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THE BURGON SOCIETY

CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF MAURICE CHARLES COLLIER WARD

Historical Background This collection was formed by Maurice Charles Collier Ward (1926-

2011). Ward worked for several decades in the outfitters’ trade in

Cambridge, finally serving as Academic Robe Manager for Ede and

Ravenscroft Ltd. in the City.

Custodial History These papers were donated to the Society by Ward’s family in March

2017. Mixed loose material was originally stored in two file folders,

and a box file. This material was dispersed and arranged into the

respective sequences at WARD/1-5. The original order of items in the

reference files at WARD/2/1/2 has been retained. Stray material

relating to other Cambridge outfitters’ companies was grouped

together at WARD/2/2. A series of outfitters’ brochures and price-lists

(etc.) were arranged alphabetically at WARD/4/2.

Description This collection comprises correspondence, working documents,

publications and other materials relating to Maurice Ward’s

employment in the outfitters’ trade in Cambridge. They also reflect

Ward’s personal interests in ceremonial dress. The correspondence

and papers at WARD/1 date from 1969 to 1995, and cover Ward’s

professional employment in the outfitters’ trade. WARD/2/1 includes

working documents from Ward’s time at Ede and Ravenscroft.

Reference files at WARD/2/1/2 chiefly refer to the academic gown

trade with the University of Cambridge. WARD/2/2 comprises

correspondence and papers pre-dating Ward’s own lifetime, including

material generated by A. G. Almond & Co. Ltd. and Thomas Pratt &

Son Ltd of Cambridge. WARD/3 includes albums of 19th and 20th

century garment labels collected by Ward. Other publications and

news-cuttings, photographs and prints (etc.) are found at WARD/4 and

WARD/5.

Arrangement WARD/1 Correspondence

WARD/2 Working documents

WARD/3 Personal items relating to the outfitters trade

WARD/4 Publications and printed items

WARD/5 Cuttings, photographs, and prints

Dates 1870-2010s

Extent 9 files, 2 boxes, several loose albums and volumes.



WARD/1 - CORRESPONDENCE

WARD/1/1 - CORRESPONDENCE OF MAURICE WARD AND OTHERS RELATING TO THE OUTFITTERS

TRADE

WARD/1/1/1 Letter from H. W. Mountford, James Groves & Sons 19 May 1969

Ltd., Halesowen Refers to a sample of Death’s Head buttons.

WARD/1/1/2 Bundle of correspondence 9 June – 4 July 1969

Letter from J. Woolvett, M. Perkins & Son Ltd., 9 June

1969. Refers to orders of fabric.

Copy letter from James Neal Ltd., Cambridge, to, Andrew

Meynell, Victor Hochhauser Ltd., London, 11 June 1969.

Refers to quotes for a Cambridge Doctor of Music gown,

and an enclosed news-cutting of ‘Dr. Oistrakh wearing the

gown for the degree ceremony’.

Letter from Andrew Meynell, to, James Neal Ltd., 13 June

1969. Confirms an order of a Cambridge Doctor of Music

Gown for Dr. David Oistrakh.

Letter from Andrew Meynell, to, R. J. Neal, James Neal

Ltd., 4 July 1969. Offers thanks for the delivery of Dr.

Oistrakh’s gown. ‘I do not think that anyone else could

have completed the gown in such a short time’.

Also includes rough notes and fabric samples.

WARD/1/1/3 Letter from Dennis G. Hawker, Vicar of Grimsby, to, 21 Sept 1972

Maurice Ward, Gieves Ltd., Cambridge Invites Ward to attend a lunch at Hoare Memorial Hall,

Westminster, 29 Sept 1972.

Also includes, envelope, news-cutting, and guest

ticket.



WARD/1/1/4 Letter from Reuben Gaunt & Sons Limited, Pudsey, 12 - 29 Dec 1972

to, Gieves Limited Encloses patterns in Anglican Purple and Roman Purple.

Also includes order acknowledgement, 12 Dec 1972.

WARD/1/1/5 Bundle of correspondence 16 Jan – 9 Feb 1973

Letter from Aubrey Aitken, Archdeacon of Norwich, to,

Maurice Ward, 16 Jan 1973. Wishes to cancel an order as

he has recently received an episcopal evening outfit

formerly belonging to the ‘late Bishop Chase’.

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, Aubrey Aitken, 23

Jan 1973. Refers to the preparation of episcopal robes,

and attendance at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Letter from Aubrey Aitken, to, Maurice Ward,

7 Feb 1973. Thanks Ward for his recent assistance.

Refers to the appointment of Canon John Gibbs,

Principal of Keswick Hall College, Norwich, as

Suffragan Bishop of Bradwell. Aitken intends to

advise him to come ‘your way’ for his ‘episcopal

“rig”’.

Letter from Gieves Ltd., to, Aubrey Aitken, 9 Feb

1973. Refers to the fitting of a cape, and offers thanks

for the recommendation to Canon John Gibbs.

WARD/1/1/6 Bundle of correspondence 23 Jan – 29 May 1973

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, C. C. W. James,

Bournemouth, 23 Jan 1973. Refers to the preparation

of episcopal robes, and attendance at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, C. W. James, 7 Feb

1973. Refers to an order of a clerical tailcoat, which

will be made available at their Winchester branch.

Queries other details of orders for clerical garments.

Letter from Colin James, Bishop of Basingstoke, to,

Maurice Ward, 8 Apr 1973. Refers to a fitting for a

cassock. ‘I am so glad to that Canon John Gibbs has



been coming your way, too!’

Copy letter from K. G. McCarthy, Manager, Gieves

Ltd., to, Colin James, 11 Apr 1973. Refers to a fitting for

a cassock.

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, Colin James, 29 May

1973. Refers to delays in the production of a clerical

Purple tailcoat and black breeches.

WARD/1/1/7 Bundle of correspondence 1 Mar – 13 June 1973

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, John Gibbs, Principal,

Keswick Hall, Church of England Teacher Training

College, 1 Mar 1973. Refers to episcopal robes to be

worn at an induction ceremony.

Copy letter to P. H. E. Goodrich, Bromley, 29 Mar 1973.

Provides a schedule of garments to be worn at an

induction ceremony, and gives details of when these

are to be worn.

Letter from Philip Goodrich, to, Maurice Ward, 3 Apr

1973. Offers thanks for the details provided in Ward’s

last letter.

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, John Gibbs, 7 June

1973. Refers to episcopal robes to be work at a service

at Westminster Abbey on 19 June 1973.

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, John Gibbs, 13 June

1973. Refers to episcopal robes to be worn a service

at Westminster Abbey.

Also includes news-cutting relating to John Gibbs,

Suffragan Bishop of Bradwell.



WARD/1/1/8 Bundle of correspondence 2 Oct – 1 Nov 1973

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, F. S. Temple, Swindon,

2 Oct 1973. Refers to clerical garments to be worn at

St. Paul’s Cathedral on 1 Nov 1973.

Letter from Freddy Temple, to, Maurice Ward, 7 Oct

1973. Confirms that he has received the garments sent

by Ward. Also states that he is ‘delighted’ Ward’s

daughter will also be attending, and encloses ticket for

her.

Copy letter from Gieves Ltd., to, F. S. Temple, 10 Oct

1973. Acknowledges the details of Temple’s letter of

7 Oct 1973.

Letter from Freddy Temple, Bishop of Malmesbury, to,

Maurice Ward, 1 Nov 1973. Offers thanks for Ward’s

assistance, and suggests that he retains his measurements

in case replacement garments are required in the future.

WARD/1/1/9 Bundle of correspondence 2 – 11 June 1975

Copy letter from James Neal Ltd., to, Sir Duncan Wilson,

The Master’s Lodge, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,

2 June 1975. Refers to an Mus.D. gown, hood, and bonnet

for Dr. Rostropovich.

Letter from Lilian Hochhauser, London, to, R. J. Neal,

Cambridge, 10 June 1975. Encloses a cheque for

£254.50 for a Mus.D. gown, hood, and bonnet.

Copy letter to Sir Duncan Wilson, 11 June 1975.

Confirms having received the cheque mentioned in

the letter of 10 June 1975. ‘It gave my staff and

myself untold pleasure in making the three articles’.

