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Records of the Guild of St. Alban the Martyr

Catalogue reference: A/GSA

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This record is about the Records of the Guild of St. Alban the Martyr dating from 1873-1961.

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Reference
A/GSA
Title
Records of the Guild of St. Alban the Martyr
Date
1873-1961
Description

This Collection includes minutes, regulations, circulars, letters and publications

Held by
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Guild of Saint Alban the Martyr, 1851 -</corpname>
Physical description
109 files
Immediate source of acquisition

Deposited in the London County Record Office, The County Hall, Westminster Bridge, S.E.1, September and October 1961, September 1962. (Accs. 61.53, 61.56, 61.59, 61.71, 62.46)

Administrative / biographical background

Shirley Fielding Palmer founded the Guild of St. Alban the Martyr in 1851, probably inspired by Newman's suggestion that laymen should assist clergy in densely populated areas.

It was formed from lay communicants, clergy being admitted as Associates, and aimed to assist them in maintaining and extending the Catholic Faith; to defend the Faith against attacks of error and unbelief: and to support the independence of the English Church from the jurisdiction claimed by the Church of Rome. Within the Guild were grades of Fellows and Brethren and an order of Sisters of the Poor. The brotherhood was divided into sections forming separate brotherhoods under the superintendence of a Master e.g. the Brotherhood of St. John the Divine, Clapham.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b7db72f7-0917-4e6a-a864-e287dfd81742/

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Records of the Guild of St. Alban the Martyr