The HOUSE OF FRASER Archive

Record: Legal records (FRAS 1029)

Title: Legal records
Date: 1844-1980
Reference: FRAS 1029
Former reference: HF 87/10   HF 87/1  
Physical description: 5 files  
Origination Mawer & Collingham
Mawer & Collingham Ltd

Scope and content:

Conveyancing records, bonds, and details of acquisition by House of Fraser.

System of arrangement: Chronological order

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Records held within this series:

Title: Bonds with Horrockses, Miller & Co.
Date: 1844-1855
Reference: FRAS 1029/1
Former reference: HF 87/10/3  
Physical description: 2 items  
Origination Mawer & Collingham

Scope and content:

2 bonds, dated 1844 and 1855, by which Mawer & Collingham agree not to undersell the goods supplied by Horrockses, Miller & Co., manufacturers.

Title: Conveyance and related paperwork for the purchase of property at 12 Mint Lane, Lincoln by Mawer & Collingham Ltd.
Date: 1936-1961
Reference: FRAS 1029/2
Former reference: HF 87/10/16  
Physical description: 1 bundle  
Origination Mawer & Collingham Ltd

Title: Various legal records
Date: 1935-1970
Reference: FRAS 1029/3
Former reference: HF 87/10/17  
Physical description: 1 bundle  
Origination Mawer & Collingham Ltd

Scope and content:

Includes records relating to the purchase of property at 20 Park Street and 1 and 2 Hungate, Lincoln by Mawer & Collingham Ltd, previously owned by Mrs Edith Upton; records relating to the ownership of property in Lincoln by Arther Gordon Trill; and an agreement for Ernest Abert Loeffler and William James Cowley Smith to act as the representatives of Mawer & Collingham Ltd at meetings of Berrills Ltd.

Title: Acquisition of the whole of the issued share capital of Mawer & Collingham Ltd by House of Fraser Ltd
Date: 1980
Reference: FRAS 1029/4
Former reference: HF 87/10/20  
Physical description: 1 file  
Origination Mawer & Collingham Ltd

Scope and content:

Photocopied records relating to the acquisition of Mawer & Collingham Ltd by House of Fraser. Includes relevant board minutes, company forms, sale and purchase agreement, letters of resignation, company forms, share certificates and declarations of trust.

Title: Acquisition of the whole of the issued share capital of Mawer & Collingham Ltd by House of Fraser Ltd
Date: 1980
Reference: FRAS 1029/4
Former reference: HF 87/10/20  
Physical description: 1 file  
Origination Mawer & Collingham Ltd

Scope and content:

Photocopied records relating to the acquisition of Mawer & Collingham Ltd by House of Fraser. Includes solicitor's correspondence, details of ownership of premises, insurance policies, services and supplies contracts, deeds of covenant, directors' emoluments, and pension and life assurance schemes.

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