Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1799) 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 name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 11 March to 31 December 1799. IR 1/38JOSLEN. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1801) 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 name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 31 December 1801. IR 1/38JOSLEN. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1786-1806) William Smith's abstracts of bankrupts, dividends and certificates for England and Wales from 1786 to June 1806. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.JOSLEN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1828-1829) Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets). Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette was printed monthly for subscribers only, and included a section entitled Bankrupts, summarizing notices of bankruptcy proceedings. Volume 4, for 1829, covers bankruptcies gazetted from 2 December 1828 to 24 November 1829. The Gazette provided an index to the names of the principal bankrupts, but we have prepared this index to the names of the principal creditors, together with some stray names and solicitors from the records.
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Inhabitants of Devon
(1830) Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.JOSLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1856) The Post Office London Directory for 1856 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording over 100,000 individuals. JOSLEN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trustees and solicitors in England and Wales
(1858) Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of assignments of bankrupts' estates. Each entry gives the name of the bankrupt (surname first, in capitals), the date (in brackets), address and trade; followed by the names and addresses of the trustees to whom the estate was delivered, and the name and address of the solicitor. This is the index to the names of the trustees and solicitors, from the issues from January to December 1858.JOSLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Maidstone Residents
(1872) 'The Handy Directory and Guide for Maidstone and the Surrounding Villages within a Circle of Six Miles' was printed and published by W. S. Vivish. This General Directory for Maidstone itself includes 'as a rule, those only who are private residents, or are engaged (as principals) in professional, mercantile, or trading pursuits'. The letters p. r., in italics, signify private residents.
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Slaughterhouse Keepers in St John at Hackney
(1873) 673 licences to keep slaughterhouses were issued in October 1873 for the London metropolitan district. This list gives full names and addresses.JOSLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Veterinary Surgeons
(1890) The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons produced an annual register, including lists of fellows, ordinary members and a list of honorary and foreign associates, this edition being revised to February 1890.JOSLEN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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