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CLC/L/CD/A/001/MS06430 Charter of incorporation granted to the 1631 Aug 22 Company by Charles I Former reference: MS 06430

CLC/L/CD/A/001/MS06430/A Original box, formerly containing item 1631 Aug 22 CLC/L/CD/A/001/MS06430 Former reference: MS 06430

CLC/L/CD/A/002/MS03946 Contemporary copy of the charter of 1631 incorporation of 1631 granted to the Company by Charles I 1 volume; numbered C.C. 9 (part) Former reference: MS 03946

CLC/L/CD/A/003/MS03955 Copy of the charter of incorporation of 1631 Mid 18th 1 volume; numbered C.C. 24 century Former reference: MS 03955

CLC/L/CD/A/004/MS03946A Original bye-laws of the Company signed by 1631/2 the Keeper of the Great Seal and Chief Justices January 2 of the Court of King's Bench and Court of Common Pleas 1 volume; C.C. 9 (part) Former reference: MS 03946A

CLC/L/CD/A/005/MS03953 Copy of the Company's bye-laws of 1631/2 Late 18th 1 volume; numbered C.C. 16 century Former reference: MS 03953

CLC/L/CD/A/006/MS03976 Abstracts from the bye-laws of 1631/2, ca 1813 compiled by Henry Clarke, Citizen and 1 volume; numbered C.C. 41 Former reference: MS 03976 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/A/007/MS06431 Ratification of bye-laws 1632 Aug 11 Membrane 1 of the ratification has an ornamented initial.

The contemporary charter box (now CLC/L/CD/A/007/MS06431/A) originally contained 1 item of 4 membranes, with ornamented initial on membrane 1, vellum (ratification), 3 seals on original cords; and 1 item of 1 membrane, vellum (supplementary bye-law) stored in pocket inside lid of box. The ratification and supplementary bye-law were re -boxed in 2013. 1 document Former reference: MS 06431

CLC/L/CD/A/007/MS06431/A Original box, formerly containing items 1632, 18 - - CLC/L/CD/A/007/MS06431 (ratification) and CLC/L/CD/A/007/MS06431/B (supplementary bye-law) This box originally contained 1 item of 4 membranes, with ornamented initial on membrane 1, vellum (ratification), 3 seals on original cords; and 1 item of 1 membrane, vellum (supplementary bye-law) stored in pocket inside lid of box. 1 box Former reference: MS 06431

CLC/L/CD/A/007/MS06431/B Supplementary bye-law (article 53) relating to 18-- refusal of a freeman to serve on his election as a liveryman The contemporary charter box (now CLC/L/CD/A/007/MS06431/A) originally contained 1 item of 4 membranes, with ornamented initial on membrane 1, vellum (ratification), 3 seals on original cords; and 1 item of 1 membrane, vellum (supplementary bye-law) stored in pocket inside lid of box. The ratification and supplementary bye-law were re -boxed in 2013. 1 document Former reference: MS 06431 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/A/008/MS03970 Grant of arms by Sir Edward Walker, Garter 1671/2 King of Arms, in pursuance of the charter of January 31 incorporation of 1631 Illuminated 1 item mounted on board, vellum; seal of office re-appended by new cords; with tray of original seal box covered with gilt tooled leather. Former reference: MS 03970

CLC/L/CD/A/009/MS29159 Minute of the Court of Aldermen approving a 1975 June 10 petition by the Clockmakers' Company for an increase in the livery 1 item in envelope, parchment Former reference: MS 29159

CLC/L/CD/A/010/MS03950 Contemporary copies of the charter of ca 1717 incorporation of 1631 and the bye-laws of 1631/2, with other papers (originals and copies), relating to the Company's constitution 1562-1770; and a list of members 1632-1716, wardens 1632-1712 and assistants 1631 -97Compiled ca. 1717 by Thomas Goodwin, clerk of the Company. For further details of provenance see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) p.150 1 volume; numbered C.C. 13 Former reference: MS 03950

CLC/L/CD/A/011/MS03948 Copies of the charter of incorporation of 1631 ca 1786 and bye-laws of 1631/2, authenticated 1786; and copy of an Act of Common Council for regulating the Company, 15 October 1765, signed by Town Clerk of the City of London 1 volume; numbered C.C. 11 Former reference: MS 03948

CLC/L/CD/A/012/MS03969 List of undated petitions of the Company and ca 1808 orders of the Court of Aldermen, with copies of reports and orders 1629-32, relating to the obtaining of the Company's charter; and tables of the principal points contained in the charter of 1631 and the ordinances of 1631/2 1 volume; numbered C.C. 48 Former reference: MS 03969 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/A/013/MS03942 Copy of the charter of incorporation of 1631, ca 1817 with (original and copy) papers mainly relating to the Company's bye-laws, Acts of Common Council, grants of livery and membership of the Company, 1631-1817 For table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.151-155 1 volume, 52 items bound together; numbered C.C. 5 Former reference: MS 03942

CLC/L/CD/A/014/MS03949 Copies of the charter of incorporation of 1631 1647 - 1672, and bye-laws of 1631/2, made ca 1647; 18th ca 1828 century copy of the grant of arms of 1671/2; and (original and copy) papers relating to the Company's foundation and constitution, 1527 -1828. The volume has an inscribed plate on front cover the arms of the City of London and the Company, donated by Richard Morgan 1647, and engraved by I. Droeshout, 31 January 1671/2 1 volume in case; numbered C.C. 12 Former reference: MS 03949 COURT RECORDS

