LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 FETTER LANE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL N/C/31 Reference Description Dates Administrative, property and membership records; provident society records N/C/31/001 Printed notice of Registrar General concerning [c. Feb.] 1837 provisions of Act 6 & 7 Wm. IV, c.85, 86. N/C/31/002 Register of baptisms June 1730 Not available for general access -June 1896 Please use microfilm X099/304 N/C/31/003 Minute book of Church meetings [c. Apr.] 1707 [Draft] letters of Thomas Bradbury to Rev. -Feb.1721/2 Benjamin Gravener and Rev. Jeremiah Hunt, 4 Sep. 1707, 16 Apr. 1719 granting dismissions, on final folios; statement of F. Walter, Secretary of New Court Congregational Church, Tollington Park, N. 4, 24 Jan. 1954, that volume had been in possession of his Church and was now transferred to Fetter Lane, loose at front of volume. On 31 Oct. 1728 Thomas Bradbury and his followers left the Fetter Lane Church and joined the New Court Chapel, Carey Street, Lincolns Inn Fields becoming pastor there. It seems probable that he took the volume with him. N/C/31/004 Minute book March 1721 - Containing:- Mar. 1721/2-June 1728 Minutes of February 1783 Church meetings; from Apr. 1725 contain frequent references to financial controversies resulting in Bradbury's departure; June 1728 [with later additions] Roll of members Nov.1773 -Feb. 1783 Minutes of Church meetings. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 FETTER LANE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL N/C/31 Reference Description Dates N/C/31/005 Minute book N.D Containing:- Booklet, pasted to flyleaf, containing lists of ministers and deacons serving Church from 1660 and 1710 respectively 1759-1836 "Collections made for the Congregational Fund ...." notes referring specifically to collections during pastorates of Webb and Rawlins at top of page. June 1728 [with later additions] Roll of Members; duplicate of above. June 1728-Sep. 1859 Minutes of Church Meetings; minutes of 26 Feb. 1728 contain dismission of Bradbury and his followers and reception of Thomas Tingey Minute of 31 May 1732 concerns acquisition of new site - Fetter Lane and opening of subscription for new meeting house; minutes of Feb. 1732/3-Dec. 1755 very brief; minutes of Dec. 1757-June 1758 concern death of Richard Rawlin, pastor, repudiation of Edward Hickman, his assistant and reception of James Webb; from Nov. 1773-Feb. 1783 Minutes duplicated in above volume; minutes of 2 Jan. 1807 followed by inserted folios containing account of Bunnell's Almshouse, built 1800; minutes of May-Aug. 1827 concern reception of Caleb Morris as pastor and minutes of 18 Dec. 1828, his establishment of F. L. Christian Instruction Association. N/C/31/006 Minute book of Deacons Aug. 1838 -Feb. 1867 N/C/31/007 Register of pew-rents; prefaced by 2 coloured 1825-1829 plans of pews on ground-floor and in gallery; indexed. N/C/31/008 Minute book of Building Committee. Nov. 1832-Apr. 1835 N/C/31/009 Assignment of lease 23 Sep. 1721 (1) Henry Coulston, London, victualler (2) James Bunce, cit. and clockmaker, London; mess. in Fewter alias Fetter Lane, par. St. Andrew, Holbourn, known as the Sign of the Mountain Eagle, formerly "the Kings Head". LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 FETTER LANE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL N/C/31 Reference Description Dates N/C/31/010/001 Lease for 21 years and counterpart 20 Dec. 1725 (1) Francis Walrond, eldr., Ottery St. Mary, Devon., merchant; Francis Walrond, yr. gent., his son (2) James Bunce; premises as above; inventory annexed. N/C/31/010/002 Lease for 21 years and counterpart 20 Dec. 1725 (1) Francis Walrond, eldr., Ottery St. Mary, Devon., merchant; Francis Walrond, yr. gent., his son (2) James Bunce; premises as above; inventory annexed. N/C/31/011 Counterpart lease for 7 years 20 May 1726 (1) Francis Walrond, eldr. and Francis Walrond, yr. as above (2) William Shepherd, par. St. Andrew Holborn, carpenter; mess. abutting E. on Fetter Lane, S. on mess. occ. by Andrew Rudsby, N. on mess. occ. by - Fitzwater, W. on mess. occ. by James Frogley; inventory annexed. N/C/31/012/001 Assignment of lease 25 Dec. 1726 (1) Ralph Harwood, Shoreditch, Middx., Esq., James Harwood, of same, gent. (2) Joseph Brewer, Fetter Lane, victualler; premises as in 9 and 10. [Endorsed] N/C/31/012/002 Assignment of lease 13 Nov. 1730 (1) Joseph Brewer, as above (2) Ann Smeathman, par St. Andrew Holborn, spinster; premises as above. [Endorsed] N/C/31/012/003 Assignment of lease 6 May 1732 (1) Ann Smeathman, as above (2) Thomas Gordon, par St. Andrew, Holborn, carpenter; premises as above. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 FETTER LANE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL N/C/31 Reference Description Dates N/C/31/013/001 Release 14 Jan. 1790 (1) George Wright, late of St. Andrew Holborn, now of St. Pancras, brewer; William Bonner, par. St. James Clerkenwell, staymaker; Caleb Furnell, par. St. Martin in Fields, currier; William Weightman, late of Staples Inn, new of Hatton Garden, par. St. Andrew Holborn, gent; James Webb, late of St. Martin in Fields, now of Camberwell, Sy., hardwareman (2) Charles Wingfield, Newport St., par. St. Martin in Fields, stay-maker; James Wightman, New St., par. St. Martin in Fields, hardwareman; Thomas Stiff, of same, hardwareman; Joseph Bunnell, Bedford St., par. St. Paul, Covent Garden, laceman; James Nokes, Newington, Sy., carpenter; Zachariah Bunnell, New St., hardwareman; Samuel Bensted, Duke St., par. St. Marylebone, grocer; Thomas Ody, par. St. Andrew Holborn, brazier; 3 mess in Fetter Lane and meeting house thereon, held on trusts. [Endorsed] N/C/31/013/002 Release 15 June 1791 (1) Jacob Furnell, par. St. Martin in Fields, currier, eldest son and heir of Caleb Furnell (2) William Bonner, William Weightman, Charles Wingfield, James Wightman, Thomas Stiff, Joseph Bunnell, James Nokes, Zechariah Bunnell, Samuel Bensted and Thomas Ody; 1/5 part in above 3 mess and meeting house. N/C/31/014 Lease for 1 year and Release in fee 28 & 29 Sep. (1) Mary Parminter, A La Ronde House, nr. 1804 Exeter, Devon, spinster (2) Joseph Bunnell, Southampton Row, par. St. George Bloomsbury, Middx. Esq.; mess. and meeting house at upper end of alley called Church Yard Alley near Fetter Lane. N/C/31/015 Grant 9 Aug. 1806 (1) Thomas Burnell, Hammersmith, Middx., mason (2) Joseph Bunnell, as above; mess at upper end of Church Yard Alley adjoining premises already in his possession. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 FETTER LANE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL N/C/31 Reference Description Dates N/C/31/016 Lease for 1 year and copy release in trust 24 & 25 Feb. (1) Joseph Bunnell as above (2) Rev. George 1814 Burdet, Camberwell, Sy.; Thomas Stiff, New St., Covent Garden, hardwareman; Thomas Ody, Holborn, ironmonger; Thomas Pellatt, Ironmongers Hall, gent., Zachariah Bunnell, New St., hardwareman; Charles Taylor, Hatton Garden, engraver; James Muston, Hatton Garden, upholder; George Valentine, Bank of England, gent.; Samuel Griffith, Tottenham Court Road, apothecary; Jeremiah Jackson, Bishops Court, Middx., apothecary; 3 mess at upper end of Church Yard Alley, containing an almshouse and other premises adjoining chapel. N/C/31/017/001 Lease for 21 years 15 Apr. 1823 (1) William Weightman, Red Lion Square, Holborn, gent.; Thomas Stiff, Joseph Bunnell, James Nokes, Zachariah Bunnel Thomas Ody (2) Robert Combe, Fetter Lane, surgeon; mess. in Fetter Lane, W. side, abutting W. on meeting -house. [Endorsed] N/C/31/017/002 Assignment of lease 2 Nov. 1825 (1) Robert Combe (2) Thomas Allen Symonds Inn, City of London, gent. (3) George Merritt, Grays Inn Passage, Red Lion Square, surgeon; mess. as above. [Endorsed] N/C/31/017/003 Agreement 24 Sep. 1833 (1) William Addis, present tenant of above mess. (2) Thomas Ody, surviving trustee of above; release of rights by (1) in as much of mess. as is necessary for extension and repair of meeting house; erection of proper privy for mess. for (2) on remaining ground. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 FETTER LANE CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL N/C/31 Reference Description Dates N/C/31/018 Lease for 21 years and counterpart 30 Aug. 1823 (1) William Weightman and trustees as above (2) Thomas Cornock, Chancery Lane, cheesemonger; mess. in Fetter Lane, abutting S. on that now in tenure of Robert Combe; [Endorsed] 31 Jan. 1824 Assignment of lease: (1) Thomas Cornock (2) John Davies, Clare St, Clare Mkt., cheesemonger; mess as above; licence of trustees annexed. [Endorsed] Assignment of lease: (1) John Davies (2) Frederick James Frith, Oxford St., Middx., cheesemonger: mess as above. [Endorsed] 1 Aug. 1826 Assignment of lease: (1) F. J. Frith, late of Fetter Lane, now of Cheswell St., City of London and Samuel Davis, Rotherhithe Wall, Sy., cheesemonger; (2) Edmund Wilson, 4 Fetter Lane cheesemonger, mess. as above; Licence of trustees to assign. N/C/31/019 Assignment of Lease 30 Nov. 1825 (1) George Merritt, Fetter Lane, (2) Christopher Fexton, Exchequer Offices, Somerset Place, surgeon; mess as in N/C/031/17. N/C/31/020 Assignment of Lease 22 July 1826 (1) Christopher Foxton (2) James Bryant, New Milman St., Mecklenburgh Square, surgeon; mess. as in N/C/031/20. N/C/31/021 Assignment of Lease 19 Feb. 1827 (1) James Bryant (2) William Addis, Bride Lane, Fleet St., perfumer; mess. as in N/C/031/21. N/C/31/022 Lease for 1 year and copy release in trust 17 & 18 Mar. (1) Joseph Bunnell, Tindal Place, Islington, 1828 Esq., Zachariah Bunnell, Lower Terrace, Islington, Esq., Thomas Ody, Kentish Town, Esq., (2) Thomas Pellatt, Ironmongers Hall, gent.; James Muston, Hatton Garden, warehouseman; Thomas Hancox, Oxford St., par. St. Ann Westminster, woollen draper; Apsley Pellat, St.