WARD/1/1/10 Letter from the Sister in Charge, Church Linen Dept., 19 May 1976

Community of St. Peter the Apostle, Laneham Abbey Refers to an order of 15 May 1973, which cannot be

fulfilled. ‘The majority of our Sisters are all over 70

& young ones do not often come & we have 2 houses

of elderly ladies which entails much attention.’



WARD/1/1/11 Bundle of correspondence 30 Jan – 2 Feb 1977

Letter from A. A. K. Graham, Warden, Lincoln

Theological College, to, Maurice Ward, 30 Jan

1977. Refers to fittings for episcopal robes.

Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, A. A. K. Graham,

2 Feb 1977. Refers to arrangements for supplying

episcopal robes

WARD/1/1/12 Postcard from A. A. K. Graham, to, Maurice Ward 17 Mar 1977

Offer thanks for assistance with robes ahead of a

service at Westminster Abbey on 31 Mar 1977.

WARD/1/1/13 Letter from B. Lamton, General Manager, Radcliffe 17 Mar 1977

& Taylor Ltd., Stockport, to, Moss Bros.–Buttress Ltd., Cambridge,

Encloses a pattern of Cambridge Blue Blazer cloth.

WARD/1/1/14 Letter to Maurice Ward 19 July 1977

Offers thanks for a cassock for ordination. ‘Everyone

remarked on how beautiful it was’. States that they will

tell others at Westminster College how well made the

cassock was.

WARD/1/1/15 Letter from A. A. K. Graham, Bishop of Bristol, to, 26 July 1977

Moss Bros. Ltd.

Encloses a cheque to settle his account.



WARD/1/1/16 Bundle of correspondence 6 Aug – 21 Sept 1977

Letter from Eric Woods, Chairman, Anglican

Ordinands’ Committee, Cambridge, to, Maurice

Ward, 6 Aug 1977. Refers to the Committee’s

forthcoming booklet, and contributions made to

its production by outfitters in Cambridge.

Letter from Eric Woods, to, Maurice Ward, 21 Sept

1977. Requests information about clerical outfitters

from Moss Bros. Ltd., as their booklet will ‘very

soon go to press’.

WARD/1/1/17 Letter from John Silk, to, Maurice Ward 2 Oct 1977

Encloses a cheque for ‘clerical wear’.

WARD/1/1/18 Press Information, announcing that James Neal Ltd. Nov 1977

of Cambridge have been taken over by Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd. WARD/1/1/19 Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, the Press 6 Dec 1977

Association Ltd., London Requests a copy of a photograph printed in the Church

Times, showing the recently-consecrated Bishop of Ripon

with the Archbishop of York. Also includes invoice for

the photograph.

WARD/1/1/20 Letter from David Young, Bishop of Ripon, to, Maurice 12 Dec 1977 Ward

Enclose a black scarf and cheque to settle his account.

WARD/1/1/21 Letter from Richard Chartres, Chaplain to the Bishop 16 Dec 1977

of St. Albans, to, Maurice Ward States that he hoped to visit Cambridge before Christmas

but has been ‘thwarted by pressure of business’. With

envelope, and Christmas card.



WARD/1/1/22 Letter from David S. Painter, Domestic Chaplain to 5 Jan 1978

the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lambeth, to, Maurice Ward Encloses a cheque to settle his account, and also a

photograph of Painter meeting Pope Paul VI whilst

wearing a silk cassock provided by Ward. See

photograph at WARD/5/1/1.

WARD/1/1/23 Bundle of correspondence 13 – 31 Jan 1978

Copy letter to Peter J. Nott, Bishop of Taunton,

Sherford, 13 Jan 1978.Refers to an outfit supplied

for an ordination.

Letter from Peter J. Nott, to, Maurice Ward, 24 Jan

1978. Intends to return a second cassock to Moss Bros.

in Exeter for alterations to the placement of buttons.

Also inquires after a silk cummerbund.

Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, Peter J. Nott,

31 Jan 1978. Refers to matters in Nott’s letter of

24 Jan 1978, and difficulties in finding a

manufacturer of a silk cummerbund.

WARD/1/1/24 Bundle of correspondence 22 Feb – 9 Oct 1978

Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, James Lawton

Thompson, Thamesmead, 22 Feb 1978. Offers

congratulations for Sutton’s appointment as Bishop

of Stepney. Offers the services of Moss Bros.-Buttress

to supply episcopal robes, and gives list of other

recent episcopal customers.

Letter from James Lawton Thompson, Bishop Elect

of Stepney, to, Maurice Ward, 8 Apr 1978. Wishes

to purchase a rochet and scarlet chimere. Inquires,

‘is it possible to have a black chimere for the

consecration?’.

Letter from James Lawton Thompson, Bishop of

Stepney, to, Maurice Ward, 5 Oct 1978. Offers thanks

for Ward’s ‘assistance’ at Southwark. Requests two

further preaching bands.



Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, James Lawton

Thompson, 9 Oct 1978. Refers to matters mentioned

in Thompson’s letter of 5 Oct 1978.

Also includes, episcopal robes price list, rough notes,

and news-cutting, ‘Youngest bishop chosen’.

WARD/1/1/25 Bundle of correspondence 1 Mar – 19 Sept 1978

Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, Keith Sutton,

Cambridge, 1 Mar 1978. Offers congratulations for

Sutton’s appointment as Bishop of Kingston. Offers

the services of Moss Bros.-Buttress to supply episcopal

robes, and gives list of other recent episcopal customers.

Copy letter to Keith Sutton, Bishop Elect of Kingston,

19 Sept 1978. Gives details of the status of an order

of episcopal robes.

Also includes, episcopal robes price list.

WARD/1/1/26 Copy letter from R. C. Brookes, Cambridge, to, G. 11 May 1978

Cashman Encloses a ‘price catalogue’.

Also includes, ‘Notes On Academic Hire List’.

WARD/1/1/27 Letter from John Owen, Wisbech, to, Maurice Ward 26 July 1978

Refers to the production of frock coats.



WARD/1/1/28 Bundle of correspondence 1 July – 5 Sept 1978

Letter from John Bickersteth, Bishop of Bath and

Wells, to, Maurice Ward, 31 July 1978. Refers to having

received Ward’s letter before leaving for the Lambeth

Conference. Offers thanks for a cassock, and inquires

after samples of material. ‘I don’t like purple, which

could be awkward as a bishop, except that we all wear

different shades quite happily!’. Refers to the colour

worn by Bishop Hook of Bradford.

Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, John Bickersteth,

5 Sept 1978. Acknowledges Bickersteth’s cheque for

£17.75. Refers to alterations to a cassock, and to

sourcing lightweight maroon material.

WARD/1/1/29 Bundle of correspondence 11 – 24 Aug 1978

Letter from David W. Johnson, Assistant Curate,

Parish of St. Etheldreda with St. Clement, Fulham,

to, Maurice Ward, 11 Aug 1978. Inquires after a

box of clerical collars that he is yet to receive. Refers

to S. Patey (London) Ltd. as a firm who make

‘cure hats’, and also provide beagling caps for Christ

Church, Oxford. Also refers to speaking at the Oxford

Union of 13 Oct, and wishes to borrow a court

coat for that event.

Copy letter to David W. Johnson, 24 Aug 1978.

Apologises that the clerical collars mentioned in

Johnson’s letter of 11 Aug 1978, and states that

more will be dispatched. Also refers to a court coat

and silk clerical waistcoat.

WARD/1/1/30 Copy letter to S. Booth-Clibborn, Cambridge 19 Sept 1978

Offers congratulations for Booth-Clibborn’s appointment

as Bishop of Manchester. Offers the services of Moss Bros.

to supply episcopal robes, and gives list of other recent

episcopal customers.

Also includes, episcopal robes price list, and news-cutting,

‘vicar appointed to Manchester See’.



WARD/1/1/31 Copy letter to S. Booth-Clibborn, Cambridge 19 Sept 1978

A further copy of WARD/1/1/30. Also includes draft.

WARD/1/1/32 Letter from M. W. Middleton, to, Maurice Ward 27 Nov 1978

Offers Ward the position of Assistant Manager at the

shop of James Neal Ltd. in Trumpington Street,

Cambridge.

