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Records of the Meat Traders' and Drovers' Trustee Company Limited, comprising: memorandum and articles of association, 1950; directors' minutes, annual returns and correspondence, 1950, 1961-83; and private ledger, 1950-1.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds relating to 10 Cornwallis Grove, Edmonton, part of Cornwallis Estate, 1902-1953.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising sales particulars of 'Fairholme', Holly Park, Crouch Hill, Islington, 1921.

Ledger and financial accounts of F. Meacci, piece moulder and figure maker, 1887-1893, recording work done in casting, painting, bronzing, squeezing in clay, casting in gelatine, and transport of sculptural works.

Research notes of William McMurray, antiquarian, comprising: notes for a history of St Anne and St Agnes with St John Zachary; notes on parish clerks; extracts from various parish registers and churchwardens' accounts; lists of signs in London; extracts from diocesan and other sources; and notebooks concerning various antiquarian matters.

Records of McManus-Horselydown Limited, property developers, comprising papers and correspondence, including papers regarding the setting up of the company.

Private notebook and out-letter book of Alexander McKenzie, landscape gardener, relating to his role as Superintendent of open spaces for the Metropolitan Board of Works, including extracts from minutes of the Parks, Commons and Open Spaces Committee, and Works Committee, of the Board; personal memoranda; and draft correspondence, including draft letter of application, accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae for the post of Superintendent of Epping Forest. Also notes relating to his private work as landscape gardener.

Papers of the McIntosh family relating to property transactions. Properties mentioned are in Bromley by Bow, Stepney, Limehouse, Shoreditch, Haggerston, and Bow Common. The premises include a soap factory in Stepney and factories at Bow Common.

Personal papers of John Charles McGuire, schoolmaster. The records illustrate his career and the photographs in the collection relate to his school and its wartime evacuation to Newport Pagnell, Bucks (1939-1941).

Records of McGeorge and Heppenstalls Limited, brewers, including register of probates and transfers; shareholder's dividends and share and stockholders legder.

Lease, mortgage and reconveyance for land and Church buildings on Maze Hill road and Park Street, Greenwich, 1823-1870.

Records of the Mayor's Court, City of London, 1290-1994, including court rolls, original bills, court books, actions, warrants and bails, interrogatories and answers, depositions, court proceedings and court administration papers.

Also papers relating to cases undertaken by James Gibson, attorney of the Mayor's Court, 1691-1705, mainly briefs, correspondence and papers relating to specific suits. Gibson's cases deal with a range of subjects, including the conduct of international and local trade (especially credit), industry and working practices, the value of particular artisan processes and seamen's wages. The papers also reveal the relations between client and attorney, the conduct of cases, and fees charged.

Records relating to the Mayor's Court, City of London, comprising report of cases, 1792-1806 (compiled 1831) and precedents on various subjects, undated [1650-1799].

Records of the Mayor's and City of London Court, 1863-1979, including admiralty suits; defaults, relating to cases of debt where a fixed sum of money is demanded; ordinary summonses; adjournments; originating applications, mainly relating to claims for a grant of a new tenancy on behalf of an existing tenant when the lease has expired; workmen's compensation cases; judges' and registars' notebooks; minutes of judgements and orders; committee orders and rules of the Mayor's and City of London Court.

Records catalogued under this fonds that date from before 1921 may relate to the activities of the City of London Court before its amalgamation with the Mayor's Court.

Records of Maynards Limited, confectioners, comprising prospectus, 1896; application form for preference shares, 1896 and application form for ordinary shares, 1896.

Records of Gray and Gilbert Limited, wholesale and retail traders in grocery and provisions, comprising prospectus, 1896 and application form for preference shares, 1896.

Records of the Dalston Methodist Church, Mayfield Road, 1943-1956, comprising correspondence and papers concerning war damage and re-building, and leaflet advertising Sunday School anniversary.

Records of the Mayfield Athletic Club, Edmonton, including Executive Committee annual reports, correspondence and financial papers.

Papers of Sir Willoughby Maycock relating to his career at the Foreign Office, including letters and cuttings.

Papers, 1814-1923, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Chiswick, Kingsbury, Ruislip and Willesden, and of family papers of Birkett, Dawson, Feilden, Rawson and Palmer families. Papers include copies of court rolls from Manor of Sutton Court, mortgages, probate of wills and papers relating to bequests and inheritance, marriage settlements and correspondence.

Papers, 1822-1922, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in the Manor of Isleworth Syon, including copies of court rolls, deeds of covenant and enfranchisement.

Papers, 1727-1854, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds, legal documents and correspondence relating to tenants of Hendon Manor and Little Stanmore Manor.