Court minute books

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/001 Court minute book 1632 - 1680 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02710 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/002 Court minute book 1680/1 - 1699 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02710 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/003 Court minute book 1699 - 1729 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02710 Please see staff Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/004 Court minute book 1729 - 1778 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02710 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/005 Court minute book 1778 - 1804 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02710 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/006 Court minute book 1804 - 1815 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/007 Court minute book 1815 - 1828 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/008 Court minute book 1828 - 1845 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/009 Court minute book 1845 - 1864 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/010 Court minute book 1864 - 1878 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/011 Court minute book 1878 - 1888 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/012 Court minute book 1888 - 1900 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/013 Court minute book 1900 - 1915 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/014 Court minute book 1915 - 1933 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/015 Court minute book 1933 - 1958 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/016 Court minute book 1959 - 1972 1 volume Former reference: MS 02710

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/017 Court minute book 1972 - 1980 Restricted access: please see 1 volume staff Former reference: MS 02710 Not available for online ordering. Please see staff

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/018 Court minute book 1980 - 1806 Restricted access: please see 1 volume staff Former reference: MS 02710 Not available for online ordering. Please see staff

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/019 Court minute book 1986 - 1990 Restricted access: please see 1 volume staff Former reference: MS 02710 Not available for online ordering. Please see staff

CLC/L/CD/B/001/MS02710/020 Court minute book 1990 - 1992 Restricted access: please see 1 volume staff Former reference: MS 02710 Not available for online ordering. Please see staff Rough court minute books

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/001 Rough court minute book 1637 - 1656 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 7 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/002 Rough court minute book 1673 - 1685 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/003 Rough court minute book 1685 - 1697 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/004 Rough court minute book 1698 - 1706, Not available for general access 1 volume 1708 - 1709 Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/005 Rough court minute book 1719 - 1731 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/006 Rough court minute book 1731 - 1740 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/007 Rough court minute book 1740 - 1755 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/008 Rough court minute book 1755 - 1771 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/009 Rough court minute book 1772 - 1781 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 8 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/010 Rough court minute book 1781 - 1792 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/011 Rough court minute book 1792 - 1804 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/002/MS02711/012 Rough court minute book 1804 - 1812 Not available for general access 1 volume Not available for online ordering. Former reference: MS 02711 Please see staff Please use microfilm

CLC/L/CD/B/003/MS02713 Rough court minute books 1813 - 1816, 8 volumes bound in 1 1846 - 1849, Former reference: MS 02713 1858 - 1889

CLC/L/CD/B/004/MS02732 Extracts from court minutes 1632-1804, relating 1787 - 1804 to the Company's authority and jurisdiction; with list of members of the Company, 26 June 1662 (arranged topographically) The extracts 1632-1787 were made by Edward Tutet, clockmaker 1 volume Former reference: MS 02732

CLC/L/CD/B/005/MS03975 Subject index to court minute books (Ms 2710 1813 - 1816 -11); with lists of masters 1632-1716, wardens 1632-1712 and assistants 1631-97; lists of tradesmen connected with watchmaking 1629 -1770, with a list of apprentices bound to serve mathematical instrument makers1668-1732; and extracts from court minutes 1633-1916 relating to the Company's development Compiled by Henry Clarke, Citizen and Clockmaker 1 volume; numbered C.C. 21 Former reference: MS 03975

CLC/L/CD/B/006/MS02714 Court agenda books, with Clerk's comments 1811 - 1906 9 volumes bound in 1 Former reference: MS 02714 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 9 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/B/007/MS02712 Court agenda books, with Masters' comments 1846 - 1849 9 volumes bound in 1 Former reference: MS 02712

CLC/L/CD/B/008/MS22353 Printed agendas and manuscript draft minutes 1973 - 1977 Restricted access: please see of the Court and the General Purposes staff Committee Not available for online ordering. 1 volume Please see staff Former reference: MS 22353 General Purposes Commitee minute books

CLC/L/CD/B/009/MS19498/001 General Purposes Commitee minute book 1938 - 1952 1 volume Former reference: MS 19498

CLC/L/CD/B/009/MS19498/002 General Purposes Commitee minute book 1952 - 1963 1 volume Former reference: MS 19498

CLC/L/CD/B/009/MS19498/003 General Purposes Commitee minute book 1963 - 1967 1 volume Former reference: MS 19498

CLC/L/CD/B/009/MS19498/004 General Purposes Commitee minute book 1967 - 1971 1 volume Former reference: MS 19498

CLC/L/CD/B/010/MS02729 Minutes of the Committee for the affairs of 1816 - 1817 freemen and apprentices (set up September 1816), mostly concerning the admission to the freedom of the Company of Robert Brettell Bate, mathematical instrument maker 1 volume Former reference: MS 02729 MEMBERSHIP RECORDS LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 10 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/C/001/MS03939 Lists of apprentices 1632-96, freemen 1632-94 ca 1700 - 1782 (arranged alphabetically, ca 1700); stewards 1639-96 (ca. 1700); masters 1717-84 (ca. 1784); apprentices not taking the freedom (ca. 1700); members paying quarterage, with trades and residences (ca. 1742); 246 and in or near the City of London (arranged alphabetically, 1782). Artificial compilation 1 volume; numbered C.C. 1 Former reference: MS 03939

CLC/L/CD/C/002/MS02734 List of persons invited to the stewards' feast 1732 - 1773 1732-56 and 1759; and lists of the master, wardens and Court of Assistants 1759, 1761, 1764-73 1 volume Former reference: MS 02734

CLC/L/CD/C/003/MS02719 List of liverymen, 1766-1809, giving dates of ca 1770 - 1809 admission to the livery and addresses 1 volume Former reference: MS 02719

CLC/L/CD/C/004/MS02719A List of liverymen, 1766-1912, giving addresses, ca 1829 - 1912 occupations and offices held Indexed 1 volume Former reference: MS 02719A Signed declarations of freemen and liverymen, 1882-1945 (freemen to 1944 only)

CLC/L/CD/C/005/MS03334/001 Signed declarations of freemen and liverymen, 1882 - 1926 1882-1945 (freemen to 1944 only) 1 volume Former reference: MS 03334