WARD/1/1/33 Letter from D. M. Cheney, Accounts Department, 9 Nov 1979

Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd., London, to, Maurice Ward Refers to expenses relating to a C.C.A.T. Ceremony,

17 Nov 1979.

WARD/1/1/34 Bundle of correspondence 4 July – 27 Sept 1980

Letter from Dorothy Alderson, The Costume Society,

Cambridge, to, Maurice Ward, 4 July 1980. Invites

Ward to speak on the subject of academic dress at

Hughes Hall, Cambridge, on 12 Sept 1980. Hopes

‘it will be something quite new to our members and

appropriate for their visit to Cambridge’.

Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, Dorothy Alderson.

Offer thanks for the reception of his talk to the

Costume Society. Refers to displays of Garter robes

a ‘Cambridge Nobleman’s’ robe in the Cambridge

shop. Also states that he has received a letter from

Norah Lambourne.

WARD/1/1/35 Letter from Dorothy Alderson, to, Maurice Ward 16 Sept 1980

Offers thanks to Ward for his talk to members of The

Costume Society. States that the chairman of the society

will be in touch soon.



WARD/1/1/36 Bundle of correspondence 20 – 27 Sept 1980

Letter from Norah Lambourne, Chairman, Planning

Sub-Committee, The Costume Society, London, to,

Maurice Ward, 20 Sept 1978. Offers thanks to Ward for his

talk to the members of The Costume Society on Cambridge

Academic Dress. ‘As a result of the talk, several members

spotted a D.D. gown in a painting at Ickworth House’.

Encloses a cheque, and apologies for not being able to

attend the talk themselves.

Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, Norah Lambourne,

27 Sept 1980. Responds to the matters raised in

Lambourne’s letter of 20 Sept 1980, and states how

much he ‘enjoyed giving the talk very much’.

WARD/1/1/37 Letter from W. R. Keen, Managing Director, Ede and 30 Jan 1981

Ravenscroft Ltd., London, to, Maurice Ward Enclose a sample order form and letter for circulating

to local schools. Suggests that Ward photo-stats a price

list and offer a 10% discount on orders received before

1 Apr 1981.

WARD/1/1/38 Letter from E. Hawkins, General Manager, Ede and 10 Feb 1981

Ravenscroft, London, to, F. H. Hahn, Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge Offers to provide a quotation for robes to be worn

when receiving an Honorary D.Soc.Sc. Degree from

the University of Birmingham in July 1981.

WARD/1/1/39 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum from W. R. Keen 26 Feb 1981

Refers to a pay increase and management restructuring

at Ede and Ravenscroft.

WARD/1/1/40 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum from W. R. Keen 10 Mar 1981

States that David Beard has resigned as Chairman and

Director of the Company, with immediate effect.



WARD/1/1/41 Letter from ‘Ted’, to, Maurice Ward 12 Mar 1981

Refers to draft order forms.

WARD/1/1/42 Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, the Registrar, 25 Mar 1981

University of Cambridge

Gives quotation for repairing the Chancellor’s gown.

Also includes, second copy quoting different figures;

invoice for the repair work, 9 June 1981; rough notes

and figures.

WARD/1/1/43 Letter from M. J. Hughes, Registrar’s Clerk, 7 Apr 1981

University of Cambridge, to, Maurice Ward Refers to repairs to the Chancellor’s gown.

WARD/1/1/44 Letter from E. Hawkins, to, Maurice Ward 10 Apr 1981

Desires Ward to attend the University of London degree

ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall on 13 May 1981.

WARD/1/1/45 Letter from David M. Loades, Professor and Head of 17 Sept 1981

Department, Department of History, University College of North Wales, to, Maurice Ward Offers thanks for a gown cover. ‘I was rather wondering

how to prevent the moths from making a £250 dinner

between one congregation and the next!’



WARD/1/1/46 Bundle of correspondence 15 Dec 1981 – 10 Sept 1982

Letter from W. R. Keen, to, Maurice Ward, 15 Dec 1981 .

Refers to Mr Carter being given responsibility for the

Marketing policy at Ede and Ravenscroft, Cambridge.

‘As you know the Board has been concerned for

sometime as to the lack of profit in Cambridge,

particularly in the retail area’. Ward to be given a bonus

of £500 if sales targets can be achieved in 1982.

Letter from W. R. Keen, to, Maurice Ward, 10 Sept 1982.

Refers to Ward’s ‘unfortunate accident’, and a change

of role at Ede and Ravenscroft. ‘After much careful

consideration, it has been decided that because of your

specialist knowledge of the academic trade, your

duties in future will be to run the academic section’.

WARD/1/1/47 Letter from W. R. Keen, to, Maurice Ward 22 - 28 Mar 1983

Refers to hire fees for Cambridge B.Chir, B.Ed and LL.B.

hoods.

Also includes invoice for Cambridge B.A. hoods from

Joshua Taylor, Cambridge, 22 Mar 1983.

WARD/1/1/48 Copy letter to Jim Tarrant, Ede & Ravenscroft, 28 Mar 1983

Cambridge Refers to stocks of Cambridge B.A. hoods.

WARD/1/1/49 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum from W. R. Keen 29 Sept 1983

States that copies of all retail orders are to be sent to

Mr Carter.

WARD/1/1/50 Letter from Richard Birt, Contact, Ely Diocesan 8 Nov 1983

Newsletter Editor and Advertising Manager, Duxford Refers to the fees for placing an advertisement in

Contact. Includes copy of Contact (Oct 1983).



WARD/1/1/51 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum from W. R. Keen 4 Jan 1984

Titled, ‘Nigerian Orders’. Gives a series of measures to be

implemented during unrest in Nigeria.

WARD/1/1/52 Bundle of correspondence 11 Apr – 18 June 1984

Letter from Barbara Fairs, Vice Principal, The Williams

School of Church Music, to, Ede and Ravenscroft, 11

11 Apr 1984. States that Neil Buick has been awarded

a Fellowship of the Williams School of Church Music.

Letter from Neil Bucik, Luton, 18 June 1984. Desires

to purchase or hire a Fellowship hood for the Williams

School of Church Music.

WARD/1/1/53 Bundle of correspondence July 1984

Letter from Ivor N. Pett, Toddington, to, Maurice Ward,

2 July 1984. Desires Ward to make him an associate

hood of the Williams School of Church Music. States

that Mr Clive Bright is sending a tie so that Ward can

obtain the correct colours.

Letter to Maurice Ward, [c. July 1984]. Encloses a tie

of the Williams School of Church Music colours.

WARD/1/1/54 Letter from G. Edward Jones, the Williams School 14 Sept 1984

of Church Music, to, Maurice Ward Is sending Fellows hoods, ‘as we understand that these

are incorrect’.

WARD/1/1/55 Letter from W. A. Millard, Manager, Call Printers 17 Oct 1984

(St. Ives) Ltd., to, Ede and Ravenscroft Refers to proofs for ‘Return of Robes’ cards.

Also includes sample returns card.



WARD/1/1/56 Letter from Clive Bright, Principal, the Williams 14 Nov 1984

School of Church Music, to, Ede and Ravenscroft

States that Elaine Enstone has been awarded a Fellowship

of the Williams School of Church Music.

WARD/1/1/57 Letter from Clive Bright, to, Maurice Ward 3 Dec 1984

Refers to ongoing problems with Fellows’ hoods for

the Williams School of Church Music. States that

Associates hoods were issued in error, and that the

colours and edgings of the hoods do not match.

WARD/1/1/58 Letter from Mrs. Woods Limited, Lisburn, to, Ede 14 Dec 1984

and Ravenscroft Ltd. Confirms an order of six clerical bands.

WARD/1/1/59 Letter from M. W. Middleton, to, Maurice Ward 23 Aug 1985

Refers to a mistake on Mr. Beaken’s cassock. Also

gives the opinion that academic dress should always

be displayed in the Cambridge shop window, and that

all shirts and ties should feature a company label. ‘I

would much prefer to see the middle range sold and

not the rubbish which only goes against our image’.

WARD/1/1/60 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum from W. R. Keen 7 Nov 1985

Refers to sickness absence.

WARD/1/1/61 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum from W. R. Keen 3 Jan 1986

Announces that as from 31 Dec 1985, Ede and

Ravenscroft have been appointed Robemaker to

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

WARD/1/1/62 Letter from Theresa Taylor, Newnham, to, Maurice 31 May 1986

Ward Refers to a garment. ‘I would be so grateful if Canon

Bentley would try this on – before I make another to

match his Cope!’.



WARD/1/1/63 Letter from A. Batteson, Associate Director, Ede and 11 Feb 1987

Ravenscroft, to, the Registrar, Correspondence College of Church Music, Cambridge Refers to an inquiry about academic hoods.

