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Records of Bow Street Magistrates Court, 1724-2004, including court registers; domestic proceedings registers; gaoler's records; applications for warrants; club licensing; matrimonial case registers; extradition registers; registers of applications for adoption abroad, adoption abroad procedural and case files; papers relating to magistrates' salaries; files of the Chief Clerk; Poor Box financial accounts, bequests and correspondence; papers relating to trust funds and bequests; Committee files and office administration.

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.
Matrimonal cases: 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.

Records of Clerkenwell Magistrates' Court, 1893-1987, including court registers; registers of adoption applications; probation order applications; means enquiries; court minutes recording charges and summons; court note books; probation orders; domestic proceedings including matrimonial cases and bastardy orders; registers of endorsements of driving licences; cash books; gaoler's index of defendants and clerk's papers.

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. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

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.

Records of Hendon Magistrates' Court, 1873-1992 and Harrow (Wealdstone) Magistrates' Court, 1889-1934. Records of Hendon Magistrates' Court include: court registers (Hendon, Edgware and Harrow Courts); registers of juvenile, income tax and matrimonial cases; court minute books; licensing registers and bail forms. Records of Harrow (Wealdstone) Magistrates' Court include: court registers; Justices' Quarterly Meeting minute books and petitions.

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. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

Domestic / matrimonial cases: 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.

Records of Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court, 1975-1999, including court registers; domestic proceedings; licensing and protection orders; rates registers; probation orders; adoption cases and custodianship cases.

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. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

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.

Records of the Inner London Juvenile Courts, 1910-1997. These court registers are the only surviving records of the juvenile courts to have been transferred to the Greater London Record Office (now London Metropolitan Archives). For a short period after 1909 two sets of registers were kept by each court, Part 1s and Part 2s. This mirrors the practice of the adult courts. Part 1s were cases arising mainly from arrests and charges by the police; Part 2s were normally cases brought by means of summonses. From the early 1920s most juvenile courts began to keep one series only containing both types of cases.

The information contained in registers includes: date of hearing, name of informant/complainant (often the police), name and age of the defendant, nature of the offence, the adjudication by the magistrate, and the latter's name.

These registers are not indexed. No other supporting papers have survived.

The Court Registers in this collection are for the following courts:

PS/IJ/B: Bow Street, including Bow Street, Dean Street, Caxton Hall, Chelsea.
PS/IJ/C: Clerkenwell, including Clerkenwell, Islington, Friends House, North London, Camden.
PS/IJ/CA: Camden
PS/IJ/CH: Chelsea
PS/IJ/G: Greenwich, including Greenwich, Woolwich, Woolwich Old Town Hall
PS/IJ/GRE: Greenwich
PS/IJ/HK: Hackney
PS/IJ/HKN: Hackney North
PS/IJ/HKS: Hackney South
PS/IJ/HM: Hammersmith
PS/IJ/IS: Islington
PS/IJ/ISN: Islington North
PS/IJ/ISS: Islington South
PS/IJ/LE: Lewisham
PS/IJ/LEN: Lewisham North
PS/IJ/LES: Lewisham South
PS/IJ/LM: Lambeth
PS/IJ/LME: Lambeth East
PS/IJ/LMS: Lambeth South
PS/IJ/LMW: Lambeth West
PS/IJ/O: Old Street, including Old Street, Toynbee Hall, East London, Hackney, Thames, Tower Hamlets
PS/IJ/SC: Special Courts
PS/IJ/SN: Southwark North
PS/IJ/SS: Southwark South
PS/IJ/T: Tower Bridge, including Tower Bridge, Deptford Town Hall, Southwark, South-East London, Lewisham, Greenwich
PS/IJ/TH: Tower Hamlets
PS/IJ/THE: Tower Hamlets East
PS/IJ/THW: Tower Hamlets West
PS/IJ/W/01: Westminster, including Westminster, West London, Lindsey Hall, Stamford House, Marylebone, Marylebone West, Hammersmith, Marylebone East.
PS/IJ/W/02: South Western, including South Western, Lambeth, Battersea Town Hall, Springfield Hall, Lambeth South, Balham, Lambeth North, Southwark North, Southwark South
PS/IJ/WA: Wandsworth
PS/IJ/WE: Westminster
PS/IJ/WEN: Westminster North
PS/IJ/CR: Court registers (including indexes 1989-1991)
PS/IJ/MR: Means registers.