CLC/L/CD/C/005/MS03334/002 Signed declarations of freemen and liverymen, 1926 - 1945 1882-1945 (freemen to 1944 only) 1 volume Former reference: MS 03334 (List of freemen 1631-1896) /cCompiled, alphabetically (with additional particulars in some cases) (by Charles E Atkins) from a manuscript list made by ... H.C. Overall. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 11 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/C/006/MS11568/001 (List of freemen 1631-1896) /cCompiled, a(London Not available for general access alphabetically (with additional particulars in :bThe Not available for online ordering. some cases) (by Charles E Atkins) from a Company,c190 Please see staff manuscript list made by ... H.C. Overall. 0) NOTE: PLEASE USE THE Former reference: MS 11568 PHOTOCOPY IN PREFERENCE TO THIS VOLUME

CLC/L/CD/C/006/MS11568/001A (List of freemen 1631-1896) /cCompiled, a(London alphabetically (with additional particulars in :bThe some cases) (by Charles E Atkins) from a Company,c190 manuscript list made by ... H.C. Overall. 0) Former reference: MS 11568

CLC/L/CD/C/007/MS02735 Annual lists of freemen 1700 - 1771 Described on flyleaf as "stewards' list" 1 volume Former reference: MS 02735

CLC/L/CD/C/008/MS03957 List of freemen admitted to or excused from ca 1767 - 1813 serving on the livery 1 volume; numbered C.C. 36 Former reference: MS 03957

CLC/L/CD/C/009/MS03960 Alphabetical list of freemen 1811-97, giving ca 1897 date of admission, method of acquiring freedom, masters' name; and date of admission to the livery Compiled by Henry Charles Overall, Clerk to the Company. 1; numbered C.C. 46 Former reference: MS 03960 Registers of freedom admissions (Stamp Duty books)

CLC/L/CD/C/010/MS02717/001 Registers of freedom admissions (Stamp Duty 1712 - 1723 book) 1 volume Former reference: MS 02717

CLC/L/CD/C/010/MS02717/002 Registers of freedom admissions (Stamp Duty 1720 - 1757 book) 1 volume Former reference: MS 02717

CLC/L/CD/C/010/MS02717/003 Registers of freedom admissions (Stamp Duty 1757 - 1786 book) 1 volume Former reference: MS 02717 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 12 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/C/010/MS02717/004 Registers of freedom admissions (Stamp Duty 1786 - 1911 book) 1 volume Former reference: MS 02717

CLC/L/CD/C/011/MS02719B Register of freedom admissions, with note of 1767 - 1878 offices held 1 volume Former reference: MS 02719B Freemen's enrolment and conformity registers

CLC/L/CD/C/013/MS02718/001 Freemen's enrolment and conformity register 1729 - 1736 1 volume Former reference: MS 02718

CLC/L/CD/C/013/MS02718/002 Freemen's enrolment and conformity register 1736 - 1777 1 volume Former reference: MS 02718

CLC/L/CD/C/013/MS02718/003 Freemen's enrolment and conformity register 1778 - 1809 1 volume Former reference: MS 02718

CLC/L/CD/C/013/MS02718/004 Freemen's enrolment and conformity register 1808 - 1811 1 volume Former reference: MS 02718

CLC/L/CD/C/013/MS02718/005 Freemen's enrolment and conformity register 1811 - 1911 1 volume Former reference: MS 02718

CLC/L/CD/C/013/MS02718/006 Freemen's enrolment and conformity register 1811 - 1934 1 volume Former reference: MS 02718

CLC/L/CD/C/013/MS02718/007 Freemen's enrolment and conformity register 1911 - 1947 1 volume Former reference: MS 02718 Registers of apprentice bindings, with account of Orphans' Tax paid into the Chamber of London

CLC/L/CD/C/014/MS02721/001 Register of apprentice bindings, with account of 1694 - 1781 Orphans' Tax paid into the Chamber of London 1 volume, vellum Former reference: MS 02721 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 13 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/C/014/MS02721/002 Register of apprentice bindings, with account of 1781 - 1861 Orphans' Tax paid into the Chamber of London 1 volume, vellum Former reference: MS 02721 Registers of apprentice bindings

CLC/L/CD/C/015/MS02720/001 Register of apprentice bindings 1760 - 1811 Indexed 1 volume Former reference: MS 02720

CLC/L/CD/C/015/MS02720/002 Register of apprentice bindings 1811 - 1890 Indexed 1 volume Former reference: MS 02720

CLC/L/CD/C/015/MS02722 Register of turnover of apprentices, 1771-1808; 1770 - 1808 with, at front, examples of the different summonses sent out by the Clerk to members of the Company, 1770 1 volume Former reference: MS 02722 Quarterage books

CLC/L/CD/C/016/MS02723/001 Quarterage book 1698 - 1705 1 volume Former reference: MS 02723

CLC/L/CD/C/016/MS02723/002 Quarterage book 1745 - 1751 1 volume Former reference: MS 02723

CLC/L/CD/C/016/MS02723/003 Quarterage book 1771 - 1778 1 volume Former reference: MS 02723

CLC/L/CD/C/016/MS02723/004 Quarterage book 1789 - 1798 1 volume Former reference: MS 02723

CLC/L/CD/C/016/MS02723/005 Quarterage book 1799 - 1808 1 volume Former reference: MS 02723 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 14 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/C/016/MS02723/006 Quarterage book 1819 - 1828 1 volume Former reference: MS 02723

CLC/L/CD/C/016/MS02723/007 Quarterage book 1829 - 1850 1 volume Former reference: MS 02723 Collecting books for the payment of quarterage

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/001 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1774 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/002 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1775 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/003 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1776 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/004 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1777 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/005 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1778 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/006 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1779 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/007 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1780 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/008 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1781 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/009 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1782 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 15 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/010 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1783 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/011 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1785 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/017/MS02724/012 Collecting book for the payment of quarterage 1786 1 volume Former reference: MS 02724

