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D5395 - Robinson and Sons Ltd of Chesterfield, textile and packaging manufacturers - 1769-1997
1 - Corporate and management records of Robinson and Sons Ltd - 1864-1997
2 - Legal records including deeds, agreements and patents - 1769-1978
1 - Title deeds - 1776-1915
1 - Articles of co-partnership for 21 years in blast furnace and forge as iron founders, forgers of iron and whitesmiths under name of Smith Clarke Munton and Company (Smith/Clarke/Munton-Biggin) - 24 Sep 1776
1-11 - Papers from parcel labelled 'Nov 1957, Old deeds relating to the old Griffin Works of John Smith & Co, later Ebenezer Smith & Co, given to PM Robinson by Mr J W Pashley, Chesterfield, to be given to the Chesterfield Free Library as soon as they ask for it' - 1776-1792
2 - Assignment of 14 £100 shares in Smith Clarke Munton and Company to Cooper and Robinson - 25 Sep 1776
3 - Counterpart assignment of moiety of 14 £100 shares in Smith Clarke Munton and Company (assigned to Cooper and Robinson 25 Sep 1776) to Smith, Clarke, Munton and Biggin - 25 Dec 1776
4 - Assignment of four £100 shares (valued at £150 each) and conditional assignment of three £100 shares as security for payment of £300 and interest to bring £900 into firm for Biggin to be readmitted as partner - 27 Dec 1776
5 - Counterpart lease of several houses and mill at Walton for 21 years at annual rent of £85 (Shimwell-Smith/Clarke/Munton/Biggin/Bale) - 25 Nov 1777
6-7 - Assignment (and counterpart) of four £250 shares in iron foundry near Chesterfield of Smith Clarke Munton and Company to bring in £1,000 (Biggin-Fishbourne) 12 Nov - 1778
8 - Mortgage of four £250 shares in iron foundry to secure £1,000 (Fishbourne-Biggin) 14 Nov - 1778
9-11 - Assignment (and counterpart) of four shares in foundry to raise £1,000; plus deed of assignment of 4/24th of foundry stock in trade etc (Biggin-Thornley) 1 Sep - 1779
12 - Conveyance by lease and release (release missing) of messuage, two cottages and land in Whiting Holme in Brampton (Smith/Robinson-Smith/Paitson) 3 Jun - 1782
12-53 - Papers from parcel labelled 'Deeds, sale of 1) Whiting Holme Meadow and 2) Wheat Bridge House to Ebenezer Smith & Co and resale to W Robinson in 1833' - 1782-20th cent
13 - Conveyance of messuage, cottages and lands in Whiting Holme in Brampton (Smith/Robinson/Wright-Smith and trustee) 4 Jun - 1782
14-16 - Mortgage for £400 by lease and release of messuage, two cottages and land in Whiting Holme in Brampton (Smith/Paitson-Smith) 4-5 Jun with bond 6 Jun - 1782
17-18 - Lease for possession of two messuages, kilns, workshops, warehouses, a piece of land formerly part of Nether Whitingholme Close, and a piece of land next to the forge at Wheatbridge in the chapelry of Brampton (Robinson-Wood) 23 Jun - 1792
19 - Smith family tree - 1782
20 - Abstract of title (1760-1777) of Robinson to property in Brampton, part purchased by Smith - c1777
21 - Will and codicil of Samuel Smith of Calow (copy) 17 Jun and 7 Nov - (1813)
22 - Will of Mrs Mary Smith of Chesterfield (copy) 11 Aug - (1819)
23 - Extract from will and codicils of Anthony Lax Maynard of Chesterfield dated 30 Aug 1817, and 3 and 29 Aug 1825 - (1817-1825)
24 - Will and codicil (copy) of John Smith of Brampton 15 and 18 Aug - (1814)
25 - Extract of deeds relating to various shares in Ebenezer Smith & Co with list of partners and shareholdings - (1823-1827)
26 - Articles of agreement for sale and purchase of land and buildings on east side of Furnace Lane in Brampton for £550 (Smith-Robinson) 30 Aug - 1832
27 - Supplemental abstract of title of Messrs Smith & Co to estate at Brampton (1784-1827) - 1832
28 - Letters from Ebenezer Smith to Robinson about propsed sale and purchase Apr-Jul - 1832
29-32 - Papers relating to Smith family: copy baptism and burial entries (/29-31) and affidavit by John Goodie of Rowsley about pedigree (/32) - 1833
33 - Affidavit by William Yelverton that Mrs Mary Smith made a will which has since been lost or mislaid 21 Feb - 1833
34-37 - Conveyance by lease and release [D5395/2/1/34-35] of messuage and lands in Brampton (Smith and others-Robinson and trustee), with notes [D5395/2/1/36-37] 25-26 Mar - 1833
