FREEDOM REGISTERS:
| Ms 5219/1 | 1656-1744 | (Wardens' accounts; unindexed) |
| Ms 5223/1 | 1720-45 | (Unindexed) |
| /2 | 1745-1950 | (Indexed) |
ALPHABETICAL LISTS OF FREEMEN:
| Ms 5222/2 | 1732-88 | (Index to COURT MINUTES Ms 5220/8-10; freemen indexed under letter "F"; gives page numbers in minutes but not dates of freedom) |
APPRENTICE BINDINGS BOOKS:
| Ms 5219/1 | 1656-1744 | (Wardens' accounts; unindexed) |
| Ms 5224 | 1745-1902 | (Indexed) |
ALPHABETICAL LISTS OF APPRENTICES:
See Cliff Webb's London Livery Company Apprenticeship Registers, Vol.8 Gunmakers' Company 1656-1800 (1997). Compiled from Ms 5220/2 and 5224. Indexed by names of apprentice and master, subjects and places. Available in Guildhall Library Printed Books Section and Manuscripts Section reading room.
QUARTERAGE BOOKS:
| Ms 5226/1 | 1673-1738 | (All vols alphabetically arranged; |
| /2-8 | 1738-68, | dates of freedom not given) |
| 1787-1907 |
COURT MINUTES:
| Ms 5220/2 | 1637-63 | (Unindexed) |
| /3-22 | 1663-1944 | (Incomplete; vols 8-10, 14-16 indexed in |
| /23 | 1944-56 | Ms 5222/2, 4-6; vols 17-24 indexed |
| /24 | 1956-68 | individually; other vols unindexed) |
| /25 | 1968-88 |
SEE ALSO:
H L Blackmore Dictionary of London Gunmakers 1350-1850, 1986, with 1999 supplement, (arranged alphabetically), available in Guildhall Library Printed Books Section.
Last updated June 2004