REMEMBRANCER'S DEPARTMENT: REMEMBRANCER'S PAPERS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: COL/RMD/RM
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: REMEMBRANCER'S DEPARTMENT: REMEMBRANCER'S PAPERS
Date(s)	: 1605-1949
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Corporation of London

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Office of Remembrancer was instituted in 1571. The traditional role is as the channel of communications between the City of London on the one hand and the Sovereign, Royal Household and Parliament on the other. The Remembrancer is also the City's Ceremonial Officer and Chief of Protocol.

The Remembrancer's department at the City of London is broken into three distinct branches of work - parliamentary, ceremonial and private events. The parliamentary office is responsible for looking after the City of London's interests in Parliament with regard to all public legislation, while the ceremonial office's objectives are to enable the Lord Mayor and City of London to welcome high profile visitors both domestically and internationally. Finally, the private events team co-ordinate the hiring of the Guildhall for private banquets, receptions or conferences.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Remembrancer's Department, Corporation of London, relating to individual Remembrancers, including the papers of Captain John Burroughs, 1665-1666; scrapbooks of Sir Stuart Sankey and other members of his family, [1805-1949]; papers of Edward Tyrrel, 1832-1842 and extracts, precedents, historical notes and some original documents relating to the office of Remembrancer, collected by Edward Tyrrel during his work, 1605-1837.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

In sections according to catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright City of London

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Corporation of London Records Office.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2009