Records of May May and Merriman, solicitors, 1711-1948, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to the following estates or families: Allpress; Bacon; Chapple; Trustees of late Henry Clark; Captain Earl; Harvey; Morgan/Gooch; Newman; Pearson Trustees; Popham; Harper; General Popham; and Richards. Documents relate to property, financial dealings, marriages, bequests, bills and share dealing.

'Maxwell The Game'; comprising 4 sections of the playing board, 30 Maxwell Cards, 2 dice and 12 playing pieces in a box.

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probates of wills as follows:

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Papers, 1857-1920, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probates of wills of the Haig, Knowles, Macmillan, and Pellatt families.

Records of the Maxse family relating to property in Marylebone, Hanover Square, Westminster and Kensington.

Records of William Mawhood, woollen draper, comprising: diaries, 1764-90; cash account and note book, 1771-2; estate, legal and family papers, 1606, 1709-96; and letters and other papers relating to the diaries, 1875-1910.

Records of Maudslay Sons and Field Ltd, marine and mechanical engineers and boiler makers, 1889-1904, consisting of agendas and draft minutes of directors' meetings and meetings of shareholders, cash books, sales records, production records and wages records.

Papers, 1636-1907, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including survey of the Manors of Colham, Harefield and Moorhall and the Borough of Uxbridge; "Titles to Heritable Estates", compiled by Pysh [or Fysh] de Burgh of Colham Manor in 1798; quitrents for Colham Manor; index of admissions and surrenders, rentals, bill and cash book, minute book of enclosure proceedings and enclosure act for West Drayton; and various legal papers relating to properties in Colham, Harefield, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, West Drayton, Kensington, Paddington and elsewhere.

Registers of marriages, 1931-1963.

Records of Matthew Clark and Sons, wine and spirit brokers, comprising partnership agreements, 1887-1923; annual reports and accounts, 1948-98; correspondence and other administrative papers, 1804-1992; memoranda books, 1861-c 1930; accounts, 1810-1945; sale catalogues and price lists, 1821-1995; papers concerning operations, 1849-1995; accounts of the directors of the firm, 1888-1970; photographs; staff list; leases and histories of the company, 1847-2005.

Records of Matthew and Son Limited, grocers and wine and spirit merchants, comprising directors' meetings minute book.

Records of the Maryon-Wilson family relating to their estates and property holdings. Papers relating to the Manor of Charlton include rentals, correspondence, agreements, court rolls, deeds, leases, legal papers, papers relating to the Woolwich ferry and the Thames Steam Boat Company, plans of the estate, tithes and papers relating to the Charlton churches of St Luke, St Thomas and St Paul, photographs of Charlton House, and papers relating to the Blackheath regiment.

Papers relating to the Manor of Hampstead include court rolls and minutes, admissions and enfranchisements, licence books, plans and surveys, leases, papers relating to the Hampstead Heath Act, and family papers.

The collection includes a small number of documents relating to the family estates in Sussex and Essex.

Records of Marylebone Presbyterian Church, including Court of Session minute books for predecessor Swallow Street Church, 1734-1806, including a brief history of Swallow Street Meeting House; Court of Session minute books, 1843-1958, including a history; Deacon's Court minute books, 1847-1958; Women's Missionary Association minute book, 1919-1958; House Committee minute book, 1899-1900; Bell Street Mission minute book, 1886-1892; Building Committee minute book, 1844-1847; Finance and Collections Committee minute book, 1922-1933; Teachers' minute book for Lisson Street Sunday School, 1899-1938; Reports of the Four Commissions, special minute book, 1919; Scrapbook containing annual reports, 1847-1873; annual reports for 1912, 1913, 1923 and 1925; Communicants' roll book, 1856-1929; register of baptisms, 1884-1958; list of subscribers to the scheme for raising a sum of money by way of debenture for defraying the expenses of building The Presbyterian Church, Upper George Street, Marylebone, 1846; printed booklet containing lists of elders, members and seatholders, 1934; financial accounts, 1844-1958; Lease arrangement and papers relating to the purchase of a premises on Upper George Street, 1853-1879; monthly journals, 1947-1958 and photograph of W.J.Blunden, former treasurer and elder of the church who died in 1946.

Records of Marylebone Magistrates Court, 1905-1994, including court registers; means registers; legal aid registers and licensing registers. Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

Records of the Mary Westby Trust, including trustees' records, records relating to property, volumes of collected documents relating to the Trust, financial accounts, and correspondence with the Charity Commission.

Records of the Mary Ward Centre, formerly known as the Mary Ward Settlement and the Passmore Edwards Settlement. Also some records of predecessor institutions University Hall Settlement and Marchmont Hall; and associated organisations such as the Holborn Community Centre and the Association of Principals of Literary Institutes and Colleges.

