by you'. He recommends Bastiat's Cobden et la Ligue [printed by Senlis, Paris, 1845]. 'I may also add the Monsr Fonteyrand ... paid us a visit here a few weeks ago to whom I explained the machinery of our organisation ... I am not sure that he would feel at liberty to assist in furnishing an article for your publication - But he is more competent than any other person in France to do it correctly - At all events, I wish you would see him ... and say that I shall be obliged if he will allow you to have access to the publications which I gave him and afford you all facilities in his power for preparing a description of the League ...'.
Autograph, with signature.
Cobden , Richard , 1804-1865 , statesman and businessmanRecords of George Clement relating to property in Teddington.
Clement , George , fl 1860-1880 , surgeonPersonal papers of Reverend Philip Clayton including family correspondence; personal certificates and letters of appointment; research notes; diaries; papers relating to the parish of All Hallows Barking by the Tower including sermons, newsletters, correspondence, articles, press cuttings and administration; papers relating to Toc H including articles, reminiscences, correspondence, annual reports, press cuttings, talks, papers relating to overseas visits by Clayton, papers relating to charity work, sermons, leaflets, biographical notes on people associated with Toc H, photographs, and publications by Clayton on Toc H; articles, sermons and prayers by Clayton; and photographs of Clayton and various family members.
Clayton , Philip Thomas Byard , 1885-1972 , clergymanThis is a collection of forty one letters from Lady Mary Clarke and one letter from her daughter Anne to their legal adviser Samuel Joynes, and four draft letters from Joynes to Lady Clarke.
Clarke , Lady , Mary , 1685-1754 , wife of Sir James Clarke of East MoleseyDiaries of Frederic Sydenham Clarke, employee of the Borneo Company. The entries are mostly accounts of social activities and of letters received from family and friends in England. There are very few references to his work.
Clarke , Frederic Sydenham , fl 1872 , employee of the Borneo CompanyPapers of Richard Clark, Lord Mayor of London, comprising diaries, agendas, invitations, memoranda and other papers relating to the year of his mayoralty, 1784-85.
Clark , Richard , d 1831 , Lord Mayor of London'UG2LDN', Uganda to London Heritage Lottery Funded oral history project concerning refugee settlers: monthly reports, oral history tape recordings (raw and published DVD), rough log of interviews, photographs, flyers, postcards and T-shirt.
Clapham Film UnitPersonal papers of Wong Ying Chung including Chinese passport; oral history transcript entitled Life in the Laundrette, and family photographs.
Chung , Ying Wong , fl 1920-1985 , launderette owner and catererPersonal papers of Samuel Chinque, political activist, including issues of the Hsinhua weekly news sheet; photographs; official or business correspondence; administrative documents for the Chinese Mutual Aid Association; publications; official personal papers; original writings and poems; and private correspondence.
Chinque , Samuel , 1908-2004 , political activist x Sheng , Chen TianPhotograph of Yick-Kwan Cheung and family at the Hong Kong Restaurant, London, 1957; and 2 copies of the Overseas Chinese in Britain year book.
Cheung , Yick Kwan , fl 1957Personal papers of Jo Yiu Cheung, seaman, comprising photograph on board an ocean liner, and portrait in front of a Buddha statue.
Cheung , Jo Yiu , fl 1938-2008 , seamanRecords of Cheap Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, rate assessments and accounts, presentments, papers of the volunteer association and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Cheap Ward , Corporation of LondonRecords of Major Sir William Henry Champness, comprising journals recording his years as undersheriff and sheriff of the City of London, 1928-1938, autobiographical notes, 1873-1925 and personal diaries, 1926-1938.
Champness , Sir , William Henry , 1873-1956 , knight , solicitorRecords of Castle Baynard Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote and committee minutes and financial accounts. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Castle Baynard Ward , Corporation of LondonRecords of the Candlewick Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes, accounts, rate assessments, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Candlewick Ward , Corporation of LondonThe collection comprises diaries of William Hugh Burgess, a fifteen-year old boy from a family of Huguenot descent, who lived in Marylebone in the late eighteenth-century. They are rare examples of historical diaries written by a child.
In what became part of his daily routine from January 1788 until October 1790, William wrote about himself and his everyday life, simply recording what he did and what he saw.
Burgess , William Hugh , fl 1788-1791 , diaristPapers of David Brown of Harrow Park, including title deeds and abstract of title; valuation of Harrow Park house and contents; papers relating to other property in Harrow owned by David Brown; insurance policies; papers relating to the will and estate of David Brown and papers of the trustees of his will.
Brown , David , d 1887 , property owner in HarrowRecords of the Broad Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise wardmote minutes, accounts, rate assessments, presentments at inquests and details of officers, and other administrative papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Broad Street Ward , Corporation of LondonRecords of Bridge Within Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, accounts, rates and inhabitants lists, memoranda, papers relating to the watch and other miscellaneous papers. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Bridge Within Ward , Corporation of LondonRecords of the Bread Street Ward, Corporation of London. The records comprise minutes, accounts, rates, tax and rate assessments, correspondence, jury lists and a First World War roll of honour. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.
Bread Street Ward , Corporation of LondonPapers of Thomas Bowrey, sea captain and merchant, including ledger; correspondence; diaries; drawings; charts; and maps; relating to travel and trade in India, Africa, Holland, France, Batavia (Jakarta) and Persia (Iran); the "Coffree" language of Delagoa and the Telenga language; shipping insurance and Lloyd's coffee house; whaling; and piracy.
Bowrey , Thomas , d 1713 , sea captain and merchant