Includes memorandum to Maurice Ward.

WARD/1/1/64 Copy letter from A. Batteson, to, H. M. Coles, 16 Mar 1987

Loughton Refers to the matter discussed in WARD/1/1/63.

WARD/1/1/65 Copy letter from H. M. Coles, to, A. Batteson 26 Mar 1987

Offers thanks for information on publications relating to

academic dress, including Hugh Smith’s Academic Regalia.

‘I have a twin-brother living in Johannesburg he,

undoubtedly, would obtain for me Professor Smith’s

book’. Also refers to bogus degrees, and believes there

are ‘worrying factors’ in relation to a college Coles is

associated with.

WARD/1/1/66 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum from W. R. Keen 5 Aug 1987

Refers to changes in positions at Ede and Ravenscroft,

including Maurice Ward’s promotion to Front Shop

Manager.

WARD/1/1/67 Letter from Joshua K. Taylor, Cambridge Robes, 1 Aug 1988 Cambridge Refers to the acquisition of the company, Joshua Taylor

& Co. (Academic Robes) Ltd.

WARD/1/1/68 Letter from Mark D. Chilcott, Great St. Mary’s, 19 Jan 1989

Cambridge, to, Maurice Ward Refers to Ward having inspected St. Michael’s Church

on 17 Jan 1989 with a view to booking it for

distributing degree gowns in July of that year.



WARD/1/1/69 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum 15 Feb 1989

Two copies.

WARD/1/1/70 Letter from Mark D. Chilcott, to, Maurice Ward 7 Mar 1989

Confirms Ward’s request to book St. Michael’s Church.

WARD/1/1/71 Letter from Mark D. Chilcott, to, Maurice Ward 20 Mar 1989

Acknowledges Ward’s payment for the booking of

St. Michael’s Church. ‘Given that the Chapel is still

a consecrated building, we agreed that the altar and

immediate vicinity would not be used for storage or

distribution of robes’.

WARD/1/1/72 Letter from R. Cooper, Ede and Ravenscroft, to, 10 Nov 1989

A. Cooper, Cambridge Refers to the appointment of Phillip Thomas as Head

Cutter for Ede and Ravenscroft.

WARD/1/1/73 Ede and Ravenscroft memorandum from Michael 24 Nov 1989

Middleton

Refers to Roger Cooper having left Ede and Ravenscroft

to become Managing Director at Dormie Ltd.

Also includes, ‘Retail Development Structure’ plan.

WARD/1/1/74 Letter from Geoffrey Skelsey, Assistant to the 14 May 1991

Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge, to, Richard Storey, University Marshal, Cambridge Refers to the use of Senate-House for exhibitions. ‘I am

very sorry to say that we shall have to disappoint Ede and

Ravenscroft’.



WARD/1/1/75 Copy letter from Michael Donovan, to, John Bisseker, 28 Apr 1993

Ede and Ravenscroft Refers to request for details of stock for the Cambridge

University Admission Days, June 1993. States that in

1992 2143 items were hired. Also refers to adding

Churchill College to the list of colleges that Ede and

Ravenscroft deliver to. ‘Could I remind you that a

great number of these gowns which we order for hire

purposes will eventually be sold through the shop in

October’.

WARD/1/1/76 Copy letter from R. A. Watchman, Senior Bursar, 11 Feb 1994

Jesus College, Cambridge, to, C. Brookes, Ede and Ravenscroft, Waterbeach Refers to the 1996 Quincentenary of Jesus College,

Cambridge, the construction of a new library, and the

establishment of a Society of St Radegund. Quotes

from a recent Council discussion relating to gowns

to be worn by members of the Society, stating that

it should be modelled on the old College Fellow

Commoner’s gown.

WARD/1/1/77 Copy letter to R. C. Brookes, Ede and Ravenscroft 4 May 1994

Refers to material to be used for M.B.A. and M.Ed.

hoods.

WARD/1/1/78 Bundle of correspondence 27 July – 15 Aug 1994

Letter from R. A. Watchman, to, Maurice Ward, 27

July 1994. States that College Council has approved the

design for a gown for the Society of St. Radegund on

lines similar to the Fellow Commoner’s gown.

Letter from Maurice Ward, to, R. A. Watchman, 11

Aug 1994. States that a quote can now be provided for

The Society of St. Radegund gowns. Gives a detailed

description of the gown, and states that it will cost

£195. Also states that the initial order is going to be

for nine gowns.

Letter from R. A. Watchman, to, Maurice Ward, 15



Aug 1994. Confirms Jesus College’s order of nine

gowns for the Society of St. Radegund.

WARD/1/1/79 Bundle of correspondence 26 Aug – 1 Sept 1994

Letter from C. J. Padfield, Tutor for Graduate Students,

Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to, Ede and Ravenscroft,

6 Aug 1994. Requests a quote for 20-40 graduate

gowns at short notice.

Draft letter from Michael Donovan, to, C. J. Padfield,

1 Sept 1994. Provides a quote for graduate gowns.

Copy letter from Maurice Ward, to, C. J Padfield,

1 Sept 1994. Adapted from Michael Donovan’s draft,

above.

WARD/1/1/80 Ede and Ravenscroft price list for Christs College, 22 Feb 1995

Cambridge

WARD/1/1/81 Letter from W. R. Keen, to, Maurice Ward [c. 1980s]

Gives details of Cambridge winter degree ceremonies.

WARD/1/1/82 Letter to Mr. Pratt [24 Aug n. y.]

Refers to the production of coloured Princetta fabrics.

Also refers to stocks of Russell cords, and other material.

WARD/1/1/83 Letter from Catherine Birkbeck, Stage Designer, [n. d.] Birmingham, to, Maurice Ward

Refers to discussing ‘the Arch Deacon’s [sic] Evening

clothes’ with Ward. ‘The period the play is set in is

1905 – it is for a dinner party at a Country house

in the Summer’.

WARD/1/1/84 Envelope addressed to Maurice Ward, Cambridge 16 Sept 1980



WARD/2 - WORKING DOCUMENTS

WARD/2/1 - WORKING DOCUMENTS RELATING TO MAURICE WARD’S EMPLOYMENT WITH EDE AND

RAVENSCROFT

WARD/2/1/1 - COMPANY RECORDS

WARD/2/1/1/1 Orders File 1979-1991

Orders are listed chronologically.

WARD/2/1/1/2 Volume marked ‘“B” Book, Academic’ 1984-1991

Record of customers and their orders for academic

dress, arranged chronologically. With alphabetical

index



WARD/2/1/2 - REFERENCE FILES

WARD/2/1/2/1 File marked ‘Clerical’ 1971-1988

Calling card of Malcolm Menin, parish priest of St. Mary

Magdalene, Crome Road, Norwich.

List of bishops, Sept 1971 to Feb 1988.

Compliments slip from M. Perkins & Son, Ltd, [n. d.].

Refers to samples of purple fabric.

List of bishops’ salaries, Oct 1976.

Includes various notes and sketches of clerical garments

and episcopal robes.

WARD/2/1/2/2 File marked ‘Info’ 1977-1996

Copy letter from C. Amies, Ryder & Amies, to, the

Bursar, Newnham College, Cambridge, 19 Mar 1996.

Refers to enclosed Ryder & Amies graduation robes

booking form, 1996. States that they were informed the

college dealt exclusively with Ede and Ravenscroft.

Also refers to the loan of B.A. hoods to students

‘dissatisfied’ with the hoods offered by Ede and

Ravenscroft.

‘Guide to Hat Sizes’, Sept 1977.

News-cutting, ‘Gieves cuts a dashing figure’, [n. d.]

News-cutting, ‘Degree honour for India’s president’,

[n. d.].

Cambridge University, ‘Congregations of the Regent

House at which degrees may be conferred’, 1993-1994.

Cambridge University, ‘Congregations of the Regent

House at which degrees may be conferred’, 1994-1995.



Copy letter from H. J. Easterling, University Draftsman,

University of Cambridge, to, R. C. Brookes, Ede and

Ravenscroft, Waterbeach, 25 Mar 1994. Refers to errors

in the university regulations relating to M.Sc., M.Litt.,

M.Phil., M.Eng., and M.B.A. hoods. Gives specifications

of the ‘new’ M.Sci. hood. Also states that the M.Ed. is

correctly described.