Records of Saint Pancras Petty Sessional Division, 1823-1956, comprising court minute books, court 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. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

Records of the Thames Magistrates Court, 1804-1971, including court registers; clerk's letter books and papers; and wreck enquiry notes. 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.

Minutes of The Committe and Council, General Committee and Finance Committee (1897-1987); balance sheets (1927-1947), accounts and investments (1926-1975), registers of legacies (1897-1951) left to the The Mission, some salaries and wages registers (1934-1978) and registers of donations and subscriptions (1927-1967). The Central Administration of The Mission covers Governance including Memorandum and Articles of Association and change of registered name in 1956; Membership registers (1928-2000); Annual Reports (1861, 1895-2009); Property covering deeds, agreements, rentals and inventories for property owned or rented by The Mission (1863-1962); Committee papers (1929-1983) including speeches given at annual meetings and reports and reviews of the work of The Mission; Correspondence (1883-1979); Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials held at The Mission (1943-1986) and Plans (1967-1988).

The records of the individual Mission churches Little Wild Street Chapel (1859-1962) and Arundel Square Chapel 1859-1948); Individual homes and hostels included are Wheatley Homes and Pemberton Gardens (1922-1947); 'The Retreat', Maldon (1928-1963); Eastlea Court, Frimlea (1945-1963); 'Fairlawn' Herne Bay (1939-1952); Chatfield House, Whetstone (1937-1940).

Printed material incldues fundraising and appeals (1898-1963); services (1944-1949) scrap books, cuttings and ephemera (1922-1973); histories and articles (1877-2010) and drawings and art work (1899-1948).

Letters patent appointing the commissioners; orders of court; minutes of various Committees including the General Purposes Committee, By-laws Committee, Committee on Claims, Disposal of Refuse Committee, Finance Committee, Trial Works Committee, Sewage Manure Committee and Ordnance Survey Committee; original contracts for the construction of new sewers, including plans, sections and elevations; registers of in-letters; letter books for out-letters; drainage applications; registers of applications to construct sewers and drains; registers of proposed drainage of buildings; registers of house drainage; register of complaints; applications for private works on sewers and drains; registers of streets showing existence or absence of sewers and drains; surveyor's report books; staff records; financial accounts; rate books; printed items bound into volumes, including reports (several written by Joseph Bazalgette), papers, resolutions, prospectuses, surveys and inspections on various subjects including sewers and drains, cesspools, sewage, manure, waterways, flushing operations, public health, industrial sites, public conveniences, subterranean surveys, tides and water supply; minutes of the Commissioners and plans and maps of sewers, drains and waterways.

Papers of the Middlesex Advisory Committee and the Middlesex Area Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace, 1911-1982, including minute books and papers relating to committee matters; and files on individual justices, 1960-1979.

Records of the Manor of Rotherhithe, including court books for views of frankpledge, courts baron and courts leet; minute book; rentals; and statement on the bounds of the Manor.

Records of the manors of Lordshold, Kingshold and Grumbolds, Hackney and of the Tyssen Amherst estates. Manor of Lordshold records include court books; indexes to court books; draft court books; minutes of courts and presentment books; register of officials; papers entered into court books; surrenders and admissions; deeds; rentals, surveys and other documents.

Manor of Kingshold records include court books; indexes to court books; draft court books; minutes of courts and presentment book; papers entered into court books; deeds.

Manor of Grumbolds records include index to court books; minutes of courts and other volumes; papers entered into court books; deeds.

Papers relating to the Tyssen Amherst Estates include marriage settlements; conveyances; building agreements; land tax records; rental; surveys and plans. The collection also includes a minute book of Henry Norris and letters patent regarding Downing College, Cambridge.

