Papers of the Pyne family relating to the settlement of bank annuities and their property in Pentonville, Brentford, Islington, Acton, Ealing, St John's Wood and Finchley.
Sans titrePapers, 1834-1937, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Enfield, Finchley, Harrow, Teddington, Hammersmith, Hackney and Camden. Documents include correspondence, papers relating to court proceedings, assignment of leasehold premises, papers relating to the administration of estates and bequests, and mortgages.
Sans titreCollection of printed items, comprising Overland Circular of J. P. Mason and Co., brokers of 18 Mincing Lane, 1853; 'Election edition' of North Middlesex Chronicle and Hornsey and Finsbury Park Standard, 1905; The Muswell Hill Record and Tradesmen's Advertiser 1907; The Greycaine News, a 'miniature newspaper' for employees of The Greycaine Book Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and advertisement for Yost typewriter available on hire from the Yost Typewriter Co. Ltd.
Sans titrePapers, 1648-1671, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hayes, comprising 2 bargain and sales, a mortgage and an indenture of a fine.
Sans titrePapers, 1878-1970, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Acton, Hornsey and Willesden, including leases, specifications for repairs, receipts, notes on the condition of premises, conveyances, mortgages and abstract of title.
Sans titrePapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probates of wills as follows:
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Probate of will of Arundel T. Spens of 27 Hamilton Road, Ealing, late Colonel Bombay Staff Corps (will made 16 Feb 1898; four codicils, 1911-1920), 1921. Bequests include: household, domestic and personal effects to daughter Alice I. Spens (second codicil 12 June 1913); remainder of real and personal estate to be invested by trustees.
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Letters of administration of estate of Ruth C. Fortune of 171 East 60th Street, New York City, USA, widow, 1940. Administration granted to son James C. Fortune of 40 Grange Park, Ealing, member of Auxiliary Fire Service.
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Probate of will of Fanny Crucefix of 15 Elm Park Court, Pinner, widow (will made 16 Mar 1940), 1941. Bequests include: various pecuniary legacies; remainder of property, including trust funds of marriage settlement, 29 June 1885, and settled legacy of £12,000, to trustees for benefit of two duaghters Maud E. Hatch and Rosa G. Miller.
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Probate of will of Evelyn M. Horton of 92 Pope's Lane, Ealing, spinster (will made 28 May 1951), 1951. Bequests include: various pecuniary and other legacies; all real and remainder of personal estate and effects to trustees for benefit of sister-in-law Margaret Horton.
Documents relating to merchant shipping; including release of 'Adina' at termination of voyage, 1867; release of 'Fontabelle' at termination of voyage, 1867; agreement and account of crew for 'Shalimar', including nature and place of voyages, provisions, special conditions of crew, certificates by consuls, with standard regulations and instructions, 1874; log book of 'Shalimar', 1873-1878; agreement and account of voyages and crew of 'S.S. Newburn, including nature of voyage, special conditions for crew, certificates from consuls, 1884; account of voyages and crew of 'Wood Park', 1884.
Sans titreRecords of Bevington and Sons, 1690-2001, including: partnership agreements, 1837-1946, minutes, 1859-1930, and partnership negotiations; financial records 1803-1949; records relating to types of stock, products and technical processes and innovations, 1879-1946; staff attendance books and photograph album, 1860-1877; records relating to property, 1792-1967; records relating to stock and finance, 1862-1946. Also family correspondence 1690-1837, and publications and articles on the history of the firm. The family correspondence offers insights into business practice, family relationships and domestic concerns, often in a single letter. Correspondents include women in the family, as wives and daughters of the company partners. Accounts for female family members are also represented.
Sans titreCopy of "The Star Property Guide", containing advertisements for new housing in Middlesex, Kent and Essex, with illustrations, July 1934.
Sans titrePapers, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising assignment of lease for 3 rooms forming back portion of ground floor of 133 Fenchurch Street, 1930; agreement for sale and purchase of land and buildings in Park View Road and Southwood Road, Eltham, 1938; agreement regarding 12 greenhouses and other material on land in Park View Road and Southwood Road, New Eltham, 1941; abstract of title for land and buildings in Park View Road and Southwood Road, Eltham, 1942.
Sans titreRecords relating to Lismore Lodge, 31 Cole Park Road, Twickenham, including list of deeds, lease, mortgages, assignments, conveyances and abstracts of title.
Sans titreRecords of the Heelis family, including certificates of attendance of Edward Heelis at medical lectures at Apothecaries Hall, 1853-55; apprenticeship indenture of William Heelis, 1859; and testimonials of Robert Heelis, 1881-83.