Copy extracts from the Cambridge University regulations

relating to academic dress, c. 1993.

Copy extract relating to academic hoods, [c. 1990s].

Copy extract, ‘Order of Seniority of Graduates’, [n. d.].

Memo from Maurice Ward, to, Ronald Brookes, 31

May 1995. Refers to a Christ’s College gown.

Copy letter from F. L. Brown, Ede and Ravenscroft,

to, Mr Taylor, Head Porter, Christ’s College, Cambridge,

14 Oct 1994. Refers to the price of undergraduate

gowns.

Letter from Jeremy Taylor, Head Porter, Christ’s College,

Cambridge, to, Mr Donovan, 4 July 1995. Refers to the

purchase of undergraduate gowns.

List of new university names adopted, 23 June 1992.

Copy letter to ‘The Bursar’, Cambridge, 28 Mar 1995.

Refers to Ede and Ravenscroft’s Porter Service. Gives

details and prices of garments.

‘Ceremony Rates’, May 1994.



WARD/2/1/2/3 File marked ‘Admin’ 1990-1996

‘Cambridge University Undergraduate Gowns Transfer &

Wholesale Prices’, 1995.

Ede and Ravenscroft, Cambridge University white gown

Hire card, Oct 1996.

Ede and Ravenscroft, Cambridge University general

admission gown hires price lists, Oct 1995.

Ede and Ravenscroft, graduation ceremonies information

sheet, [c. 1990s].

Ede and Ravenscroft, Cambridge hire database entry

form, [c. 1990s].

Cambridge University academic dress price list,

Oct 1995

Ede and Ravenscroft, Cambridge University blue gown

hire card, Oct 1995 (two copies).

Notes, ‘Degrees Conferred’, 1990-1991.

Notes, ‘Cards Issued from Oct 1991’, 1991-1992.

Notes, ‘Card Issues from Oct 1992’, 1992-1993.

List of Cambridge University college Praelectors,

[c. 1990s] (two copies).

Ede and Ravenscroft, schedule of Cambridge University

M.A. ceremonies at St. Michael’s Church Hall, 1995.

List of Cambridge University College Praelectors,

[c. 1990s] (four copies).

List of Cambridge University college Head Porters and

Deputy Porters, with contact details, 13 Apr 1993.



WARD/2/1/2/4 File marked ‘Congregations’ 1990-1996

Includes lists of gown hires arranged by Cambridge

University College; General Admission, 1990; May

1990; July 1990; Oct 1990; Nov 1990; Dec 1990;

General Admission, 1991; Jan 1991; Feb 1991; Mar

1991; May 1991; July 1991; Oct 1991; Nov 1991; Dec

1991; General Admission, 1992; Jan 1992; Feb 1992;

Mar 1992; May 1992; July 1992; Oct 1992; Nov 1992;

Dec 1992; General Admission, 1993; Jan 1993; Feb

1993; Mar 1993; May 1993; July 1993; Oct 1993;

Nov 1993; Dec 1993; General Admission, 1994;

Jan 1994; Feb 1994; Mar 1994; May 1994; July 1994;

Oct 1994; Nov 1994; Dec 1994; General Admission,

1995; Jan 1995; Feb 1995; 25 Mar 1995; May 1995;

22 July 1995; 14 Oct 1995; 11 Nov 1995; Dec 1995;

Jan 1996; 24 Feb 1996; 23 Mar 1996; 11 May 1996;

hire totals, 1990-1994.

WARD/2/1/2/5 File marked ‘Academic’ 1992-1996

Includes, in the following order;

Ryder & Amies, Cambridge Robes price list, 1994

‘Cambridge Undergraduate Gowns, Stock Taking/

Close of Business’, 12 Nov 1994.

Cambridge shop gown order list, Jan 1995.

Ede and Ravenscroft, Cambridge University gowns

price list, Oct 1994.

Price list, Cambridge University undergraduate gowns,

Oct 1993.

Cambridge University academic dress price list, Oct

1992.

‘Cambridge Undergraduate Gowns, Stock Taking/

Close of Business’, 12 Nov 1994.

‘Committed Undergraduate Hires, Based On 1993’.



‘New Undergraduate Gowns for Cambridge

University for 1994’.

‘Gown Hires Only for General Admission, 1992 to

1993’.

Cambridge University academic dress price list,

Oct 1995.

Cambridge University undergraduate gowns price list,

Oct 1993.

Letter from J. H. Baker, to, Maurice Ward, 18 May

1996. Refers to Ward’s ‘Noblemen’ enquiry. Gives

information about the academic dress of noblemen

under the Statutes of Queen Elizabeth I. ‘One of the

last persons to take an LL.D. under these regulations

was Prince Albert Edward (later King Edward VII in

1864’. Also refers to a scarlet LL.D. gown made in

1984, and inquires after cut-steel buckles.

Letter from J. H. Baker, to, Maurice Ward, 21 May

1996. Offers amendments to the information provided

in his letter of 18 May 1996.

Copy of information about the academic dress of

noblemen as included in J. H. Baker’s letter of 18

May 1996.



WARD/2/1/3 - OTHER LOOSE ITEMS

WARD/2/1/3/1 Compliment slips [c. 1970s]

Includes, from the Bishop of St. Albans; Bishop of

Huntingdon; Bishop of Taunton; Master of Junior School,

The King’s School, Ely.

WARD/2/1/3/2 Notes on alterations to a cassock for the Bishop of [c. 1970s] King’s Lynn by J. Tarrant States, the ‘Quality of material is poor, and the cassock

Has a flaw in the left front. I felt more than a little

embarrassed when fitting this’.

WARD/2/1/3/3 The Community of St. Peter the Apostle, Laneham [c. 1970s]

Abbey, Church Linen Department, price list WARD/2/1/3/4 Miscellaneous and stray notes 1970s-1990s

WARD/2/1/3/5 Gieve Group stock cards, academic dress Jan 1971

WARD/2/1/3/6 M. Lodge & Son Limited, Manchester, to, Moss Bros. 20 Feb 1978

Ltd., London, order confirmation for fabric WARD/2/1/3/7 Ede and Ravenscroft, ‘Rates for Ceremonies’ price list 11 May 1981

Also includes blank expenses form.

WARD/2/1/3/8 Lists of academic stock relating to the University of 8 July 1981

Cambridge

WARD/2/1/3/9 Copy extract from Contact Ely diocesan news-letter [c. 1983]

Features advertisement for Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd. Also

business card of Norman Harding, Labute Limited Colour

Printers, Cambridge; envelope directed to Maurice Ward.

WARD/2/1/3/10 List of bishops [c. 1988]

Gives the names of bishops from Sept 1971 to Apr 1988.

Also includes notes on episcopal robes.

WARD/2/1/3/11 University of Cambridge ‘College Gowns’ price list Oct 1989



WARD/2/1/3/12 W. & G. Taylor, Cambridge, receipt for academic 17 Oct 1989

dress

WARD/2/1/3/13 University of Cambridge gown hire figures [c. 1992]

Gives figures for 1979 to 1992, arranged by college.

WARD/2/1/3/14 Memorandum, ‘Cambridge University Hires’ June 1993

Two copies.

WARD/2/1/3/15 University of Cambridge, ‘General Admission 1994, 1994

Timetable and list of presiding officers’ WARD/2/1/3/16 University of Cambridge, ‘Congregations of the Regent 1995-1996

House at which Degrees may be conferred’

WARD/2/1/3/17 Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd., ‘Honours from Ancient Times [n. d.]

to the Present Day’ list WARD/2/1/3/18 Ede and Ravenscroft, draft school academic hire order [n. d.]

form WARD/2/1/3/19 Ede and Ravenscroft, list of academic qualifications [n. d.]

Two copies.

WARD/2/1/3/20 Ede and Ravenscroft, ‘Graduation Ceremonies’ [n. d.]

information sheet

WARD/2/1/3/21 Ede and Ravenscroft, fabric sample of Russell cord [n. d.]

WARD/2/1/3/22 Ede and Ravenscroft, fabric sample and notes for [n. d.]

‘Robs Suit’

WARD/2/1/3/23 Ede and Ravenscroft business cards [n. d.]

Two items.

WARD/2/1/3/24 Memorandum relating to gown hires [n. d.]

WARD/2/1/3/25 Notes on the state of the outfitters trade in Cambridge [n. d.]

