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Records of the Smyrna Anglican Chaplaincy, Turkey, comprising registers and notes of baptisms, marriages and burials, registers of services, minutes and accounts. They have been catalogued by various members of staff over many years.

Records of the Diocese of Western China, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages and baptism and marriage certificate books.

Collection of Diocesan records; including surveyors plans for City of London properties in the estates of the Diocese of Southwark; precedent and case books for ecclesiastical jurisdiction; baptisms, marriage and burial register for the garrison at the Cape of Good Hope, 1795-1803; transcripts and calendars of various Diocesan records; list of the bishops of London, 1540-1787; and a parish register for Saint Mary's, Leyton, 1575-1783.

Records ofWilliam Brass and his estate, comprising accounts, agreements, correspondence and related papers. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1987. Ms 22352 includes a schedule of Trust records drawn up in 1954.

Papers of the Boddington family of London, including commonplace book; memorandum book (including notes on travel in the Levant, 1712-25); journals and correspondence.

Papers 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.

Research 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.

Papers 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.

Papers 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.

Records of Joseph Godwin, alehouse keeper, including financial account books; inventories of furniture and fixtures; agreements; licences and leases.

Deeds, wills and other papers relating to the property and estate affairs of the Harvey family.

Papers of Joseph Jackson Howard, antiquary, including sketches and rubbings of monuments in churches, especially St Helen Bishopsgate, copies of inscriptions, some original manuscripts, transcripts of monumental inscriptions, notes on the Barber Surgeons' Company, and notes on the aldermen, recorders and chamberlains of the City of London.

Papers of the London Joint Stock Banks Committee comprising signed minute books.

Restricted access to later records.

Accounts ledgers of Butterworth and Company (New Zealand).

Records of Coke Press, publishers of The Law Journal, including financial accounts, minutes of meetings, and correspondence.

Records of the publishers of the journal Justice of the Peace. The records comprise memorandum and articles of association, directors' and annual general meetings minutes, annual reports and accounts, agreements and correspondence.

Records of Abelheira Paper Mills Limited, consisting of constitutional documents, Board and general minutes, annual reports, and an inventory of land in Portugal. The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of Grahams (Lisbon) Limited, general merchants and manufacturers, consisting of Board minutes, annual reports and a register of directors. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

Board and executive committee minutes for the Reserved Assets Company, the assets company for Grahams Trading Company Limited.

Records of the Canada Company, comprising constitutional documents, minutes, share records, bills of exchange and deeds.

Records of various tea or rubber companies, all later purchased by the Caparo Group. There are no records of Caparo Group Limited itself. The archives are catalogued under the names of the individual companies within the group. The companies are:
Assam Frontier Tea Company;
Budla Beta Tea Company;
Dooars Tea Company;
Empire of India and Ceylon Tea Company;
Empire of India Holdings Limited;
Lanka Plantation Company;
Oriental Rubber Company;
Singlo Tea Company;
Singlo Holdings Limited.

All the records are held offsite and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Empire of India and Ceylon Tea Company, comprising constitutional documents, Board of Directors' minutes, a ledger and tea sales records. The records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

Minutes of the Lanka Plantation Company Limited.

Records of Singlo Holdings Limited, comrpising minutes of the Board of Directors and annual general meetings.

Papers of Charles Cox and Son, marine agents, comprising eight volumes of letters from Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel concerning pay and other financial matters.

Records of Charles Frodsham and Company, chronometer, clock and watch makers. The records comprise minutes of the board of directors 1893-1939 and annual general meetings 1894-1939 (Ms 19904); a ledger 1939-55 (Ms 19905), and watch manufacturing books 1876-1910 and 1895-7 (Ms 19906-7).

Records of wood brokers Churchill and Sim Limited, primarily diaires kept by Charles Churchill senior (1785-1844), and Charles Churchill junior (1823-1905), but also a letter book. The entries in the diaries relate to the timber trade, City politics and private affairs.

