IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/L/GC
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GLASS SELLERS OF LONDON
Date(s): 1635-1983
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 42 production units
Name of creator(s): Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London had a charter drawn up in 1635, but this was never enrolled and their operative charter dates from 1664.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records 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.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
As the archive is large and complex, and to assist the user, the catalogue has been arranged in sections each with an archival classification code as follows: A: Constitutional records; B: Court records; C: Membership records; D: Financial records; E: Trade records; F: Clerk's records; G: Charities and estates.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
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. For further information please see LMA Research Guide "Consulting Archives at Guildhall Library", available at http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/Visitor_information/free_information_leaflets.htm
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: Depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records of the Company were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1949 and 1989. The Manuscripts Section merged with London Metropolitan Archives in 2008. The records were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
For further information relating to Livery Companies, particularly using the company records for family history, please see Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section "Livery Company Membership Guide" and Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section "Leaflet Guides to Records: Searching for Members or those apprenticed to Members of City of London Livery Companies" (both available online).
For a general introduction to the history of the City of London Livery Companies please see entry in The London Encyclopaedia, ed Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct-09