Cordes (Dos Works) Ltd, records 1835-1957 (mainly 1835-1908)
GB0218.D169, D372
GB0218.D169, D372
GB0218.D169, D372

 D169/27 Minute Book of Directors of Messrs. J.J. Cordes and Co. Ltd. Minutes of General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company and of Extraordinary General Meetings, 18 Oct 1883-20 Dec 1898. 18 Oct 1883-29 Aug 1899 

 D169/39 Bills of Costs of Messrs. Colborne, Coulman and Lawrence in respect of: a) completion of Articles of Association 1903, b) Issue of further debentures 1904 and c) Inquiry into death of John Nelson, a workman 1904. 1903-1904 

 D169/3 Agreement (1) J.J. Cordes and Co. (2) Richard Michell. Michell to give his faithful and confidential services to J.J. Cordes and Co. and to receive wages therefore at the rate of 35/- a week, 6 working days of 10 hours a day, 6a.m. to 6 p.m., with allowances for overtime. Michell not to be bound by Agreement if wages not paid punctually. May be discharged if irregular in attendance or inattentive to his work. To remain in force for 10 years and a penalty of £1000 for breach of engagement. 7 Apr 1840 

 D169/29 Book of Rules and Regulations Detailing Working hours, piece work, conduct, fines and forfeit money for boys and the duties etc., of the foreman mechanic, tenders and feeders, furnace mason, rod sorter, clerk of the yard, fireman, and list of fines. 14 Nov 1848 

 D169/1 Lease for 90 years (Copy) (1) Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar co. Mon. Bart. and Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan of Ruperra Castle co. Glam. Esq. (2) Henry Ewbank and James Jamieson Cordes of Idol Lane in City of London, Merchants. All that piece of land containing 4 acres 1 rood 2 perches exclusive of the road or way of 25 feet wide set out on the west side thereof, and also all that other piece of land adjoining, containing 5 acres 2 roods 16 perches also exclusive of the roadway and also two other pieces of land adjoining containing 3 acres 2 roods and 2 roods and 3 perches, all situate in the Borough of Newport co. Mon. and are now or late in occupation of Mr William Brewer and are bounded on the North and East by the Monmouthshire Canal and the Newport Gas Works on the South by gardens belonging to certain houses in Mill Street and on the West by the said road. Rent £108. 17s. per annum being at the rate of £9 per acre for the first two mentioned pieces of ground upon which it is intended to build and £5 an acre for the remainder on which it was not intended to build at that time but at an increased rent of £9 an acre should it be built upon. Ewbank and Cordes within two years are to erect a factory and workmens cottages at an expenses of at least £2,000. 5 Dec 1835 

 D169/7 Schedule of Title Deeds and Documents relating to lands and premises in the parishes of Malpas, Newport (High Street, Mill Street and Market Street) and Bassaleg co. Mon. belonging to the Misses. Nocholas in Mortgage to Sir Thomas Phillips and Thomas Smith, Esq. 1776-1853 

 D169/9 Mortgage (1) Lucas Cordes (2) Robert Cook £40, (together with a sum of £60 already secured) on certain monies, stocks, funds and premises comprised in another indenture (see D169/8). 13 Jun 1855 

 D169/11 Settlement (Attested Copy) (1) James Jamieson Cordes of the Woodlands co. Mon. Esq. (2) Mary Cordes his wife. (3) Sir Thomas Phillips of Inner Temple, London, Knight and Thomas Smith of 21 Hyde Park Square co. Middx. Esq. Loss of indenture of 28 October 1850. Term of Settlement the same as in D169/5. Together with Declaration dated 3 December 1855 of Lucas Cordes that he has done nothing to affect his share of the Settlement. 7 Sep 1855 

 D169/14 Notice of Assignment (1) Lucas Cordes (2) Sir Thomas Phillips of the Inner Temple, London and Thomas Smith of 21 Hyde Park Square co. Middx. That Lucas Cordes had assigned his entitlement of the Settlement of 28 October 1850 (D169/5) as security to John Wright and Stephen Ayles for the sum of £550. 3 Dec 1855 

 D169/19 Order of court of Quarter Sessions for stopping up so much of a footpath leading from Newport to Caerleon and Ponthir as passes through a lane or roadway belonging to James Jamieson Cordes Esq., at Brynglas in par. Malpas. 24 Jun 1859 