The covering dates of the court books are the dates of the actual courts, or proceedings before the steward, as distinct from enrolments of transactions out of court. The original numbers of the volumes are given in inverted commas in the description column and will be needed if use is made of the original indexes. Since the manors of Lordshold, Hackney and of Stepney were held in conjunction until 1652, a few records relating to Stepney are included in this collection, for example M79/LH/128/4. Similarly court books for Lordshold, 1654-1659, 1661-1664 and extracts of Court Baron rolls, 1652-1717, can be found in the list of Stepney manor records (Refs. M93/1-2, 4, 89-92) as well as some deeds (e.g. W93/439-441).

Many of these records were damaged by flooding due to enemy action in the second World War and cannot be consulted in their present state. However where the court books are unfit for consultation, draft court books and papers entered into the court books can be used as an alternative.

Papers relating to Barnsbury Manor, Islington, including records of the courts baron and courts leet; deeds to the copyhold estate of the manor; surrenders; warrants; deeds of conveyance of land and premises at Holloway; deeds for Tufnell family holdings in Holloway, Manor of Canonbury, and in the Manor of Newington Barrow at Highbury; and deeds for the Tufnell family estates in Ireland.

Records of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions relating to local administration, 1590-1930. The number of series in MA reveals the wide scope of county administration dealt with at the sessions. A lot of the records date from the nineteenth century when there was an increase in central attempts at the regulation of many aspects of everyday life. MA/W deals with silk weavers' wage rates; MA/MW covers the work of Inspectors of Weights and Measures; MA/RS are reports from county committees and officers; MA/MS deal with military carriage rates; MA/S is concerned with the building and maintenance of the county's sessions houses; MA/MD covers the work of Inspectors of Animal Diseases; MA/C covers the work of the sessions' committees; MA/G is concerned with the building and maintenance of the county's prisons; MA/GS, likewise for Feltham Industrial School; MA/DCP are plans of county properties; MA/D and MA/DC contain deeds and contracts for county properties; MA/B are Bridge Committee papers; MA/A is concerned with the building and maintenance of the county's lunatic asylums; and MA/MN deals with military and naval recruitment in the county.

Records of the Justices of the Peace for Middlesex, 1648-1974. MJP/C contains the original Commissions of the Peace and of Oyer and Terminer issued to the Justices of the Peace; MJP/L are lists of the justices in those commissions; MJP/D contains names of justices who had paid subscriptions for dinners held at the Sessions House; MJP/EC concerns the election of a Chairman of the sessions in 1872-1873; MJP/O contains a record of oaths taken by justices upon their appointment to the commission. The series in MJP/Q, MJP/QC and MJP/R are concerned with the qualifications needed by justices in order to be eligible for appointment.

Records of the Society for the Relief of Persons Confined for Small Debts, including minutes; extracts of proceedings; Acts of Parliament; papers concerning J C Neild; financial accounts including legacy books, income books, general expenditure books, annual accounts and auditor's reports; papers regarding the disposal of surplus funds; bequests; press cuttings; correspondence; and histories of the Society.

The minutes contain reports of visits of inspection as well as names and numbers of prisoners assisted. A number of the papers relate to the destruction of the book containing the minutes and accounts of the Society 4 Mar 1818 to 5 Apr 1826 by John Camden Neild, treasurer 1814-1827.

Printed sheet of orders issued by the Committee for the Militia of the County of Middlesex, ordering lists of able-bodied men to be made, and 'watches' to be raised and armed when necessary.

Extract of the Court Roll for the Manor of Hampstead, regarding a tenement with garden and stables on 24 rods of ground on Hampstead Heath.

Papers relating to the Manor of Hendon, comprising extracts from court rolls and a rent roll. Also an extract from a court roll for the Manor of Ruislip.

Records of the Lake family relating to a property in Hounslow, called the Longhouse, including extracts from court rolls for the Manor of Twickenham; bonds; agreements; and receipts for quit rent.