WARD/2/1/3/26 Envelope, featuring note by Richard Chartres [n. d.]

Directed to Mess. James Neal, offering thanks for

‘courteous & efficient service’.



WARD/2/2 - WORKING DOCUMENTS RELATING TO OTHER OUTFITTERS

WARD 2/2/1 - THOMAS PRATT & SON LTD., CAMBRIDGE

WARD/2/2/1/1 File relating to academic dress 1882-1904

Formed from a copy of T. W. Wood, The Degrees

Gowns, and Hoods, of the British, Colonial, Indian,

And American Universities and Colleges (London:

[1882]) with numerous annotations and insertions.

Includes, Standen & Co., London, gowns and hoods

price list, [c. 19th century];

Also includes;

Letter from the Royal University of Ireland, to, J.

Charles, 20 Oct 1885. ‘The gowns and hoods of the

various Degrees in this University are identical with

those for the corresponding Degrees in the University

of Dublin (Trinity College) and there is no such

thing as a special Convocation gown.

Postcard from James H. Lewis, Registrar, the

University of the South, Tennessee, to, Messrs.

Thomas Pratt & Son, 22 Dec 1887. Offers thanks

for a hood, and gives suggestions for alterations to

‘Wood’s book’.

Notes on the University of Trinity College, Toronto,

1888.

Memorandum from Ede and Son, London, to, Messrs.

Pratt & Son, 17 Dec 1888. Refers to London B.Mus.

hoods.

Letter from E. K. Kendall, University of Trinity

College, Toronto, to, Messrs. Pratt & Son, 20 June 1889.

States that the hoods of the college are made to the

Cambridge shape. ‘Gowns are not worn much in

the present day even by clergymen’.

Memorandum from Ede and Son, to, Messrs. Pratt

& Son, 9 July 1889. Refers to the academic dress of

the University of St. Andrews.



Memorandum from Ede and Son, to Messrs. Thomas

Pratt & Son, 18 Nov 1890. Refers to diocesan

registrars’ silk gowns.

Letter from H. France-Hayhurst, chaplain, Croydon,

to, Messrs. Pratt & Son, 23 Nov 1892. ‘The

Archbishop wishes me to thank you very much

for your courtesy in allowing him to look at the

Hoods which you usually sell to Literates’.

Letter from C. W. E. Body, Provost, University of

Trinity College, Toronto, to, Messrs. Pratt & Son,

5 Feb 1894. Encloses information from the college’s

calendar relating to academic dress, as the information

in Degrees Gowns, and Hoods is reported to be

inaccurate.

Letter from A. Maltby, Cambridge, 1 May 1894. Refers

to robes of the University of St. Andrews.

Letter from A. Maltby, Cambridge, 30 June 1894.

Refers to a Dublin D.D. habit.

Letter from A. Maltby, 22 July 1896. Refers to D.Mus.

robes.

Letter from A. Maltby, 11 Aug 1896. Refers to Montreal

B.A. and M.A. robes.

Letter from Maltby & Son, 16 Apr 1901. Encloses a sample

of gimp lace used to trim Oxford D.C.L.

Letter from Maltby & Son, 4 Apr 1903. Refers to gowns

made in the same shapes as London robes.

Notes on the College of Church Musicians, Lavenworth,

Kansas, 24 June 1903.

Notes on the Australian College of Theology, 14 Sept

1904.



Note from E. H. Knowles, St. Bees, 17 July [n. y.].

‘No change has recently been made as to the Tippets

Ordinarily worn by our students; It ought not to be

of silk.

Notes on Hobart College academic robes, 28 Nov

[n. y.].



WARD 2/2/2 – A. G. ALMOND & CO. LTD., CAMBRIDGE

WARD 2/2/2/1 –WORKING FILE

WARD/2/2/2/1/ File marked ‘Details & information of Surplices, 1920-1926

1 Bishop’s Vestments, Church Apparel &c, Council

Robes &c. Formed from a copy of the ‘Borough of Cambridge,

Abstract of Accounts’, 1920, with various notes,

and insertions. Includes, A.G. Almond, Ltd., gowns

and hoods price list, with pro forma letter of address

to prospective customers, 1920s. A. G. Almond, Ltd.,

cassocks price list, Jan 1926; ‘Reduced Price List for

A. G. Almond’s English Surplices’, Apr 1926.

Also includes, letter from William Henry, York

Street Flax Spinning Co. (London) Ltd., to, Messrs.

A. G. Almond, Ltd., 24 Mar 1926. Encloses samples

of altar cloth.



WARD/2/2/2/2 - CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED PAPERS

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Letter from J. Heath, to, Mr Almond 5 Jan 1922

1

Provides an estimate for a ‘Celebration Surplice’.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Letter from A. G. Almond, Ltd., to, the Town Clerk, 22 Dec 1925

2 Cambridge

Refers to an estimate for a Mayors Robe. Also includes,

memorandum from Bevington & Morris, London,

refers to the production of robe trimmings, 26 May

1925; memorandum from Bevington & Morris, refers

to estimates for robe trimmings, 19 Dec 1925; fabric

samples.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Bundle of correspondence 2 – 5 Dec 1929

3

Copy letter from A. G. Almond, Ltd., to, Messrs. M.

Hutchings & Co., Bristol, 2 Dec 1929. Refers to a

query about Town Councillors’ robes.

Letter from M. Hutchings & Co, to, A. G. Almond,

5 Dec 1929. Offers thanks for a sample robe, and

requests an estimate for a Mayor’s Robe.

Postcard from M. Hutchings & Co., to, A. G. Almond,

[n. d.]. Requests a sample Town Councillor’s robe in

scarlet.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Letter from A. G. Almond Ltd., to, Messrs Ensors, 6 Dec 1929

4 & Duncan Smith Ltd., Oxford

Requests a quotation for Musquash, and Natural Beaver

fabrics. Also refers to a Persian Lamb collar made for the

company on a previous occasion.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Estimate from Ensors & Duncan Smith, Ltd., to A. G. 7 Dec 1929

5 Almond

Provides estimates for producing a Mayor’s Robe.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Memorandum from Ensors & Duncan Smith, Ltd., to 7 Dec 1929

6 A. G. Almond Ltd.



WARD/2/2/2/2/ Copy letter from A. G. Almond Ltd., to, the Director, 10 Dec 1929

7 M. Hutchings & Co.

Provides a quote for producing a mayor’s robe. ‘We shall

be pleased to let you have the Photographs again should

you wish so that the Council may see what it would look

like’.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Letter from Ensors & Duncan Smith Ltd., to, A. G. 11 Dec 1929

8 Almond & Co. Ltd.

Encloses a sample of beaver fur as requested.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Letter from M. Hutchings & Co., to, A. G. Almond 15 Jan 1930

9 & Co. Ltd.

Acknowledges the return of ‘two skins’.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Letter from G. H. Stone, F.A. Stone & Sons, Norwich, 25 Aug 1936

10 to, A. R. Almond

Refers to orders for council robes.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Price list of civic robes, with notes 25 Sept 1936

11

Three items.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Copy letter to Messrs. Brown, Beverley 14 Oct 1938

12

Provides a quotation for producing a mayor’s robe.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Letter from Bevington & Morris Ltd., to, A. G. 17 Oct 1938

13 Almond & Co. Ltd.

Provides a quotation for Natural Musquash robe

facings.

WARD/2/2/2/2/ Rough notes [c. 1920s]

14

Five items.



WARD/2/2/2/3 - OTHER LOOSE ITEMS

WARD/2/2/2/3/ Cambridge Robes for Doctors and Graduates, by A. G. 1909

1 Almond

Includes addenda, describing the introduction of the Ph.D.

and M.Ch. degrees, 1921; print, annotated, ‘Illustration of

Welsh & Scotland university Hoods’, [n. d.].

WARD/2/2/2/3/ News-cutting, funeral of A. G. Aldridge, ex-Mayor of [Jan 1926]

2 Colchester

WARD/2/2/2/3/ Extracts from the Cambridge University Reporter 16 May 1933 3 Relating to the academic dress

With annotations.

WARD/2/2/2/3/ A. G. Almond, Ltd., gowns and hoods price list [early 20th century]

4

Pasted onto loose cover of Cambridge Robes for

Doctors and Graduates, by A. G. Almond.