38 - Assignment of residue of lease of messuage and land in Brampton (Lucas/Charge/Read-Robinson) 26 Mar - 1833
39 - Bond of indemnity (Messrs Smith & Co-Robinson) 27 Sep - 1833
40 - Certified copy will of Ebenezer Smith the elder of Chesterfield 14 Apr 1827 Examined 7 Dec - 1833
41 - Valuation of machinery at Wheat Bridge Factory, Chesterfield by John Brindle 4-5 Nov - 1869
42-52 - Miscellaneous items found loose in D5395/2/1/41 - 19th cent-20th cent
53 - Correspondence about possible fire alarm system and appliances at 168-172 Old Street, London Jan-Feb 1913, certification of building having fire escapes Jun 1913,and letter about fire at premises Jun 1914 - 1913-1914
53-58 - Papers from parcel labelled 'London Old Street premises, tenancy papers etc' - 1911-1914
54 - Routine correspondence with tenants, Nov 1911-Jul 1914 - 1911-1914
55 - Correspondence about lifts including illustrated brochure - 1912
56 - Reports on financial status of potential tenants - 1912-1913
57 - Notification of valuation for poor rate - Mar 1912
58 - Notice to pay off mortgage, with correspondence - 1915
2 - Title deeds and agreements - 1769-c1956
3 - Correspondence relating predominantly to trade marks and financial affairs - 1897-1919
4 - Papers relating to Gamgee tissue and to litigation (Robinson v. Edwards) over the Gamgee trade mark - 1903-1924
5 - Correspondence and papers relating predominantly to litigation and registration of patents and trademarks - 1903-1941
6 - Correspondence and papers relating to registration of trade marks - 1922-1935
7 - Correspondence and papers relating predominantly to litigation over trade marks and other matters - 1933-1966
8 - Correspondence and papers predominantly relating to registration of trade marks, and to litigation over Gamgee Tissue; plus patent specifications relating to lint and sanitary towels - 1871-1951
9 - Documents from box originally labelled 'Agreements etc Box L Nos 1-60' - 1869-1914
10 - Documents from box originally labelled 'Agreements etc Box L Nos 61-130' - 1851-1977
11 - Patents, patent specifications and trade mark registrations for round and square boxes and cartons - 1916-1977
12 - British patents, patent specifications and agreements relating to medical and surgical supplies, filters, boxes and cartons - 1871-1978
13 - Patents relating to boxes and the 'Little John Drum' designed by John Bradbury Robinson (JBR) - 1895-1965
14 - Patents for spiral tubing granted outside the United Kingdom - 1944-1967
15 - American patents predominantly for spiral tubes - 1928-1964
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3 - Financial records - 1850-1993
4 - Employment, pension and labour relations records - 1842-1993
5 - Production records - 1854-1977
6 - Plant and property - 1884-1986
7 - Company magazine, company clubs and societies, and special occasions - 1918-1996
8 - Miscellaneous Robinsons company papers - 1916-1985
9 - J J Blow Limited - 1929-1989
10 - Edward Hall and Brother Co/Bradbury Lees and Co Ltd/Whitecroft plc, Bleaching Works, Whaley Bridge - 1951-1979
11 - Cellulose Wadding Supplies Ltd/Frank D Weller Ltd - 1951-1972
12 - Dumero Ltd - 1965-1985
13 - Pressure Sealed Plastics/Speed Plastics Ltd/Flexus Ltd - 1955-1989
14 - Robinson DSG Ltd - 1987-1990
15 - Spire Transport Ltd - 1972-1988
16 - Edward Taylor Limited - 1910-1991
17 - I E White Ltd/Robinson White Plastics Ltd - 1972-1988
18 - Miscellaneous records relating to subsidiary companies - 1953-1964
19 - William Bradbury Robinson (1826-1911) personal and business papers - 1853-1906
20 - Charles Portland Robinson (1844-1916) personal papers and general family papers - 1839-1915
21 - Charles William Robinson (1875-1959), personal papers - 1893-1923
22 - Philip M Robinson (1882-1978) personal papers
23 - Sir Robert Robinson, DSc, FRS, OM (1886-1975) personal papers - 1902-1983
24 - Councillor Florence Robinson JP (b 1888) - 1946-1947
25 - Wheatbridge Housing Association and other co-operative housing scheme papers - c1920-1950
26 - Miscellaneous files re. Robinson and Sons Ltd
27 - Sample price lists - 1920s-1960s
UL - Robinson and Sons Ltd.: unlisted records
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