JAMES CAPEL AND COMPANY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/134-01
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: JAMES CAPEL AND COMPANY
Date(s)	: 1720-1973
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 273 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: James Capel and Co | stockbrokers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

James Capel and Company are stockbrokers of Winchester House, 100 Old Broad Street. The company was previously based at 31 Throgmorton Street (1897-1901); 7, 9 and 11 Moorgate (1902-1926); 10 Old Broad Street (1927-1958) and 1 London Wall Buildings (1959-1965).

The Company originated as Antrobus and Wood, 1799-1816; then was known as Thomas Brown and Co., 1816-1822, and afterwards Marjoribanks, Capel and Co., 1822-1837, of 2 North Piazza, Royal Exchange to 1824 and then 5 Throgmorton Street. In 1837 the name changed again to James Capel, Norbury, Trotter and Company, which it was called until 1864, and was based at 5 Throgmorton Street, to 1896, and 9 Throgmorton Street, 1843-1850 only.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of James Capel and Company, stockbrokers, including partnership agreements, client ledgers, account books, balance sheets, dividend ledgers, securities register, correspondence, notes on the early history of the firm, and papers relating to the Capel family.

The records are all held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are subject to a 75 year closure period.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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:

James Capel and Co deposited the records at Guildhall Library in 1975. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The fonds level record for this collection is CLC/B/134. Sub-fonds in this collection are:
CLC/B/134-01: James Capel and Company;
CLC/B/134-02: Clayton, Byng and Paget;
CLC/B/134-03: Cruikshank and Company;
CLC/B/134-04: Gordon L Jacobs and Company;
CLC/B/134-05: Holland and Balfour;
CLC/B/134-06: Nathan and Rosselli.

Publication note:

See A History of James Capel & Co. by M.C. Reed (1975).

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:
January to May 2011.