WARD/2/2/2/3/ A. G. Almond, Ltd., University of Wales robes price [early 20th century]

5 List

WARD/2/2/2/3/ A. G. Almond, Ltd., clerical cassocks, revised price [early 20th century]

6 list

WARD/2/2/2/3/ Notebook marked ‘College Scarves’ [early 20th century]

7

Contains notes and sketches of the college scarves

of Cambridge University

WARD/2/2/2/3/ Extract from the Ordinance of the University [early 20th century]

8 of Cambridge, Academical Dress

WARD/2/2/2/3/ Notes and sketches of academic dress [early 20th century] 9

WARD/2/2/2/3/ A. G. Almond, Ltd., Illustrations of Robes, etc. [mid-20th century]

10

WARD/2/2/2/3/ A. G. Almond, Ltd., Illustrations of Robes, etc. [mid-20th century]

11



WARD/2/2/3 - OTHER VOLUMES

WARD/2/2/3/1 Orders book 1870-1879

Record of customers and their orders for academic

dress. With alphabetical index.

WARD/2/2/3/2 Volume marked, ‘Mens Dept., Stock Book’ 1935-1939



WARD/3 - PERSONAL ITEMS RELATING TO THE OUTFITTERS TRADE

WARD/3/1 - ALBUMS OF CLOTHING LABELS

WARD/3/1/1 Album of Clothing Labels 19th – 20th century Includes examples by Adams & Ede, Late Webb,

London; Adamsons Ltd., Oxford; Adamsons Ltd.,

London, Casteel & Son, Oxford; Ede and Ravenscroft,

London; Ede & Son, London; Ede, Son & Ravenscroft,

London; F. McDonald, Exeter; Gray & Son Ltd, Durham;

Hawkes & Co. Ltd., London; Heelas Ltd., Reading;

Henry Poole & Co., London; Hookham & Co., Oxford;

J. Ede, London; J. Wippell and Co. Ltd., Exeter; James

Neal Ltd., Cambridge; Morley; Moss Bros., London,

Northam, London; Purnell, Phipps & Purnell, Oxford;

R. W. Forsyth Ltd., Edinburgh and Glasgow; Ravenscroft

& Willis, Liverpool; Shepherd & Woodward, Oxford;

Shepperd Bros., Oxford; Stark Brothers Limited,

Edinburgh; T. Pratt & Sons Ltd., London; Thomson, Son

& Wright, Ltd., Glasgow; Thos. Brown and Son,

Manchester; Thos. Pratt & Sons Ltd., London; Toye,

Kenning & Spencer Ltd., London; Vanheems & Wheeler,

London; W. Northam, London; Watts & Co. Ltd.,

London; Wilkinson & Son, London; Wm. Gray & Son,

Durham; Wm. Northam & Co. Ltd., Oxford.

WARD/3/1/2 Album of Clothing Labels 20th century

Includes examples by A. A. Papworth, Cambridge;

A. E. Clothier, Cambridge; A. G. Almond Ltd.,

Cambridge; A. R. Crossman Ltd., Cambridge;

Arthur A. Roper, Cambridge; Arthur Bennett,

Cambridge; Banham & Benton, Cambridge;

Bishop, Cambridge; Bodger & Co. Ltd., Cambridge;

Bodgers, Cambridge; C. Dixon, Cambridge; Gieves

Limited, London; H. C. Lawfield, Cambridge;

James Neal Ltd., Cambridge; Johnsons, Cambridge;

Pratt & Co., London; R. Buttress & Co. Ltd.,

Cambridge; R. C. Flack & Co., Cambridge;

R. E. George & Co., Cambridge; Richardson & Son,

Cambridge; Roper & Sons Ltd., Cambridge.

Also includes card index of tailors and robemakers.



WARD/3/1/3 Album of Clothing Labels 20th century

Includes examples by Arthur Shepherd, Cambridge;

Carr Son & Woor, Cambridge; F. P. Hardwick,

Cambridge; George Smith, Cambridge; Henry Wilson

& Co., Cambridge; J. Hardwick, Cambridge; Joshua

Taylor, Cambridge; Ryder & Amies, Cambridge;

Sidney Smith, Cambridge; Stuart, Cambridge;

Taylor, Wilson & Co. Ltd.; Thurlbourne & Son,

Cambridge; W. G. Taylor, Cambridge; Walker &

Walker, Cambridge; Whybro & Walker, London

and Cambridge;



WARD/3/2 - FILES OF FABRIC SAMPLES

WARD/3/2/1 File of fabric samples marked ‘Clerical’ 20th century

WARD/3/2/2 File of fabric samples marked ‘Clerical’ 20th century



WARD/3/3 - OTHER LOOSE ITEMS

WARD/3/3/1 Text of lecture presented by Maurice Ward to The Sept 1980

Costume Society

WARD/3/3/2 The Costume Society, weekend in Cambridge, list of 12-14 Sept 1980

names

WARD/3/3/3 Pass ticket for the State Opening of Parliament Oct - Nov 1981

In the name of Maurice Ward, 4 Nov 1981. Also includes

Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd. directions for the State Opening

of Parliament, 28 Oct 1981; and envelope.

WARD/3/3/4 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd., pay review slip 1991

WARD/3/3/5 Biographical notes on the life and career of Maurice [c. 2010s]

Ward

WARD/3/3/6 Assistant Manager job description form [n. d.]

WARD/3/37 Christmas greetings card from Ben Nicholas, depicting [n. d.]

Norwich Cathedral Choristers.



WARD/4 – PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTED ITEMS

WARD/4/1 – PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO CEREMONIAL DRESS

WARD/4/1/1 Ecclesiastical and Academical Colours, by T. W. Wood [1875]

WARD/4/1/2 Cambridge Robes for Doctors and Graduates, by A. G. 1909

Almond Includes, copies of ‘College Gowns’, by A. G. Almond,

[c. 1910], and second edition, 1926. Also includes printed

sheet of addenda, c. 1920s (fives copies), and ‘Instructions

for Self-Measurement, Clergy Cassocks’, by A. G. Almond

Ltd.


Almond Note on fly-leaf, ‘for counter use’. Also includes, printed

extracts, ‘Report of the Council of the Senate’ of the

University of Cambridge relating to academic dress; ‘Trinity

College, Admission to Degrees Other Than Those of B.A.

or LL.B, 1920s.

WARD/4/1/4 The Arts of the Church, The Ornaments of Ministers, by 1911

Percy Dearmer New impression.

WARD/4/1/5 Cambridge Robes for Doctors & Graduates, by A. G. 1934

Almond, Ltd. Revised edition.

WARD/4/1/6 The Degrees and Hoods of the World’s Universities and 1948

Colleges, by Frank W. Haycraft (comp.) Fourth edition.

WARD/4/1/7 Academic Dress of the University of Oxford, by, D. R. 1957

Venables & R. E. Clifford.




Almond, Ltd.

Reprint. Includes photocopy extract from the Cambridge

University Reporter, 1991.


Almond, Ltd.

Reprint. Three copies.

WARD/4/1/10 Academical Dress of British Universities, by, George W. 1966

Shaw

WARD/4/1/11 ‘The Dress of the Cambridge Proctors’, by, J. H. Baker 1984

Reprinted from Costume, number 18, 1984.

WARD/4/1/12 Academic Dress of the University of Oxford, by, D. R. 1985

Venables & R. E. Clifford. Sixth edition. Includes loose notes on the publication,

c. 1988.

WARD/4/1/13 Gieves & Hawkes 1785-1985, The Story of a Tradition, 1985

by David W. Gieve WARD/4/1/14 Cambridge University Academical Dress, With notes on [1995]

Oxford Academical Dress, by, George W. Shaw

WARD/4/1/15 University of London Academic Dress, by, Philip Goff 1999



WARD/4/2- OUTFITTERS’ BROCHURES, PRICE L ISTS, ETC.

WARD/4/2/1 A. G. Almond, Cambridge, ‘College Gowns’ [c. 1910s]

WARD/4/2/2 A. G. Almond, Ltd., illustrations of robes [mid-20th century]

WARD/4/2/3 Academic Robe and Gown Manufacturers Ltd. product Nov 1983

Catalogue WARD/4/2/4 Anglican Ordinand’s Committee, clerical outfitters’ 1974-1977

price lists 31 Jan 1974; 6 May 1977.