Records of the Meniconi family relating to property owned by them at Ashford, Shepperton, Staines and Sunbury. Documents include extracts from court rolls for the Manor of Sunbury; copies of wills; title deeds; plans and abstracts of title.

Records of Charlton Manor, Sunbury, comprising court books and a rent and fines book.

This collection consists of title deeds relating to property in Hendon and Totteridge owned by the Nicoll family.

Collection of historical records including papers of sheriffs of London and Middlesex 1623-1829; Paymasters General in Ireland 1693; Hampton Court 1663-1664; Royal Household 1773; King's Bench and Common Pleas 1716-1816; Central Criminal Court 1847 and Receiver-general of taxes 1801-1816; and Middlesex Sessions Records.

Also title deeds and other legal documents for premises in Acton, Ashford, Bedfont, Brentford, Chiswick. Cowley, Ealing and Brentford, Edgware, Edmonton, Enfield, Feltham, Finchley, Friern Barnet, Greenford, Hampton, Hanwell, Hanworth, Harefield, Harmondsworth, Harrow (incl. Kenton, Preston, Sudbury, Wembley), Hayes, Hendon, Heston, Highgate, Hillingdon, Ickenham, Isleworth, Kingsbury, Laleham, South Mimms, Pinner, Ruislip, Shepperton, Staines, Little Stanmore, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Tottenham, Twickenham and Twyford.

Records of the Smith-Bosanquet family of Broxbournebury, comprising court roll for the Manor of Chelsea, 1337-1341; court roll for the Manor of Hackney, 1531; indentures relating to property in the parish of Saint Giles in the Fields, Holborn, 1658; and receipt relating to a fine for messuages in the parish of Saint Giles in the Fields, Holborn, 1658.

Legal papers from the office of Sir George Stephen, barrister and solicitor, 1807-1841, including writs issued to Sheriffs of London to take up various persons to answer charges in the Court of King's Bench and Court of Exchequer, 1807, 1822, 1826, 1827, 1832 and 1838; memorial of assignment of lease of land in Saint George Hanover Square, 1815; petition for commission in bankruptcy, by Robert Lang of Wilson Street, Finsbury, merchant, against William Abbott, merchant, dealer and chapman, partner with Richard Arthur Maitland of Madras, East Indies, in firm of Abbott and Maitland, 1820; subpoenas for various persons to appear at Gaol Delivery Sessions for City of London to testify against William White and others for felony, 1821; subpoena for George Holt to appear at Middlesex Sessions of the Peace to testify touching bill of indictment against Thomas Odderley Phipps for libel, 1821; correspondence, 1834-1835, and form of proposal for sale of reversionary interest in personal property of Henry Laing of Camberwell, 1841.

Records of Teddington Manor, comprising court books, index to the court books and plan of an estate in the parish of Teddington.

Letter from Harold G Broadbridge, Coroner for the County of Middlesex Western Division, to Mr G Chandler, County Councillor, regarding the holding of his first sitting at the Court at Ealing Town Hall.

Papers of the Bore and Pugh families, including papers relating to properties in Stepney, Whitechapel, Tottenham, Limehouse, Shoreditch, Mile End and the City of London; papers of the family relating to their role as executors of various wills; legal papers including a Chancery case; receipts and rents.

Records of the Manor of Harrow alias Sudbury, including court books (court leet and court baron); minute book and custumal. Records of the Manor of Harrow Rectory, including court books (court leet and court baron) and minute book. Records of both manors including quit rent books; account books; steward's papers; voters lists and enclosure records. Also sales particulars for premises at Roxeth, Alperton and Northolt.

Records relating to property ownership, including leases of premises in Ealing and Chiswick; probates of wills; and extracts from court rolls of the Manor of Hanwell.

Legal documents presented to Bankruptcy Courts, including mortgages, assignments, leases, abstract of title, wills and probates, grants, copies of court rolls, admissions, releases, conveyances, agreements, covenants to surrender, letters of administration, deeds of partnership, bills of costs, indentures of fines and marriage settlements; all for premises in Middlesex. Also records of pleas before the King's Bench, Queen's Bench, the Court of Exchequer and the Exchequer of Pleas; all for Middlesex.

