Masters and Apprentices
(1735) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 5 April to 31 December 1735CLEAK. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Tradesmen of Chester
(1392-1805) Lists of admissions of freemen of the city of Chester from the earliest surviving records to 1805 were compiled by J. H. E. Bennett and published by the Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society from 1906. These lists were extracted from the mayoral yearbooks (dating back to 1392) and twelve freemen's rolls covering 1538 to 1612 and 1636 to 1805; and a list of admissions for 1505-1506 in Harleian MS 2105 (British Library). The record does not become more or less continuous until about 1490: in all, 12,426 freedoms are recorded. Freedom of the city, necessary to practise a trade in the city, could be obtained by birth (in which case the father's name and occupation are usually given); by apprenticeship to a freeman (the master's name and occupation being given); or by order of assembly. Both the freemen and the masters listed are indexed here. The main abbreviations used are: B, freedom taken up by right of birth; I, freedom taken up by right of indenture; M. B., Mayor's Book; *, freedom granted by order of assembly.CLEAK. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Dorset
(1830) Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.CLEAK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Voters in Beaminster district of Dorset
(1857) The poll book of the county of Dorset for the general election of 3 April 1857 lists all the actual voters: the first column gives the man's number on the electoral register; then the voter's name in full (surname first); residence; qualification (C. for Copyhold, F. for Freehold, L. for Leasehold, O. for Occupier), and then 1s for the votes cast (Se for Henry Ker Seymer, F for Mr Floyer, St for Henry G Sturt, P for William H Berkley Portman).CLEAK. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Men of the 3rd Waikato Regiment who served in the New Zealand War
(1861-1870) New Zealand War Medal roll for members of the 3rd Waikato Regiment who volunteered for service in the Imperial Commissariat Transport Corps in the New Zealand campaign 1861 to 1866: the rolls were compiled following a general order in 1869 and the medals were distributed in 1870.CLEAK. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts
(1886) Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, October to December 1886CLEAK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Steam Engine Makers in Gillingham
(1910) The Steam Engine Makers' Society, a trades union, ended 1910 with 13,401 members in 144 branches. The 86th Annual Report gives a full list of members for each branch, followed by Travelling Expenses subsidised by the branch (with names and dates); Unemployed Expenses (with names and dates); Superannuation, Sick and Funeral Expenses (all with names and dates).CLEAK. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Civil Servants
(1937) The Civil Service Commission issued a monthly report listing certificates issued to civil servants of various grades on their initial appointment (whether after open competition, or without); assignments to higher grades; and transfers between departments. This is the report for July 1937: the sample scan is from the listing for post office clerks.
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Clerks, sorters, telephonists, postmen and other workers in the General Post Office
(1937) The Civil Service Commission issued a monthly report listing certificates issued to civil servants of various grades on their initial appointment (whether after open competition, or without); assignments to higher grades; and transfers between departments. This is the report for July 1937: the sample scan is from the listing for post office clerks.
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Imperial Service Medal
(1944) The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood at St James's Palace announced these awards by king George VI of the Imperial Service Medal to members of the Home Civil Service. The names are arranged alphabetically by surname (in capitals) and christian names, with office or rank in the service.
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