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Periods > 15th century > Livery company records (London)

Memorials of the Guild of Merchant TaylorsOf the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist in the City of London

•  15th century •  16th century •  17th century •  18th century •  19th century •  14th century
Extensive records of the Company, including charters, accounts and ordinances; also includes material relating to the associated schools and charities.

Scriveners' company common paper 1357-1628With a continuation to 1678

•  14th century •  15th century •  16th century •  17th century
By kind permission of the London Record Society. Records of the 'Writers of the Court Letter', later incorporated in 1616/17 as the Company of Scriveners of the City of London. Includes lists of officers, oaths, ordinances, petitions and letters patent.

City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report; Volume 1

•  19th century •  18th century •  17th century
Volume 1 contains the final reports and memoranda of the commissioners, and the oral inquiry.

City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report; Volume 4

•  19th century •  18th century •  17th century •  16th century
Contains extensive reports upon and accounts of the charities administered by the twelve "Great Companies".

Records of the Worshipful Company of CarpentersVolume I: Apprentices' Entry Books 1654-1694

•  17th century
Records of nearly 3,000 apprentices, their families and places of origin and the member of the Company to whom they were bound.