[ Eric Gill and the Spoil Bank Association Limited. ] Printed First and Second Mortgage Debentures, signed by Eric Gill, H. J. Cribb, Hilary Pepler, Charles L. Waters, Edgar Holloway, with printed transfer slips, all signed by Valentine KilBride.

Author: 
Eric Gill; The Spoil Bank Association Limited; Ditchling; H. J. Cribb [ Herbert Joseph Cribb ]; Hilary Pepler; Charles L. Waters; Valentine KilBride [ John Valentine Denis KilBride ]; Edgar Holloway
Publication details: 
Both items: The Spoil Bank Association Limited, 'Registered Office S. Dominic's Press, Ditchling Common, Hassocks, Sussex.' Both dated 23 February 1922, the first printed and second in manuscript.
£450.00
SKU: 18658

The Spoil Bank Association was the limited company which acted on behalf of the Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic, the group of Roman Catholic craftworkers centred on Gill and based on Ditchling Common in Sussex. Each of the present two items in good condition, with light signs of age and wear. Both bifoliums on good deckled-edge paper, and both 3pp., folio, with the customary covering information on the reverse of the second leaf. Attractive typographic productions, printed in black and red on deckled-edge watermarked laid paper. Both with tax stamps and the Association's seal. The first item is headed 'The Spoil Bank Association Limited. | Issue of First Mortgage Debentures | To secure an aggregate amount of Two thousand five hundred fifty pounds [£2550] carrying interest at the rate of six per cent per annum under Clause 3 (II) of the Memorandum of Association and in pursuance of a Resolution passed on the 24th day of January 1922 | No. 247 Debenture £10.' The Second, numbered 37, is similar to the first, with the sum to be secured £1000. Both are signed by 'Eric Gill osd', with the first also signed by 'Douglas [Hilary Douglas Clark Pepler] Pepler OSD [Order of St Dominic's]', and the second by 'H. J. Cribb OSD', the three men being directors. Both documents are also signed by secretary 'Charles L Waters', with the first document also carrying a stamped Autograph Note Signed by Waters, transferring the debenture 'unto Lord Howard de Walden of 37. Belgrave Square London S.W.1.' Tipped-in onto the first page of the first document are three printed transfer slips, filled in and signed by 'John V. D. KilBride', with a similar slip by KilBride tipped-in onto the first page of the second document, which also carries an Autograph Note of cancellation, signed by Edgar Holloway, dated 29 November 1976.