| Description | The file contains the following:
- Bank statements for Richmal Crompton Lamburn [also known as Richmal Crompton] from Westminster Bank Limited, Bromley, Branch, [Kent], 1944-1967 (with gaps).
- Details of stocks and shares owned by RC Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton], 1965-1966.
- An income tax assessment for RC Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton], 1967.
Accounts for royalties paid [to Richmal Crompton] by the following companies:
- Samuel French Limited, publishers, 1954.
- The Hutchinson Publishing Group, London, 1955-1961 (with gaps).
- George Newnes Limited, London, publishers, 1959-1967 (with gaps).
- AP Watt and Son, London, [literary agents], 1965.
- Editorial Molino, [Spain, publishers], 1965-1967. (These accounts are in Spanish.)
- May Fair Books Ltd., 1967.
- SAIE [Società Azionaria Internazionale Editrice], Turin, Italy, publishers, 1967.
- The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1968.
- A receipt acknowledging an application from RC Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] received by the Administrator of Hungarian Property, London, 1954. [The application form itself is not present.]
- An application form filled in by Richmal Crompton Lamburn [also known as Richmal Crompton] for the Foreign Compensation Commission, 1958.
- Receipts for some items purchased by R Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton], c1961-1969.
- A diary for some months in 1961 [written by Richmal Crompton] noting which days the gardener visited, and which days repairs were made to her car and household appliances (in some cases, the amount of money paid for this work is stated).
- Notes and calulations [made by Richmal Crompton] relating to finances, c1960-c1968.
- A delivery note for William books sent to Richmal Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton], by the Hamlyn Group, Feltham, Middlesex, publishers, 1968.
- A receipt for items bought by a William Foster from William George's Sons, antiquarian and historical booksellers, Bristol, 1897.
- A photocopy of a press cutting from the "Chislehurst and Kentish Times", 13 October 1968, containing a diagram of a proposed roundabout in Chislehurst; photocopy made and annotated in c1968.
- Handwritten notes about footpaths and common land in Chislehurst and Bromley; notes written c1968.
- A letter to RC Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] from T Rider and Son Ltd., Chislehurst, Kent, building contractors, regarding an insurance claim for damage to a gate; letter dated 1968. |
| Related Material | Further documents relating to Richmal Crompton's literary work can be found in RC/1
In particular:
- Further accounts for royalties to be paid can be found in RC/1/1/1/1/4, RC/1/1/1/1/5, RC/1/1/1/1/6, RC/1/1/1/2/1/1, RC/1/1/1/2/1/3, RC/1/1/1/2/1/4, RC/1/1/1/2/1/5, RC/1/1/1/2/1/6, RC/1/1/1/2/1/7, RC/1/1/1/2/1/8, RC/1/1/1/2/1/10, RC/1/1/1/2/1/11, RC/1/1/1/2/2/5, RC/1/1/2/1/1, RC/1/1/2/1/2, RC/2/1/2/4 and RC/2/11.
Used cheque books and bank paying-in books for Richmal Crompton can be found in RC 114. |