CLC/L/CD/C/018/MS03958 List of freemen, not on livery, who paid 1811 quarterage, with notes of addresses, trades, and financial status 1 volume; numbered C.C. 38 Former reference: MS 03958

CLC/L/CD/C/019/MS03959 Alphabetical list of freemen who paid 1811 - 1817 quarterage, giving trades and some addresses 1 volume; numbered C.C. 37 Former reference: MS 03959 Schedules of the various walks arranged for the purposes of search and collection of quarterage, with names and occupations of members

CLC/L/CD/C/020/MS02725/001 Schedules of the various walks arranged for the ca 1812 purposes of search and collection of quarterage, with names and occupations of members 1 volume Former reference: MS 02725

CLC/L/CD/C/020/MS02725/002 Schedules of the various walks arranged for the ca 1812 purposes of search and collection of quarterage, with names and occupations of members 1 volume Former reference: MS 02725

CLC/L/CD/C/020/MS02725/003 Schedules of the various walks arranged for the ca 1812 purposes of search and collection of quarterage, with names and occupations of members 1 volume Former reference: MS 02725 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 16 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/C/021/MS06436 List (printed) of members liable to quarterage, 1822 showing the amount due on 31 December 1822, with manuscript lists of those excused the payment of quarterage April 1822, and related papers, 1822 1 bundle in envelope Former reference: MS 06436 FINANCIAL RECORDS

Renter warden's account books

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/001 Renter warden's account books 1671 - 1676 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/002 Renter warden's account books 1688 - 1693 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/003 Renter warden's account books 1709 - 1716 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/004 Renter warden's account books 1732 - 1741 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/005 Renter warden's account books 1742 - 1775 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/006 Renter warden's account books 1776 - 1811 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/007 Renter warden's account books 1811 - 1851 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/008 Renter warden's account books 1852 - 1883 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715

CLC/L/CD/D/001/MS02715/009 Renter warden's account books 1884 - 1917 1 volume Former reference: MS 02715 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 17 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/D/002/MS02716/001 Renter warden's account books (Items 1836 - 1877 numbered 001-027) 27 original volumes bound in 5, now in 1 box Former reference: MS 02716

CLC/L/CD/D/003/MS21178 Cash book 1945 - 1966 1 volume Former reference: MS 21178 TRADE RECORDS

Minutes of the proceedings of the Committee for correspondence and laws, and for the more efficient supression of malpractice in the trade

CLC/L/CD/E/001/MS02727/001 Minutes of the proceedings of the Committee 1808 Oct - for correspondence and laws, and for the more 1813 Nov efficient supression of malpractice in the trade 1 volume Former reference: MS 02727

CLC/L/CD/E/001/MS02727/002 Minutes of the proceedings of the Committee 1813 Dec - for correspondence and laws, and for the more 1815 Dec efficient supression of malpractice in the trade 1 volume Former reference: MS 02727

CLC/L/CD/E/002/MS03951 Papers relating to the import, export and Compiled ca seizure of and the regulation of the 1817 trade, 1717-1817 The volume contains 83 original and copy items. For table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.172-9 1 volume; numbered C.C. 14 Former reference: MS 03951

CLC/L/CD/E/003/MS03954 Report of the committee to obtain counsel's 1796 Feb 1 opinion as to the powers contained in the charter etc for compelling clockmakers, freemen of other companies, residing within the City or within 10 miles thereof to become members of the Company. 1 volume; numbered C.C. 23 Former reference: MS 03954 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 18 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/004/MS03952 Papers relating to the binding of apprentices, Compiled ca 1699, the seizure of John Billie's watches and 1717 movements 1686-7, the patents of John Hutchinson 1712, and Charles Clay 1716, and Abraham Fromanteel's refusal to serve the office of steward 1701 The volume contains 14 original and copy items (some printed); for table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.143-4 1 volume; numbered C.C. 15 Former reference: MS 03952

CLC/L/CD/E/005/MS03947 Papers mainly relating to the Company's efforts Compiled ca at enforcing membership on clock and 1818 traders and to the non-payment of quarterage, 1700-1818 The volume contains 23 original and copy items (some printed); for table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.188-9 1 volume; numbered C.C. 10 Former reference: MS 03947

CLC/L/CD/E/006/MS03943 Papers on various subjects, including the Compiled ca establishment of the British Watch and Clock 1860 Making Company, the importation of foreign watches, the freedom of the Company and other London companies making watches, 1671-1860 The volume contains 103 original and copy items (some printed); for a table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.155-60 1 volume, vellum and paper; numbered C.C. 6 Former reference: MS 03943

CLC/L/CD/E/007/MS03940A Titles of patents relating to , watches, 1661 - 1857 chronometers etc and appendages 1 volume; numbered C.C.19 Former reference: MS 03940A LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 19 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/008/MS03940/001 Papers relating to patents, hallmarks and 1687 - 1842 foreign imports The volume contains 161 items; for table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.179 -88 1 volume Former reference: MS 03940

CLC/L/CD/E/008/MS03940/002 Papers relating to patents, hallmarks and 1687 - 1842 foreign imports The volume contains 161 items; for table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.179 -88 1 volume Former reference: MS 03940

CLC/L/CD/E/009/MS06619/001 Clockmaker's workshop notebook containing 1690 - 1746 horological diagrams, calculations and descriptions of mechanisms with miscellaneous notes on and household and medicinal recipes in various hands Formerly Ms 6026B 1 volume Former reference: MS 06619:1

CLC/L/CD/E/010/MS06619/002 Manuscript extracts in unknown hand of book three of"Cursus Mathematicus"by William Leybourn (1626-1700?) on spherical projection; taken from Ms 6619/1 With typescript summary of contents at front by Col. Humphrey Quill 1 volume Former reference: MS 06619:2

