Lancashire and Cheshire Marriage Licences
(1680-1691)
Licences for intended marriages in Chester archdeaconry, which covered Cheshire and Lancashire south of the Ribble (by far the most populous part of that county)GAULTER. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Lancashire and Cheshire Marriage Licences
(1691-1700)
Licences for intended marriages in Chester archdeaconry, which covered Cheshire and Lancashire south of the Ribble (by far the most populous part of that county). As shown in the sample scan, licences to practise midwifery and to teach are also included. The index covers bondsmen as well as brides and grooms.GAULTER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Apprentices registered at Chester
(1713-1715)
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. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. July 1713 to April 1715. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)GAULTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodists
(1794)
The Arminian Magazine contains notices and anecdotes of Wesleyan Methodists, including the year's stations in Britain and abroad.GAULTER. Cost: £6.00. | 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.GAULTER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Daughters of Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1807-1808)
The Wesleyan Methodist church allowed 8 guineas for each preacher's daughter to her father for her education; these sums are listed in the annual accounts, with the girl's full name, arranged by school year, giving us an idea of her age.GAULTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Sons of Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1807-1808)
Sons of Wesleyan Methodist preachers could be educated by the church at their school at Kingswood. For each son not educated at this school 12 pounds was allowed by the church to his father; these sums are listed in the annual accounts, with the boy's full name, arranged by school year, giving us an idea of his age.GAULTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Sons of Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1807-1808)
Sons of Wesleyan Methodist preachers could be educated by the church at their schools at Kingswood and Woodhouse Grove. For each son not educated at these schools 12 pounds was allowed by the church to his father; these sums are listed in the annual accounts, with the boy's full name, arranged by school year, giving us an idea of his age.GAULTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers' wives
(1807-1808)
Wives of Wesleyan Methodist ministers were supported by the church, either centrally or through the local congregations: lists of wives were therefore printed in the annual minutes. Unfortunately, the ladies' Christian names are never given; where it is necessary to distinguish between wives of ministers with the same surnames, the husbands' Christian names are given. The S. preceding each name signifies 'Sister'. Examining these lists is nevertheless a good way to trace approximate dates of marriage for a minister, and approximate dates of death of wives that predeceased them.
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1808)
A comprehensive list of Wesleyan Methodist ministers arranged by station and circuit in Britain, Ireland and abroad, was prepared each year at the church's annual conference. This includes supernumeraries and missionary preachers.GAULTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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