GOLDSMITHS COMPANY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 E/LM |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : GOLDSMITHS COMPANY |
Date(s) | : 1796-1904 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.15 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Goldsmiths' Company is one of the twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London. It received its first charter in 1327 from Edward III. In 1339 a house in Foster Lane was purchased which became the site of the Company's hall. A second royal charter was granted in 1393. The hall was destroyed by the Great Fire in 1666 and rebuilt, and then rebuilt again in 1835. The Company had responsibility for the quality of gold and silver items. After 1478 these had to be marked in the Goldsmith's Hall (the origin of the term 'hallmark'). The Company founded Goldsmith's College.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records relating to the Goldsmiths Company and the Lane Clarke family, including correspondence; legal papers; deeds; schedules; copies of baptism and burial certificates.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
E/LM/001-007: Legal papers and correspondence; E/LM/008-027: Property transactions and correspondence.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the 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:
Records of Mrs. Lane Clarke's Estate deposited in the London County Record Office, June, 1954.
Allied Materials
Related material:
For records of the Goldsmiths Company see CLC/L/GG.
Publication note:
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:
June to August 2010.
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