Records of Shepperton Manor including court rolls; indexes to court rolls; extracts from court rolls; court memos; surrenders and powers of attorney.

Copy of freedom admissions of the City of London to William Donne senior and William Donne junior, haberdashers, 1810 and 1843; with Letters Patent appointing James and William Chambers to the office of Walter in Port of London, 1761-1785.

Records of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, 1821-1878, including Directors' meeting minutes and orders; Shareholders' meeting signed minutes; Committee for General Purposes signed minutes; Committee for Works signed minutes; Committee for Accounts signed minutes; appointments and emoluments of Officers; Committee for Works rough minutes; summary of half-yearly accounts of Metropolitan Gas Companies including The Imperial, Gas Light and Coke Company, Commercial, Independent, Ratcliff, London, Phoenix, South Metropolitan and Surrey Consumers and bound volume of Acts relating to the Company, Gas, Public Companies and so on.

Records of the Ratcliff Gas Light and Coke Company, including Bill and Act (4 Geo. IV cap. xcviii) for lighting with gas the parishes of St. Botolph, Aldgate, St. Paul, Shadwell, and parts of St. George-in-the-East, St. John, Wapping, Mile End Old Town and Ratcliff, 1823; notices; particulars of sale of shares in the company; agreements and contracts; papers relating to legal actions and lawsuits; correspondence; and papers relating to Company premises in Stepney and Wapping.

Records of Wandsworth County Court, 1911-1968, including ordinary summons books; default summons books; defended default books; judgement summons books and funds ledgers.

Records of Edmonton County Court, 1894-1944, comprising plaint and minute book and ordinary action book.

Records of Waltham Abbey County Court, comprising register of orders for the protection of property of deserted married women.

Court roll of the manor of Aldbury, Hertfordshire.

Formulary and precedent book of a London law clerk or attorney's scrivener, possibly John Ambler.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Fanmakers, 1709-1977. The records include registers of freedom admissions from 1749 and of apprentice bindings from 1765; as well as charters; ordinances; quarterage books; cash books and album of press cuttings, photographs, letters, invitation cards and so on.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Glovers, 1675-1981 (the dates given are the dates of compilation of the records. They include 19th century extracts of a petition dated 1619-20, and a printed copy of the 1638 charter). The membership records include registers of freedom admissions from 1738 and of apprentice bindings from 1694. Other records include Court minute books and an album of correspondence, photographs and cuttings relating to events during 1946-7.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, including registers of freedom admissions from 1526 and of apprentice bindings from 1583. A number of series are described in more detail in a "Descriptive Class List of Records" of the Company (1954) held at the Manuscripts Section enquiry desk. Please note that MS 24719 is subject to a 30 year closure period.

Records of Robert Aske's Charity: (former references: MS 15847-, 15886- 94, 24729- 34, 32907- 18, 33626-; MS 15886- 94; MS 24729- 34; MS 32907- 18; MS 33626-; dates: 1689 - 1973; extent: 56 production units) The records comprise constitutional documents, minutes, chapel registers, accounts, inventories, reports, admission registers and estate material. See also Mss 15845, 15848-9 and 24719-20. They were catalogued by members of the Guildhall Library staff.

Records of Thomas Aldersey's Charity: (former references: MS 15885- , 24728- , 33622- 3; MS 24728-; MS 33622- 3; dates: 1576 - 1912; extent: 4 production units). The records comprise constitutional documents and reports only. See also Ms 24722 for further reports. The records have been deposited by the Haberdashers' Company at various dates since 1976. They were cataloged by members of Guildhal Library staff.