Sans titreRecords of Edmonton Petty Sessional Division, comprising minutes of summary proceedings held at Watch House and Angel Inn, Edmonton, 2 Jan 1837 - 21 Dec 1838. Cases heard include felonies, assault, larceny, highway offences, retailing beer etc. without licence, obstruction, injury to property etc. Volume records detailed statements by witnesses, statutes governing cases, outcome of each case. At rear of volume is a summary of cases heard with details of fines etc. Name index at front of volume. Volume also includes records of medical prescriptions prepared for named persons, January 1859.
Sans titrePapers, 1865-1920, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Holloway, Tollington Park and Holly Park, including deed of covenant, mortgages, leases, assignments, sales particulars, letters of administration and plans.
Sans titrePapers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising admission of John Durham, junior of 10 Great James Street, Bedford Row, as solicitor in court of Chancery, 8 May 1863, signed by John Romilly, Master of the Rolls; admission of John Durham as solicitor in Court of Queen's Bench, 8 May 1863. Also leases for 108 Stroud Green Road (formerly called Osborne House), Hornsey, 1887 and 1895.
Sans titreThe records of Galloway and Pearson, stockbrokers, comprise: deed of partnership and takeover agreements 1983-4 (Ms 38959-61); minutes 1966-84 (Ms 38962, 38967); correspondence regarding takeover 1984 (Ms 38963); accounts 1922-84 (Ms 38964-5) and option dealing books 1960-2 (Ms 38966).
PLEASE NOTE THAT PARTNERS' MINUTES (MS 38962) ARE SUBJECT TO A 40-YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD.
Sans titreRecords of George Barber and Son Limited, printers, consisting of ledgers and cash books, as well as letterbooks. The records are held offsite, and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.
Sans titreRecords of George White and Company, tea and rubber brokers, comprising ledgers.
Sans titreRecords of Gilbert Samuel and Company, solicitors, comprising general ledgers (internal and clients' accounts) 1934-1949 (Mss 24202-3), cash journals 1934-1957 (Ms 24204) and private ledgers 1902-1963 (Ms 24205).
Sans titreRecords of Aberdeen, Ceylon and Eastern Trust Limited, comprising minutes and directors' annual reports and accounts.
Sans titreMinutes of board meetings of the British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company Limited.
Sans titreMinutes of the Companhia Telegrafica Platino Brasileira, later the London Platino Brazilian Telegraph Company Limited.
Sans titreReports of the Deutsche See Telegraphen Gesellschaft.
Sans titreRecords of the Direct Spanish Telegraph Company Limited comprising memorandum and articles of association with a special resolution.
Sans titreEastern Telegraph Company Limited records comprise minutes of joint committee meetings, indexes to board minute books and an "authority book" containing papers concerning share issues and the payment of dividends.
Sans titreRecords of Electra House Limited, property management company. The records comprise minutes of board meetings, minutes of annual general meetings, Directors' annual report and accounts, journals, ledgers and cash books.
Sans titreGreat Western Telegraph Company Limited records comprise rough minutes only.
Sans titreMediterranean Extension Telegraph Company Limited records, which comprise minutes and directors' annual reports and accounts.
Sans titrePacific and European Telegraph Company Limited records comprise of memorandum and articles of association, agreements, minutes of Board meetings, minutes of annual general meetings, minutes of a meeting of debenture holders and prospectus.
Sans titreRecords of predecessors of the Grain and Free Trade Association, as follows:
Cattle Feeding Stuffs Central Advisory Committee;
Edible Oil Association;
London Oil and Tallow Trades Association;
London Cattle Food Trade Association;
London Copra Association;
London Corn Exchange Importers' Association;
London Corn Trade Association;
London Port Area Grain Committee;
National Association of United Kingdom Oil and Oilseed Brokers;
National Federation of Corn Trade Associations;
United Associations Limited;
National Lubricating Oil and Grease Federation.
The records include minutes and agendas, financial accounts, cash books, ledgers, papers relating to arbitration and appeals, registers of members and samples books.
Sans titreNational Association of United Kingdom Oil and Oilseed Brokers records comprise: general meetings minutes, 1920-1927 (Ms 23237); executive committee minutes, 1920-1926 (Ms 23238); and Hull area members minutes, 1939-1954 (Ms 23239).
Sans titreRecords of the Great Britain Mutual Life Assurance Society including deeds of settlement; forms of policies; agreements and assignments; and papers relating to clients and policy holders.
Sans titreRecords of stockbroker Arthur Alexander Greenwood, comprising records of his dealings.
Sans titreRecords of the Guardian Fire and Life Assurance Company, later known as the Guardian Assurance Company Limited; comprising minute books, reports on potential business overseas, correspondence, shareholders' ledgers and financial accounts.
