Selection Criteria
The content of Trade in Early Modern London has been selected in close collaboration with academic subject experts, collections specialists at participating archives, and under the guidance of the Editorial Board.
Selection has focused on the following key record types from each of the contributing company archives from the earliest surviving documents up to approximately 1750.
Constitutional Records
Ordinances, memoranda books and charters.
Court Records
Court Minute Books, Rough Court Minutes Books, and Indexes.
Financial Records
Wardens’ Accounts, Renter Wardens’ Accounts, Cash Books and Debt Books.
The Documents List is automatically sorted by date with the earliest appearing at the top. For quick reference these are the documents that pre-date 1450:
- Warden's Accounts and Court Minutes A, part I, Warden's Accounts and Court Minutes A, part II, and Warden's Accounts and Court Minutes A, vol 2 from the Goldsmiths' Company.
- Ordinances and Master and Wardens' account book 1398-1445 from the Merchant Taylors' Company.
- Book of the Fraternity of the Assumption of Our Lady from the Skinners' Company.
- Wardens’ Accounts, 1413-1441 from the Drapers' Company.
A note on exclusions
Where exclusions have been made, this is largely due to:
- Collections falling outside the defined remit of this resource
- Fragile condition of material due to age
- Existing open-access content
To learn more about the source archives and the collections selected from them please visit the Guide to the Livery Company Records.
Selection Criteria
The content of Trade in Early Modern London has been selected in close collaboration with academic subject experts, collections specialists at participating archives, and under the guidance of the Editorial Board.
Selection has focused on the following key record types from each of the contributing company archives from the earliest surviving documents up to approximately 1750.
Constitutional Records
Ordinances, memoranda books and charters.
Court Records
Court Minute Books, Rough Court Minutes Books, and Indexes.
Financial Records
Wardens’ Accounts, Renter Wardens’ Accounts, Cash Books and Debt Books.
The Documents List is automatically sorted by date with the earliest appearing at the top. For quick reference these are the documents that pre-date 1450:
- Warden's Accounts and Court Minutes A, part I, Warden's Accounts and Court Minutes A, part II, and Warden's Accounts and Court Minutes A, vol 2 from the Goldsmiths' Company.
- Ordinances and Master and Wardens' account book 1398-1445 from the Merchant Taylors' Company.
- Book of the Fraternity of the Assumption of Our Lady from the Skinners' Company.
- Wardens’ Accounts, 1413-1441 from the Drapers' Company.
A note on exclusions
Where exclusions have been made, this is largely due to:
- Collections falling outside the defined remit of this resource
- Fragile condition of material due to age
- Existing open-access content
To learn more about the source archives and the collections selected from them please visit the Guide to the Livery Company Records.