IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/L/FI
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FRUITERERS
Date(s): 1606-2000?
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 69 production units
Name of creator(s): Worshipful Company of Fruiterers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The original fellowship existed before 1300 and the Guild obtained ordinances in 1463. The Company was granted its charter of incorporation in 1606. The Company role was to inspect fruit being sold in the City and assess duties to be paid on imported fruit.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Worshipful Company of Fruiterers, 1606-2000. The records include registers of freedom admissions; apprentice bindings from 1749; charters; Court minute books; papers of Richard Sherwin Gothard (Master 1982-3), the Company's Hon. Archivist; quarterage books; papers concerning the Company's Ridley Medal, awarded every three years, for outstanding services to fruit culture; financial accounts; letter books and photographs. No membership records are available before 1748.
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:
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:
Restricted access: please see staff.
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 were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1949, 1963 and 2001. The Manuscripts Section merged with London Metropolitan Archives in 2008. The records were catalogued in 1949, 2002 and 2006 by Guildhall Library staff.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
A. W. Gould, History of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers (1912) lists members who appear in City poll books from 1700. This book is available in Guildhall Library Printed Books Section.
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