CLC/L/CD/E/011/MS03988B Workman's ticket to Benjamin Vulliamy, 1778, 1798 concerning a watch dial, enamel on gold, with seconds, 28 March 1778; and watch tax receipt, 30 April 1798 1 envelope containing 2 items Former reference: MS 03988B LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 20 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/012/MS09473A Specification (for enrolment in the Court of 1782 Aug 31 Chancery) by (1736-99?), Citizen and Clockmaker, and inventor, of Adelphi, Strand, upon a patent granted to him and dated 2 May 1782 for a new and balance to compensate for the effects of changes in in pocket chronometers and watches 1 membrane, vellum; seal Former reference: MS 09473A

CLC/L/CD/E/013/MS09473 Letter from Thomas Mudge jun, horologist and 1795 June 12 maker of chronometers to the , to the First Lord of the Admiralty, chiefly relating to the claim for government award for -keepers advanced by his father Thomas Mudge sen.. 1 double sheet in folder Former reference: MS 09473

CLC/L/CD/E/014/MS03985 Copy from the Journal of the House of ca 1821 Commons of a report, dated 29 April 1793, from the select committe of the House of Commons upon a petition of Thomas Mudge, , concerning his time keepers for estimating Mostly blank 1 volume; numbered C.C. 32 Former reference: MS 03985

CLC/L/CD/E/015/MS03964 Papers relating to scientific inventions, ca 1800 observations and experiments With 19th century table of contents; see also "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.177-9. Includes items 34A and 35/1-2, calculations by Alexander Cumming (ca. 1732-1814) clockmaker, and James South, to determine the longitude of Kensington ca. 1800, removed from former Ms 6026/4 and placed at the rear of this volume 1 volume; numbered C.C. 18 Former reference: MS 03964 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 21 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/016/MS03979 Record, possibly by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, ca 1813 - 1815 of the rateof going of a clock made by him for the Earl of Lonsdale for Lowther Castle, 9 November 1813-17 August 1814; with associated memorandum ca 1813, and of a clock also made by him for Colombo, Ceylon,by order of the Lords of the Treasury, 1October 1814-7 April 1815.. 1 volume; numbered C.C. 25 Former reference: MS 03979

CLC/L/CD/E/017/MS03980 Instructions by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy for 1815 fixing in place a made by him for Colombo, Ceylon 1 volume; numbered C.C. 26 Former reference: MS 03980

CLC/L/CD/E/018/MS03981 Drawings by William Howells, Citizen and ca 1815 Clockmaker, with descriptions, of devised by Abraham-Louis 1747-1823; William Howells (d 1814); (1749-1829); Thomas Mudge (1715-94); (Edward?) Taylor and John Arnold (1736 -99);with a drawing and description by Henry Sully (1680-1728), Citizen and Clockmaker, of a new lever approved by L'Academie Royale des Sciences, 1724. 1 volume; numbered C.C. 2 Former reference: MS 03981

CLC/L/CD/E/019/MS03982 Account of clock and watch making, consisting Compiled 1821 48 hours notice required for of descriptions of a regulator, operating In English, access watches etc, with a bibliographical list of works Latin, French, Not available for online ordering. on clock and watch making. Spanish and Please see staff With portraits of George Graham, Citizen and German. Clockmaker (1673-1751) and , clockmaker (1693-1776) and two drawings, ca. 1817, of the mechanism of a clock with a note on a clock made by (1638 -1713) for the Society of Philosophical Transactions, 1676 1 volume; numbered C.C.47 Former reference: MS 03982 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 22 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/020/MS03983 Copies of correspondence between John 1821 Smeaton, civil engineer, and Rev William Ludlam, Professor of Mathematics in the University of and John Holmes (1770-1815), watch maker of London, on his being engaged to acquire a turret clock, made by Ainsworth Thwaites 1779-80, for the Royal Marine Hospital , 1779; with a description by John Scott, clockmaker, of an apparatus he devised for measuring time by the sun's passage over the meridien. Volume compiled and presented to the Company by Thomas Reid (1746-1831) of Edinburgh, clockmaker, 1821.|For table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) p.171 1 volume; numbered C.C. 28 Former reference: MS 03983

CLC/L/CD/E/021/MS28968 Two memoranda compiled by Benjamin Lewis 1836, 1849 Vulliamy in 1836, listing various clockmakers"who made some of the very old Clocks in the possession of His Majesty", and including brief biographical notes about them and the survival and location of their royalclocks, ca 1632-ca. 1773; also"Description of a new mode of suspending a pendulum"which Vulliamy proposed to use for"the great clock for the New Palace at Westminster", 1849. Presented to the Clockmakers' Company by the Vulliamy family, 1992 1 guard file containing 3 gatherings Former reference: MS 28968

CLC/L/CD/E/022/MS19860 Five pound share certificate, no345, in the 1867 July 2 48 hours notice required for Electric Clock Company Ltd. access Purchased by Clockmakers' Company in 1982 Not available for online ordering. 1 sheet in melinex wallet in envelope Please see staff Former reference: MS 19860 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 23 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/023/MS14921 Explanation by Col Humphrey Quill of the 1969 separating and striking mechanism found in the clocks of Thomas Tompion, clockmaker (1638 -1713), and George Graham, Citizen and Clockmaker (died 1751), with 15 diagrams by E. A. Ayres, 1969 (two copies: line drawings and photographs), and three photographs of the internal mechanism of an original Tompion and Graham clock in the , 1969. Typescript 1 folder containing 17 sheets in plastic cover and 14 sheets of line drawings Former reference: MS 14921