 D169/36 Copy of Monmouthshire Evening Post Newspaper containing an account of the Development of Messrs. Cordes (Dos Works) Ltd. 21 Jul 1914 

 D169/15 Letter from Charles M.R. Morgan to Messrs. J.J. Cordes and Co. declining to purchase a piece of land containing 2 roods 8½ perches, part of piece of land containing 5 acres 2 roods 16 perches and situate in the par. of Newport demised by his father and himself to Messrs. Ewbank and Cordes in 1835. 1 May 1856 

 D169/17 Demise (1) Newport (Mon) Gas Company (2) James Jamieson Cordes of Borough of Newport, Merchant, Francis Henry Mitchell of Upper Wimpole Street co. Middx., Esq., and John Edward Lee, Thomas Cordes and Frank Johnstone Mitchell all of Newport, Merchants. (J.J. Cordes and Co.) £200. Free liberty and right of way for agents, workmen etc., to pass from the property of Messrs. J.J. Cordes and Co., over the new road proposed to be constructed by the Gas Company, 68 years. £10 per annum. Endorsed: 2 November 1894 Release by the Gas Company from the payment of rent on payment of £50 and the taking over of the road as a public highway by Newport Corporation. 6 Aug 1856 

 D169/25 Agreement for Sale and Purchase. (1) J.J. Cordes and Co. Ltd., (2) John Paton of Pontypool co. Mon, Merchant. of goodwill and trademarks, all leasehold land, equipment etc., contracts and engagements for a sum of £20,000 except office furniture etc. 13 Jul 1903 

 D169/26 Assignment (Copy) (1) J.J.Cordes and Co. Ltd., (2) Robert Tait of 2 Clifton Place, Newport, Secretary. (3) John Paton of Pontypool co. Mon. Merchant. (4) Cordes (Dos Worls) Ltd. £20,000. All premises, interest and goodwill of J.J. Cordes and Co. Ltd., in the trade of nail, spike and rivet merchants carried on by them at the Dos Works, Newport, and the trade connection therewith and the sole and exclusive right to use their brands and trade-marks etc. 1 Oct 1903 

 D169/20 Consent of Newport Gas Company that Messrs. J.J. Cordes and Co., shall be at liberty to build up to the boundary of their land and acknowledgment by Cordes and Co. that they have built a stable or other building against and upon the wall of the Gas Company (Plan). Endorsed. With an assignment of the above Consent from F.H. Mitchell, R.W. Hamilton, T. Cordes, J.E. Lee, F. J. Mitchell and E.A. Lee to T.Cordes, J.E. Lee, F.J. Mitchell and E.A. Lee dated 6 August 1883. 28 Jul 1876 

 D169/21 Consent (Letter) of Henry John Davies for the boundary line of Messrs. Cordes & Co. Ltd., property on the West side to run in a straight line from the corner of the wall in the yard behind the Dos Cottages to the point where the wood fencing now commences. 19 Mar 1892 

 D169/23 Agreement (1) Great Western Railway Co. (2) J.J. Cordes and Co. Ltd., Dos Works, Newport. for the retention of the stonework projecting into the Monmouthshire Canal where an old bridge stood and for the construction of a movable gangway to span the canal to be used only on exceptional occasions such as holidays or when locomotives are not in steam so that the drawbridge is not usable. 30 Jan 1900 

 D169/5 Assignment upon Trusts. (1) J.J. Cordes of Newport (2) Mary Cordes his wife. (3) Sir Thomas Phillips of the Inner Temple, London, Knight, and Thomas Smith of 32 Gloucester Square co. Middx. Esq. the property or patrimony to which Mary Cordes may be entitled by virtue of the wills of Jonathan and Lydia Lucas her parents. 28 Oct 1850 

 D169/37 Notice of Sale Lucas Cordes to Thomas Smith of 21 Hyde Park Square co. Middx. Esq., and James Jamieson Cordes the elder of the Woodlands co. Mon. of the sale of his half share in the London, Brighton and South Coast Shores which they held as Trustees for himself and his brother (John Jamieson Cordes the younger of Caius College, Cambridge) to John Jamieson Cordes the elder. 29 Mar 1854 

 D169/34 Cutting from South Wales Argus Newspaper relating to the employment at Cordes Dos Works of workmen from Maindee. 2 Oct 1957