The records include papers relating to the foundation of the Settlement, particularly correspondence of Mary Ward with supporters and benefactors; minutes of the Council, the Finance and General Purposes Committee and other Committees; administrative and financial files relating to the daily running of the Settlement and the maintenance of Settlement property; papers of the Chairman and Wardens which relate to the management of the Settlement and reflect the interests of individual wardens, particularly relating to adult education provision in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s; papers relating to various appeals to raise funds to prevent the closure of the Settlement; and papers relating to grant applications.

Also papers relating to the activities of the Settlement including prospectuses and syllabi outlining adult education courses; papers of youth clubs, vacation schools, evening play centres, clubs for the elderly and clubs for women; papers relating to the School for Invalid Children; papers relating to the provision of financial and legal advice; papers regarding the introduction of computing services in the early 1990s; press cuttings and photographs. The collection also includes some personal papers of Mary Ward and her daughter Dorothy Ward.

Records of the Mary Ward House Trust and the National Institute for Social Work relating to the historical background, maintenance and restoration of Mary Ward House, 1899-2007.

Records of the Mary Ward House Trust relate to the administration and finances of the Trust, 1996-2007. Papers include correspondence with solicitors, the Charity Commission, English Heritage and Camden Council; memorandum and articles of association; Trustees meeting minutes, agendas and papers; annual reports and accounts; financial records; publications, brochures and newsletters produced by the Trust, and publications and research materials relating to Mary Ward and Mary Ward House collected by the Trust, dating between 1899 and 2002.

Records of the National Institute of Social Work relating to their routine maintenance of the Mary Ward House from their tenancy in the 1960s onwards; including deeds and leases, correspondence, minutes, reports, structural surveys and valuations.

Papers relating to the Mary Ward House Project, including applications to and correspondence with the Heritage Lottery Fund; papers relating to the International Architectural Competition; condition surveys; conservation plans; survey and proposal drawings and plans; fundraising papers; and photographs of the House.

Register of marriages, 1914-1940.

Records of Mary Street Methodist Church, Canning Town, including registers of baptism, 1861-1940; request for a piece of land next to Mary Street Chapel to be registered as a place of worship, 18 Feb 1884 and collection journal and Society Stewards's record, 1930-1940.

Papers, 1783-1853, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising wills and administrations: probate of will of Susannah Dawson of Bath, Somerset, widow; made 2 Nov 1781; letters of administration of estate of Susanna Dobson, formerly of Kensington, afterwards of Leicester Square and late of St. Paul, Covent Garden, widow, 1795; probate of will of Felton Smith of Westmoreland Street, Saint Marylebone, gentleman; made 2 Jul 1806, proved 1820; copy of will of Ann Ainsworth late of Prestwich near Manchester and now of Kensal Green, Willesden, widow and mother of novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1842; copy of will [? for probate] of John Ellerbeck of Winchester Street, City of London, tailor, 1845 and duplicate appointment of trustees, 1853.

History of the Dyer family by Evelyn Henrietta Martin nee Swinnerton Dyer.

Court roll of the manor of Marshalls, in North Weald Bassett, Essex, 1519-36; with (at back) pen and ink drawing of the Great Garner at Leadenhall and the "chapel of St Michael on the East" (Leadenhall chapel?), by William Wright, 1539.

Papers, 1890-1902, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Kilburn and Mill Hill, including agreements, probate of wills and conveyance.

Papers, 1706-1906, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to land and premises in Staines, Stanwell, Enfield and Tottenham, including mortgages, bonds, conveyances, wills, leases and releases, copies of court rolls from the manor of Staines and insurance policies.

Marseilles, Algiers and Malta Telegraph Company Limited records comprise minutes of board meetings.

Records of Marlborough Street Magistrates Court, 1896-1991, including court registers; rates registers; registers of means enquiries; registers of ex-parte cases; registers of applications for time to pay; Married Women's Act orders; Guardianship of Infants Act orders; Affiliation orders and domestic proceedings registers.

Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate.

Domestic proceedings: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

Papers of the Marks family, including apprenticeship indenture as a coach smith and birth, baptism and marriage certificates.

Papers, 1888-1943, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising abstract of title and conveyances for No 10 Hillside Gardens, Edgware.

Records of Chelsea Congregational Church, Markham Square including volume containing roll of members, 1884-1952; Church Book, 1856-1939, including historical account of Church, 1902, minutes of Church Meetings, 1867-1887, register of marriages, 1892-1939 and register of baptisms, 1868-1939; minute books of Church Meetings, 1856-1867 (includes account of foundation) and 1888-1930.