CLC/L/CD/E/024/MS17843 Photocopies of letters to, and notes and ca 1921, 1977 diagram by GW. Atkins, Citizen and Clockmaker, regarding a"Blue" by Thomas Mudge, 1777; with copy letter from the Company to the donor of the copies, giving further details concerning the offer for sale of the chronometer to the Company in 1921 (not bought), 1977.. 1 envelope containing 9 sheets Former reference: MS 17843

CLC/L/CD/E/025/MS20161 Photocopy of notes, with diagrams, relating to ca1980, 1983 the restoration of a long case clock made before 1734 by John Barnardiston, Citizen and Clockmaker, ca 1980; with 19 colour photographs and photocopy letter, 1983. The restoration was carried out by Professor C.L. Allen, formerly Professor of Orthopaedics, Cape Town University; the photocopy was acquired by the Company in 1982, the photograph and copy letter in 1983 1 envelope containing booklet, 4 sheets and 19 photographs Former reference: MS 20161

CLC/L/CD/E/026/MS02731 Declaration from"professors of the art and 1780 Nov mystery of clock and watch making"asking for"the countenance and support of the Company"against the evils arising from the import of foreign watches 1 volume Former reference: MS 02731 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 24 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/027/MS03945 Papers relating to duties and taxes on clocks Compiled ca and watches, 1786-98 1798 The volume contains 32 original and copy items (some printed); for table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.160-3 1 volume; numbered C.C. 7 Former reference: MS 03945

CLC/L/CD/E/028/MS03944 Papers mainly relating to import of, levying Compiled ca duties on and seizure of foreign clocks and 1852 watches, and to the state of the clockmaking trade, 1807-52 The volume contains 93 original and copy items (some printed); for table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.163-8 1 volume; numbered C.C. 8 Former reference: MS 03944

CLC/L/CD/E/029/MS02728 Minute book of the Committee appointed 1814 - 1819 relative to the illicit introduction of foreign clocks and watches 1 volume Former reference: MS 02728

CLC/L/CD/E/030/MS02726 Lists of certificates issued to clock and Early 19th watchmakers qualified to practice 1813-32 century (include names, particular occupations, residences and dates of freedom); with, at front, list of masters and wardens 1632-1812 1 volume Former reference: MS 02726

CLC/L/CD/E/031/MS03961 List of 286 persons carrying on trade as clock 1782 and watchmakers, with addresses, alphabetically arranged Compiled by Benjamin Vulliamy. Mainly blank 1 volume; numbered C.C. 20 Former reference: MS 03961 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 25 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/032/MS03977 List of clock and watchmakers and workmen 1813? and shopkeepersconnected with the craft, arranged topographically, giving name, address, nature of business and membership of City livery companies Compiled by Henry Clarke, Citizen and Clockmaker, ca.1813. 1 volume; numbered C.C. 42 Former reference: MS 03977

CLC/L/CD/E/033/MS03962 List of names and addresses of clock and ca 1813 watchmakers in London (arranged topographically), with a short list of members of the Company resident outside London, and in America, Gibraltar, Antigua, Guernsey, and Volume possibly compiled by Henry Clarke, Citizen and Clockmaker 1 volume; numbered C.C. 40 Former reference: MS 03962

CLC/L/CD/E/034/MS03963 Alphabetical list of watch case, pendant and ca 1813 glass makers, joint finishers, springers and line guilders and coverers, giving name, address, occasional brief description of trade and (in most cases) names of persons to whom they were apprenticed Volume possibly compiled by Henry Clarke, Citizen and Clockmaker, ca. 1813 1 volume; numbered C.C. 13 Former reference: MS 03963

CLC/L/CD/E/035/MS16951 Letters of condolence addressed to Mr James 1874 Haswell and family, on the death of his father Archibald Haswell, watchmaker, of 38 Elizabeth Street, Eaton Square (chiefly from business associates) 1 envelope containing 9 items Former reference: MS 16951 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 26 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/036/MS03972/001 Harrison papers: holograph accounts by John 1763 48 hours notice required for Harrison (1693-1776), clockmaker, entitled"An access explanation of my watch or timekeeper for the Not available for online ordering. longitude ..."and"A description of the Nature or Please see staff Phenomenon of Ballances as found from experience in my 3rd machine etc.". With, two diagrams and notes and additions by Harrison; on front flyleaf there is an undated newspaper cutting concerning his grave in Hampstead churchyard 1 volume Former reference: MS 03972:1

CLC/L/CD/E/037/MS03972/002 Harrison papers: essays, notes and ca 1740 - 1814 48 hours notice required for calculations by John Harrison (1693-1776), access clockmaker, and his son William Harrison Not available for online ordering. Includes former Ms 6026/4. The volume of 8 Please see staff items includes the will of William Harrison, 1814; and a photocopy of an unspecified plan, 1771 (p.18); at front there is a typescript summary of contents by Col. Humphrey Quill 1 volume Former reference: MS 03972:2

CLC/L/CD/E/038/MS03972/003 Harrison papers: mechanical notes ca 1726-ca. 1726 - 1772 48 hours notice required for 1772 and drawings ca. 1730-72 by John access Harrison (1693-1776), clockmaker, and his son Not available for online ordering. William Harrison. Please see staff The volume of 95 items includes all the manuscripts formerly numbered Ms 6026/5-6. Including on front flyleaf a letter of 28 October 1918 from W.S. Pearce, Clerk of the Company to the Guildhall Librarian, re-deposit of Harrison papers in Guildhall Library; diagrams of "grasshopper escapements", undated; instructions for "putting togather [sic] etc. 3rd machine", undated; notes by John Harrison on a 30 hour turret clock, ca. 1755; list of springs, in unknown hand, addressed to Mr Harrison 1760, 1761; notes on ratchets by William Harrison, undated 1 volume Former reference: MS 03972:3 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 27 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/039/MS03972A Harrison papers: journal, 1761-6, relating to the ca 1766 testing of John Harrison's chronometer for the determining of longitude at in accordance with a statute of 12 Queen Anne, chapt 15, by Walter Williams(?). Walter Williams was a friend and legal adviser to William Harrison, son of John Harrison; see H. Quill, "John Harrison: the man who found longitude" (1966) pp. 83-4. This account describes John and William Harrison's dealings with the , the Admiralty, the AstronomerRoyal etc.; John Harrison's petitioning of Parliament for the payment of the prize; and the testing of the chronometer on voyages to Jamaica and Barbados 1 volume Former reference: MS 03972A