WARD/4/2/5 Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd. leaflet [mid-20th century]

Two copies.

WARD/4/2/6 Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd., ‘Personal Measurements for [mid-20th century]

Robe’ leaflet WARD/4/2/7 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd. costs of repairs and 1978-1988

alterations price lists Three items.

WARD/4/2/8 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd. ‘Legal Wig Makers’ leaflet [c. 1980s]

WARD/4/2/9 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd. ‘Robe Makers’ leaflet [c. 1980s]

WARD/4/2/10 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd. price list [c. 1980s]

For items relating to the University of Cambridge.

WARD/4/2/11 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd. ‘Price List for Choir Robes’ [c. 1980s]

Two copies.

WARD/4/2/12 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd., ‘Cost of Repairs and Nov 1988

Alterations’ price list

WARD/4/2/13 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd., ‘Clerical Gowns’ price list Oct 1989

WARD/4/2/14 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd., ‘Clerical Price List’ [c. 1990s]



WARD/4/2/15 Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd., ‘Clerical Price List’ [c. 1990s]

WARD/4/2/16 Ensleigh Insurance Services Limited, leaflet [c. 1980s]

WARD/4/2/17 Gieves Limited, ‘Self Measurement Form’ [mid-20th century]

WARD/4/2/18 Hall Bros. Ltd, ‘Clerical Price List’ 1 May 1988

WARD/4/2/19 Hayes & Finch product catalogue Sept 1982

WARD/4/2/20 J. Wippell and Company Limited, product catalogue [mid-20th century]

WARD/4/2/21 J. Wippell and Company Limited, clerical catalogue [c. 1980s] pages

WARD/4/2/22 J. Wippell and Company Limited, price list [c. 1980s]

WARD/4/2/23 J. Wippell and Company Limited, price list Feb 1986

WARD/4/2/24 Moss Bros-Buttress Ltd., ‘Academic Robe Hire Fees’, Oct 1976


WARD/4/2/25 Moss Bros-Buttress Ltd., ‘Student Degree Hires for June 1977

General Admission’, University of Cambridge

WARD/4/2/26 Moss Bros Ltd., ‘Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Coronation 1 Sept 1977

Robes and Regalia’ price list Three copies.

WARD/4/2/27 Moss Bros Ltd., ‘Guide To Hat Sizes’ Sept 1977

WARD/4/2/28 Moss Bros Ltd., ‘Military Uniform Hire Fees’ Dec 1977

WARD/4/2/29 Moss Bros Ltd., ‘Instructions for Self-Measurement May 1978

Clergy Cassocks’ Two copies.

WARD/4/2/30 Moss Bros-Buttress Ltd., ‘Academic Robe Hire Fees’, Oct 1978


WARD/4/2/31 Thomas Pratt & Sons Ltd. product catalogue [mid-20th century]



WARD/4/2/32 Thomas Pratt & Sons Ltd. product catalogue Aug 1983

WARD/4/2/33 The House of Vanheems Ltd., product catalogue [c. 1980s]

WARD/4/2/34 The House of Vanheems Ltd., price list May 1983

WARD/4/2/35 Watts & Co. Ltd., catalogue and price list 1988



WARD/4/3 - OTHER PRINTED ITEMS AND PUBLICATIONS

WARD/4/3/1 Westminster Abbey, ‘Order of Ceremonial at the 29 Sept 1972

Consecration of the Reverend Richard Fox Cartwright, M.A., D.D., to be Bishop Suffragan of Plymouth; The Reverend Dennis Gascoyne Hawker, the Bishop Suffragan of Grantham’ WARD/4/3/2 St. Paul’s Cathedral, ‘Consecration of the Reverend 2 Feb 1973

Colin Clement Walter James, to be Bishop Suffragan of Basingstoke; the Venerable William Aubrey Aitken, to be Bishop Suffragan of Lynn’

WARD/4/3/3 Westminster Abbey, ‘Order of Ceremonial at the 19 June 1973

Consecration of The Reverend John Gibbs, B.A., B.D., to be Bishop Suffragan of Bradwell’ With admission ticket of Maurice Ward.

WARD/4/3/4 St. Paul’s Cathedral, ‘Consecration of the Reverend 1 Nov 1973

David Alan Brown, B.A., B.D., M.Th., to be Bishop of Guildford; The Venerable Frederick Stephen Temple, M.A., to be Bishop Suffragan of Malmesbury; The Reverend Thomas Carlyle Joseph Robert Hamish Deakin, M.A., to be Bishop Suffragan of Tewkesbury’ Two copies.

WARD/4/3/5 Heffers map of Cambridge 1976

Revised edition.

WARD/4/3/6 Westminster Abbey, ‘Order of Ceremonial at the 31 Mar 1977

Consecration of Canon Anthony Charles Dumper M.A., to be Bishop Suffragan of Dudley; The Reverend Stephen Edmund Verney M.B.E. M.A., to be Bishop Suffragan of Repton; Canon Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham MA, to be Bishop Suffragan of Bedford;

Canon Michael Richard John Manktelow, to be Bishop Suffragan of Basingstoke’ Two copies.



WARD/4/3/7 The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided 25 June 1977

Trinity of Ely, ‘The Order of Holy Communion for the Observance of the Feast of St. Etheldreda’ WARD/4/3/8 St Paul’s Cathedral, ‘Consecration of The Reverend 18 Oct 1977

Roger Alban Marson Anselm Genders, M. A., to be Bishop of Bermuda; The Reverend Peter John Ball, M. A., to be Bishop Suffragan of Lewes; The Reverend Peter John Nott, M. A., to be Bishop Suffragan of Taunton.

WARD/4/3/9 Cambridge in Brief, by, Ruth Mellanby 1978

Fifth edition.

WARD/4/3/10 Cathedral Church of St. Saviour and St. Mary Overie, 29 Sept 1978

Southwark, ‘Service of Consecration’ Includes news-cutting about Keith Sutton, Bishop

Suffragan of Kingston-upon-Thames; ‘New bishop

recalls life under Amin’, [1978].

WARD/4/3/11 Loughborough University of Technology, 11 July 1979

‘Congregation for the Conferring of Degrees, School of Engineering (part)’ WARD/4/3/12 University of Cambridge, Master of Glomery’s Notice, Feb 1980

‘Academical Dress, For St. David’s Day’ WARD/4/3/13 ‘Robes of the Realm’ exhibition guide and leaflet 1989

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WARD/5 - CUTTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND PRINTS

WARD/5/1 – PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS

WARD/5/1/1 File of photographs, postcards and prints relating to 20th century

ceremonial dress Includes, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge [mid-20th

century]; David Painter, chaplain to the Archbishop of

Canterbury, meeting Pope Paul VI in Rome, 28 Apr 1977;

David Young, Bishop of Ripon, at York Minster, 21 Sept

1977, ‘by the Archbishop of York’; Signed photograph of

Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury [c. 1980s];

‘Clerical Costumes’, print, [n. d.]. Also includes,

photographs from Cambridge University degree

ceremonies; the Duke of Edinburgh in academic dress;

labelled examples of various styles of ceremonial dress.

40 items.



WARD/5/2 – NEWS-CUTTINGS, ETC.

WARD/5/2/1 ‘Cut and Keep, Coronation Costumes’ news-cuttings [c. 1953]

Series nos. 1-50 Incomplete.

WARD/5/2/2 File of news-cuttings 1971-2001

Includes, Maurice Wood, nominated as new Bishop of

Norwich, Church Times, Sept 1971; consecrations at Christ

Church, Oxford, [c. 1972]; Archbishop of Canterbury with

the Bishop of Huntingdon, and Bishop of Aston, Church

Times, May 1972; ‘Southern suffragan moves to

Wakefield’, Church Times, 22 Oct 1976; consecration

of the Bishop of Ripon, 30 Sept 1977; ‘Growing number

of women at university’, [c. 1980s]; ‘Student numbers

continue to rise’, 19 Aug 1988; Archbishop of

Canterbury with the Bishop of Southampton and Bishop

of Brixworth, 1989; death of Ken Quick, Sergeant-at-Mace,

Cambridge, 19 Oct 1996; Ede & Ravenscroft advertisement,

Weekly News, 7 Mar 2001.

WARD/5/2/3 Photocopies from printed works [c. 1980s]

Includes extracts from Nicholas Shakespeare’s Londoners

relating to Ede and Ravenscroft, and others.