Two manuscript volumes containing accounts of John Carte of Ampthill, giving details of work done as a glazier, and, less frequently, as a plumber and decorator, 1793-1811. Customers are named, as are their places of residence, mostly in the immediate vicinity of Ampthill. Inserted loosely are four bills addressed to Carte for plumbing equipment and glass supplied from Birmingham and London, 1810-1815.
Carte , John , fl 1793-1815 , glazierNotebook entitled 'Glass Furnace Notebook. Royal Institution' in Michael Faraday's hand.
Faraday , Michael , 1791-1867 , chemist and natural philosopherBoard minutes of the Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Company Limited.
Guardian Plate Glass Insurance Co LtdLiverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance Company Board of Directors minutes.
Liverpool and London Plate Glass Insurance CoLondon and Manchester Plate Glass Insurance Company Limited board of directors minutes and annual balance sheets.
London and Manchester Plate Glass Insurance Co LtdBoard minute books of the National Provincial Insurance Company Limited.
National Provincial Plate Glass Insurance Co x National Provincial Plate Glass and General Insurance Co x National Provincial Insurance Co LtdMinute book of the National Society of Plate Glass Silverers, Siders, Cutters and Fitters, 1895-1903, particularly references to London, Belfast and Dublin branches [records for 1896-1897 are missing]. Volume also includes Rules of the Amalgamated Plate Glass Workers' Trade Union [c1893] and printed resolution of the Union, against hiring agreements.
National Society of Plate Glass Silverers, Siders, Cutters and Fitters Amalgamated Plate Glass Workers' Trade UnionPapers of Professor John Percy, comprising letters to Richard Smith, of the Metallurgy Laboratories, Royal School of Mines, 1853-1860, relating to work at the laboratories; notes and correspondence relating to experiments on glass, 1840-[1888].
Percy , John , 1817-1889 , metallurgistRecords of William Parker and Son, glass sellers, comprising letters from customers ordering glassware. The letters are largely from aristocratic and gentry customers and may have been kept for that reason.
William Parker and Son , glass sellersRecords of the Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers, 1635-1983. The records include registers of freedom admissions from 1664 and of apprentice bindings from 1665; charters; ordinances; Court minute books; quarterage books; financial accounts; letter books and papers relating to charitable bequests.
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.
Worshipful Company of Glass SellersRecords of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, 1546-1991. The records include registers of freedom admissions from 1729 and of apprentice bindings from 1694; Court minute books; quarterage books; letter books and various legal documents, deeds and contracts.
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.
Worshipful Company of Glaziers