24 hours notice is required for access to Mss 16209-10 and 18093-111. Access to Ms 16209/1-34 is also subject to special conditions: please consult staff for information.
Sans titreCar and General Insurance Corporation Limited records comprise minutes of the board of directors 1903-1973 (Ms 16189) and minutes of the committee of directors 1930-1961 (Ms 16190).
Sans titreEssex and Suffolk Insurance Company Limited records comprise board minutes and agendas 1907-1909 (Mss 16193-4) and a register of applications for and allotment of shares 1907 (Ms 16192).
Sans titreLiverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance Company Board of Directors minutes.
Sans titreLocal Government Guarantee Society board of directors minutes.
Sans titreManchester Fire and Life Assurance Company (later known as Manchester Assurance Company Limited) records comprise deeds of settlement 1824 and 1846, and registers of proprietors and/or shareholders 1825-1854 (Mss 16217-221); minutes 1825-1905 (Mss 16222-5); overseas department accounts 1889-94 (Ms 16226) and register of losses 1901-3 (Ms 16227).
Sans titreRecords of Guinness, Mahon and Company, mainly comprising correspondence between partners, but there are also memorandum and articles of association, 1956-1966 (Ms 38588); agreements and related papers, 1856-1893 (Ms 38589); board minutes and interim accounts, 1966-8 (Ms 38590); and papers relating to the Guinness family, 1924-69 (Ms 38612).
Henry Samuel Howard Guinness (1888-1975), usually referred to in the papers as "S.G.", was a director of Guinness and Mahon Limited, Dublin, and a senior partner in Guinness, Mahon and Company, London. It appears that he wrote many of the notes on the history of the firm and the Guinness family which can be found in this collection. Some of the bundles and files of papers may also have been compiled by him.
Sans titreThe records of John T Clark Limited, fish factor, comprise financial material only.
Sans titreThe surviving records of Hambros Bank Limited include:
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Accounts;
- Correspondence: from 1836-c 1864 there are separate bundles or files for each correspondent or topic, from 1861-1892 there is also a general series of "private letters" in annual bundles;
- Loan papers: from 1880 an additional series of correspondence and related papers was kept, arranged in bundles by loan. The bundles were kept in "loan boxes" (if the loan was made) or "rejected addresses" (if the loan was not made);
- Agreements;
- General business papers;
- Administrative papers: internal organisation, title deeds etc;
- Family papers.
There is however a considerable overlap between material in many of the categories mentioned above and a number of documents relate to personal and family as well as business matters. The records of the Hambro family (MS19216- 20B) include baptismal certificates, photographs, papers relating to probate and related items.
Permission for access to records post-1975 should be sought from the depositor. Please ask a member of staff for further information.
Records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products. The catalogue includes: corporate records (including articles of association, agreements, minutes and annual reports and accounts); share records; internal administration records (including directories of operations, directors' and general letter books); accounting records; operational records (including reports on estates); branch records (including correspondence and accounts); insurance department records; papers concerning the careers of directors; staff records; premises and property records; historical notes, photographs and plans; records of subsidiary companies, and companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents.
The archive includes records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield's activities as secretaries and/or agents for other companies. As these records were generated as part of Harrisons and Crosfield's role as secretaries and/or agents for another company, they have been catalogued as records of that particular company. However, they comprise correspondence and other papers of the head office of Harrisons and Crosfield, and supporting papers acquired by Harrisons and Crosfield (e.g. memoranda and articles of association, and annual reports and accounts) to assist in that role. The records of the companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents are arranged so that each company is followed by its subsidiary companies (if any).
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreCorporate records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; deeds and agreements of partnership; lists of power of attorney issued by the company; Board minutes and agendas; annual general meeting papers; press cuttings; and annual reports.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited relating to insurance; including Insurance Department reports, financial accounts, papers and policy journals; and papers relating to insurance claims, particularly for cargoes diverted or requisitioned during the Second World War.
Sans titrePapers relating to staffing at Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including lists of staff; correspondence; papers relating to recruitment and training; papers relating to staffing such as holiday and training arrangements, staff who were held as prisoners of war, and disputes; and financial records relating to staff pensions and benefit schemes.
Files containing personal information about staff have a 70-year closure period.
Sans titreRecords of the Canada branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including correspondence with head office; memoranda; and financial accounts.
Sans titreRecords of the Japanese branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, comprising correspondence with the head office.
Sans titreRecords of Abaco (Selangor) Rubber Limited, comprising circulars to shareholders and annual reports.
Sans titreRecords of Allied Sumatra Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectus and circulars to shareholders.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
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