CLC/L/CD/E/040/MS03972B Harrison papers: photographs and negatives of 20th century various diagrams and mechanical drawings by John and William Harrison, clockmakers, to be found in Ms 3972/1 and 3 1 bundle in envelope Former reference: MS 03972B

CLC/L/CD/E/041/MS03973 Harrison papers: papers relating to the 1763 - 1774 48 hours notice required for horological inventions of John Harrison (1693 access -1776), collected by Alexander Cumming (ca Not available for online ordering. 1732-1814), clockmaker, by virtue of his Please see staff appointment by Act of Parliament to adjudicate on Harrison's explanation of the mechanisms of his longitude time keeper"H 4". The volume contains 25 original and copy items (some printed). It includes a typescript summary of contents by Col. Humphrey Quill; see also table of contents in "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.168-171 1 volume; numbered C.C. 17 Former reference: MS 03973 Harrison papers: description, with plans, by John Harrison (1693-1776), clockmaker, of his first longitude timekeeper or"sea clock"

CLC/L/CD/E/042/MS06026/001 Harrison papers: description, with plans, by 1730 48 hours notice required for John Harrison (1693-1776), clockmaker, of his access first longitude timekeeper or"sea clock" Not available for online ordering. 1 volume Please see staff Former reference: MS 06026:1 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 28 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/042/MS06026/001A Harrison papers: description, with plans, by 1730 John Harrison (1693-1776), clockmaker, of his first longitude timekeeper or"sea clock" 1 volume Former reference: MS 06026:1 Harrison papers: letters mainly from William Harrison, son of John Harrison, (1693-1776), clockmaker, statements, cases etc relating to the tests at sea of John Harrison's longitude watches and his efforts to win an award from the Board of Longitude

CLC/L/CD/E/043/MS06026/002 Harrison papers: letters mainly from William 1750 - 1773 48 hours notice required for Harrison, son of John Harrison, (1693-1776), access clockmaker, statements, cases etc relating to Not available for online ordering. the tests at sea of John Harrison's longitude Please see staff watches and his efforts to win an award from the Board of Longitude. With typewritten summary of contents by Col. Humphrey Quill.|Vol.1 contains 15 items, some printed 1 volume Former reference: MS 06026:2

CLC/L/CD/E/043/MS06026/002A Harrison papers: letters mainly from William 1750 - 1773 Harrison, son of John Harrison, (1693-1776), clockmaker, statements, cases etc relating to the tests at sea of John Harrison's longitude watches and his efforts to win an award from the Board of Longitude. With typewritten summary of contents by Col. Humphrey Quill.|Vol.1 contains 15 items, some printed 1 volume Former reference: MS 06026:2

CLC/L/CD/E/044/MS06026A Harrison papers: letters, mainly from Mrs 1836 - 1876 48 hours notice required for Elizabeth Wright (great grand-daughter of John access Harrison) to FP. Smith of the Patent Office Not available for online ordering. Museum, and Robert Napier of Gairloch, Please see staff Scotland, relating to the dispersal of Harrison's relics. Formerly catalogued as Ms 6026/3; contains typewritten summary of contents by Col. Humphrey Quill 1 volume Former reference: MS 06026A LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 29 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/E/045/MS09074 Deeds relating to William Harrison FR.S. 1783 - 1815 (d.1815), principally to his invention, jointly with William Atherton, of Clerkenwell, of a new cotton spinning engine, 1783, and his share in the cotton mills at Holywell, Co. Flint, 1791. Also containing copy will (14 May 1814), with probate (3 July 1815) 1 file containing 7 items, vellum Former reference: MS 09074

CLC/L/CD/E/046/MS22355 Horological Consultative Council signed 1943 - 1945 minutes Half blank. Includes, at front, a list of the associations represented on the council 1 volume Former reference: MS 22355 CLERK'S RECORDS

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CLC/L/CD/F/001/MS10554/001 Clerk's letter book 1808 - 1856 1 volume Former reference: MS 10554

CLC/L/CD/F/001/MS10554/002 Clerk's letter book 1879 - 1903 1 volume Former reference: MS 10554

CLC/L/CD/F/001/MS10554/003 Clerk's letter book 1903 - 1919 1 volume Former reference: MS 10554

CLC/L/CD/F/001/MS10554/004 Clerk's letter book 1919 - 1921 1 volume Former reference: MS 10554

CLC/L/CD/F/002/MS10501 Counterpart lease by the Cutlers' Company to 1707 July 7 the Clockmakers' Company of the court room of the former's hall in Cloak Lane for the holding of quarterly and monthly Courts and other meetings for term of one and one quarter years from the Feast of St John Baptist next ensuing and thereafter until further notice, at an annual rent of +10 1 membrane, vellum Former reference: MS 10501 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 30 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/F/003/MS10502 Records of two suits in the Court of Common 1796 - 1797 Pleas, for non-payment of quarterage 1 file containing 1 membrane and 1 roll of 4 membranes, vellum Former reference: MS 10502

CLC/L/CD/F/004/MS03971 Miscellaneous original and copy papers, 1816 - 1817 including a petition for financial aid 1817, a list of articles remaining in the Company's chest 1817, and correspondence on various topics, 1816-17 1 file containing 12 items Former reference: MS 03971

