IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 A/GSA
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: GUILD OF SAINT ALBAN THE MARTYR
Date(s): 1873-1961
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.82 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Guild of St Alban the Martyr
Brotherhood of St John the Divine, Clapham
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Shirley Fielding Palmer founded the Guild of Saint Alban the Martyr in 1851, probably inspired by Newman's suggestion that laymen should assist clergy in densely populated areas. It was formed from lay communicants, clergy being admitted as associates, and aimed to assist them in maintaining and extending the Catholic faith, to defend the faith against attacks of error and unbelief and to support the independence of the English Church from the jurisdiction claimed by the Church of Rome. Within the Guild were grades of fellows and brethren and an order of Sisters of the Poor. The brotherhood was divided into sections forming separate brotherhoods under the superintendence of a master e.g. the Brotherhood of Saint John the Divine, Clapham.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Guild of Saint Alban the Martyr, including minutes of the Provost's Court and of proceedings in Common Hall; minutes of the Brotherhood of Saint John the Divine; statements of accounts; circulars; constitution of the Guild; rules and regulations; addresses; publications; photographs; and historical notes.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
A/GSA/001-016: Minutes, accounts and attendance records; A/GSA/017-109: Circulars, rules and printed material.
Conditions governing access:
These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records gifted to the Archive in 1961 and 1962.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.