The papers of Abbott, Clayton and Morris consist of the business and family records of two generations and form one of the earliest and largest extant collections of Stuart-era financial records. There are also related records of Sir George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (1648-1689), a close personal friend of Robert Clayton. (Clayton was appointed by Jeffreys as a trustee of his family settlement drawn up in 1689.) Jeffreys was Common Serjeant (1671-1678) and Recorder of London (1678-1680).

Board minutes of the General Accident and Guarantee Company Limited.

The minutes are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Indemnity Marine Insurance Company Limited, including consitutional documents, minutes, financial material, letterbooks and some details of ships and cargoes.

Records of the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company, comprising articles of association and minute books only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Palatine Insurance Company Limited, comprising Board, annual general meeting and Committee minute books only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Records of the Planet Assurance Corporation Limited, comprising scrapbooks of printed material and Directors' minutes only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.

Minute book of the Scottish Metropolitan Life Assurance Company.

Board minute books of Westminster and Kensington Freeholds Limited.

Records of Daniel Desbois and Sons, watch and clockmakers, comprising a series of ledgers and a series of day books.

Records of Thomas Denny, corn dealer, comprising day books and rough accounts.

Records of Edmund Schluter and Company, general merchants, including letter books; ledgers; cash books; journals; sales books; purchase books; and waste books.

Records of Edward Grace and Company, brokers and merchants, comprising correspondence and accounts.

Records of the Equitable Reversionary Interest Society including out-letter books; deeds of settlement; minute books; annual reports; ledgers; registers of valuations of reversions; registers of recoveries; and registers of debentures.

Records of news agency Exchange Telegraph Company Limited, including:

1. Constitution; operating agreements, Mss 22956-61;
   2. Board and AGM minutes etc; annual reports and accounts, Mss 22962-9;
   3. Papers relating to lawsuits, Mss 22970-4;
   4. Internal financial and accounting records, Mss 22975-23012;
   5. Records of subscribers, Mss 23013-24;
   6. Correspondence (subdivided as follows):
      (i) Miscellaneous early correspondence, Mss 23025-7;
      (ii) Correspondence etc relating to dealings with the London Stock Exchange, Mss 23028-32;
      (iii) Correspondence etc concerning the sports services, chiefly horse racing, Mss 23033-41;
      (iv) Correspondence etc concerning relations with the Press Association Ltd, Mss 23042-8. 10;
      (v) Papers of Wilfred King (chairman 1913-43), Mss 23049-51;
      (vi) Papers of E C Barker (a director, 1913-33), Mss 23052-61;
      (vii) Correspondence relating to arrangements with the BBC, Ms 23062;
      (viii) Foreign correspondence (including Second World War correspondence), Mss 23063-6;
      (ix) Correspondence concerning tariff rates, Ms 23067;
   7. Examples of news transmitted and statistics service cards, Mss 23068-74;
   8. Engineering and patents records, Mss 23075-94;
   9. Publicity records, eg tariffs, circulars and application forms, Mss 23095-102;
   10. Records of correspondents, wages and commissions, Mss 23103-6;
   11. Photographs, Mss 23107-15;
   12. News cuttings, Mss 23116-25;
   13. Miscellaneous (chiefly historical notes and records of subsidiaries), Mss 23126-35;
   14. Records of the joint services of ETC and the Press Association Ltd, Mss 23136-57;
   15. Miscellaneous items presented by BT Archives, Ms 38642.

Records of Foster and Braithwaite, stockbrokers, which comprise ledgers, journals and subscription books.

Records of George Jesse Dawson and his son Percy George Dawson, antique clock case makers and restorers. The records comprise job books and accounts.

Records of G S Herbert and Sons, stockbrokers, including ledgers, balance sheets, cash books, journals, and loan books. Also ledgers of stockbrokers G B Tydd and Company and Montagu Nicholas and Company.

24 hours notice required for access. Access to records less than 50 years old requires permission, details should be sought from staff.

The 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.

Records of George Attenborough and Son, pawnbrokers and jewellers, comprising receipt books of items pawned and sales book.

Records 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).

Records of Associated Cable Companies, comprising accounts, journals and cash books.

Minutes of board meetings of the British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company Limited.

Records of the Direct Spanish Telegraph Company Limited comprising memorandum and articles of association with a special resolution.