CLC/L/CD/F/005/MS03978 Alphabetical list of streets in the parish of St 1825 Marylebone, with their lengths Compiled by Henry Clarke, Citizen and Clockmaker. 1 volume; numbered C.C. 35 Former reference: MS 03978

CLC/L/CD/F/006/MS23507 Circular letter from the Lord Mayor and Lord 1888 Mayor elect to the City livery companies requesting a donation towards the prize fund for the Royal Agricultural Society's exhibition 1 sheet in envelope Former reference: MS 23507

CLC/L/CD/F/007/MS03988 Scrap book of papers including correspondence Compiled ca on various topics, menus for Company dinners, 1930 photographs of clocks etc, 1832-1930. 1 volume Former reference: MS 03988

CLC/L/CD/F/008/MS21680 Collection Committee minute book 1977 - 1986 Restricted access: please see 1 volume staff Former reference: MS 21680 Not available for online ordering. Please see staff

CLC/L/CD/F/009/MS03967 Library Committee (signed) minutes 1814 - 1836 1 volume; numbered C.C. 45 Former reference: MS 03967 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 31 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/F/010/MS03968 Library Committee (signed) reports, 1814-19, 1814 - 1819 with a catalogue of books added to the Library, 1815 1 file Former reference: MS 03968

CLC/L/CD/F/011/MS03965 Library Committee accounts 1814 - 1829 1 envelope; numbered C.C. 30 Former reference: MS 03965

CLC/L/CD/F/012/MS03966 Library Committee loan issue book 1819 - 1942 Mainly blank 1 volume; numbered C.C. 27 Former reference: MS 03966

CLC/L/CD/F/013/MS03987 Catalogue of"Ancient watchwork etc"belonging 1849, with to the Company, by Samuel Elliot Atkins, Clerk additions to of the Company 1874 1 volume; numbered C.C. 31 Former reference: MS 03987

CLC/L/CD/F/014/MS03987A Items extracted from Ms 3987, consisting of 19th century brief manuscript lists of valuables and of clocks belonging to the Company (19th century); extracts from the Court minutes of 1701 (19th century); and a letter of 1850 requesting dates of office of several former masters of the Company 1 folder containing 4 items Former reference: MS 03987A

CLC/L/CD/F/015/MS22354 Microfilm of card index catalogue of clocks and 20th century watchesin the keeping of the Company Includes descriptions of mechanical details, history of ownership, method of acquisition by the Company, name of maker, date of manufacture and condition. 1 microfilm reel Former reference: MS 22354

CLC/L/CD/F/016/MS03956 Brief notes on the history of the Company 1778 ca 1790 -90 Indexed. Mostly blank 1 volume; numbered C.C. 34 Former reference: MS 03956 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 32 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/F/017/MS03974 History of the Company, including a list of all ca 1813 the clockmakers (freemen, foreigners, aliens and outliers) in the City of London in 1662, arranged topographically, and with occasional notes on type of trade, nationality and the master to whom the clockmaker was apprenticed. Compiled by Henry Clarke, Citizen and Clockmaker, ca. 1813 1 volume; numbered C.C. 22 Former reference: MS 03974

CLC/L/CD/F/018/MS03988A List of books on clock and watchwork belonging ca 1806 - Item no longer in collection to"Mr Arnold"[John Roger Arnold], 1806, and 1814, undated Not available for online ordering. to"FP. Jun.", 1814, the first list by A[lexander] Please see staff Dalrymple, London; with a list of tracts on clock STORED IN PRINTED BOOKS and watchwork, undated. SECTION Bound with "Tracts Horlogerie" etc. vol.1 1 volume; numbered C.C. 3.3. No.19 Former reference: MS 03988A

CLC/L/CD/F/019/MS03984 Biography of John Smith (died ca 1730), Citizen ca 1850 and Clockmaker, taken from"Antitrinitarian Biography"by Robert Wallace, possibly by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy. 1 volume; numbered C.C. 33 Former reference: MS 03984

CLC/L/CD/F/020/MS02733 Lists of invitations to the livery to dine with the 1837 - 1845 Court of Assistants at the annual Michaelmas quarter Court 1 volume Former reference: MS 02733

CLC/L/CD/F/021/MS03986 History of China (written in the form of a letter) 1735? Presented to the Company by Samuel Elliot Atkins, Clerk of the Company, 1847 1 volume; numbered C.C. 29 Former reference: MS 03986 CHARITIES AND ESTATES

CLC/L/CD/G/001/MS19499 Charity account book 1853 - 1924 1 volume Former reference: MS 19499 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 33 WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS

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CLC/L/CD/G/002/MS02730 Charles Gretton's Gift: copy deed of gift 1701, 1701 - 1847 accounts of disbursements 1702-1847, and relevant extracts from Court minutes 1701-24 Charles Gretton was a Citizen and Clockmaker of the parish of St Dunstan in the West 1 volume Former reference: MS 02730

CLC/L/CD/G/003/MS03941 Deeds and documents relating to charities, gifts 1678 - 1817 to the Company for the poor, apprenticeship and freedom, dispute with the Spectacle Makers' Company regarding jurisdiction over mathematical instrument makers (1815-17) and miscellaneous financial matters For table of contents see "Catalogue of the Library of the Clockmakers' Company" (London 1898) pp.145-8 1 volume containing 66 bound items, vellum, parchment and paper; numbered C.C. 4 Former reference: MS 03941

CLC/L/CD/G/004/MS09074A Lease for 21 years by Bartholomew Tookie, of 20 Nov 1635 Item no longer in collection Salisbury, Wiltshire, gentleman, to William Not available for online ordering. Clements, also of Salisbury, clothworker, of a Please see staff tenement in Scott's Lane, Salisbury Formerly part of Ms 9074, with which it appears to have no connection 1 item in envelope, parchment Former reference: MS 09074A PRINTS

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