Records of William Adams' Charity: (former references: MS 15879- 84, 32905-6, 33618-21; MS 24727-; MS 33618- 21; MS 32905- 6; dates: 1656 - 1950; extent: 15 production units) The records, which form part of the Haberdashers' collections, comprise statutes, minutes, correspondence and reports, as well as maps and surveys of the estates in Knighton. They have been deposited at Guildhall Library at various dates since 1976. See also the Company committee minutes (Ms 15852) and general minutes (Ms 24719). The records were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff.

Records of William Jones's Charity: (former references: MS 15897- 900, 24737-41, 32920-8; MS 24737- 41; MS 32920- 8; dates: 1613 - 1979; extent: 69 production units) The records comprise constitutional documents, minutes, reports, accounts, pupil registers and estate papers. See also Ms 15852, 15874 and 24719.

Records of Throckmorton Trotman's Charity: (former references: MS 15901- 2; dates: 1827 - 1899; extent: 2 production units) The records comprise an admission register and a visitor's book only, but see also Ms 24721 (surveyor's reports) and Mss 15852 and 24719 (minutes).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Horners, 1373-1997. The records include registers of freedom admissions from 1847 and of apprentice bindings from 1694. Other records include ordinance books; Court minute books; financial accounts; legal documents including covenants; legal case papers and correspondence. NO ACCESS TO MS 30509 WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE CLERK.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers. The records have been compiled between 1571 and 1997, but they include deeds from 1497, and a list of the livery 1537-ca. 1902, compiled in ca. 1902. They also include registers of freedom admissions from 1651 and of apprentice bindings from 1641, and papers relating to the Irish estates, 1832-1910.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers, 1669-1981. The records include registers of freedom admissions from 1674; apprentice bindings from 1673; charters; ordinances; Court minute books; lists of Masters, Wardens, Assistants and Liverymen; quarterage books; financial accounts; letter books; and brief history of the Company.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers, 1365-1961. The records of the Company include registers of freedom admissions from 1694; apprentice bindings from 1571; charters; Court minute books; quarterage books; financial accounts; letter books and deeds and other papers relating to properties.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, dating from the 14th century, with deeds dating from the 13th. IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

Records include charters; ordinances; Court books; Committee papers and minutes; livery rolls; apprenticeship registers; freedom admissions; financial accounts and papers relating to properties. The archive includes the records of schools established and run by the Company:

• Tonbridge School: The records comprise minutes, accounts, reports, registers of pupils, 1817-1948, and of examinations, estate and other administrative papers.

  • Sir Andrew Judd's Commercial School, later the Judd School, at Tonbridge: The records comprise minutes, accounts and registers of pupils, 1888-1943, only. See also Ms 30715 and 30949.
  • Tunbridge Wells Middle School for Boys, later Skinners' School for Boys, Tunbridge Wells: The records comprise minutes, accounts and registers of boys, 1887-1949, only.
  • The Middle School for Girls at Stamford Hill, North London, later known as Skinners' School for Girls: The records comprise minutes, accounts and a register of girls, 1917-28.

  As well as education, the archive includes records of other charitable activity by the company, and of several named charities ie Lawrence Atwell's Charity, Hunt's Charity, John Meredith's Charity and Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity. The Charity Commissioners' reports (1819-40) held in the Printed Books Section contain background information about these charities.

  Skinners' Company almshouses: The records of these almshouses comprise regulations, ca. 1800-9 (Ms 30818); plans [1700?] and 1864 (Ms 30961 and Ms 30995), and schedule of plaques, undated (Ms 31313). Further references may be found in other Skinners' Company records such as minutes and accounts.

  The archive also includes extensive records of the Skinners' estates, not only in the City of London, but also particularly in Clerkenwell (Clarke's Close estate) and St Pancras (Sandhill's estate) in London, to a lesser extent in Kent and Surrey, and in Londonderry in Ireland.

Records of the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers, including registers of freedom admissions 1824-1906, 1947-57; apprenticeship indentures and presentments 1666-86; Court minute books; Committee minutes; quarterage books; correspondence, reports, photographs etc relating to craft competitions; menus, orders of service, correspondence and related papers relating to Company functions, dinners, entertainments and services; and financial statements.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.