Lancashire and Cheshire Marriage Licences
(1667-1680)
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)PALLISER. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Letters and papers of James first duke of Ormond, Lord Deputy of Ireland
(1681-1683)
This correspondence deals with a large variety of personal and public affairs in Ireland and England. PALLISER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Official Papers
(1691-1692)
The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to Britain, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records. Includes lists of passes to travel abroad.
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Official Papers
(1700-1702)
The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to Britain, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records. Includes lists of passes to travel abroad. This abstract covers the period from 1 April 1700 to 4 March 1702, with an appendix of items dating back as early as 1689.
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Treasury Books
(1717)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1717. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.PALLISER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Masters of Apprentices registered at York
(1728-1731)
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. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)PALLISER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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The English in Madras
(1744-1755)
Henry Dodwell, curator of the Madras Record Office, compiled a 'Calendar of the Madras Despatches', published in 1920, interweaving despatches in his archives from the India Office to and from their governors at Fort St David and Fort St George with similar material from the India Office archives in London. All manner of commercial, political, military and diplomatic affairs are touched upon: the people mentioned are mainly merchants, officials, clerks, soldiers, and officers of the naval squadrons patrolling the seas from England to India and on to the East Indies and China. PALLISER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Naval officers and officials
(1760-1761)
This calendar of Home Office papers was edited by Joseph Redington and published in 1878. The period covered by this index is from the accession of king George III, 25 October 1760, to 31 December 1761. The documents abstracted were a part of the great archive called the State Papers Domestic, and comprised letters to and from the Secretaries of State, and other letters; reports; memorials and petitions; and warrants of various kinds. Some repetitive material was reduced into tables. We have teased out this diverse and heterogeneous material into separate indexes for each subject. PALLISER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c.
(1766)
A List of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, 18 August 1766.PALLISER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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People in the News
(1770)
Births, marriages and deaths, reports of crimes, trials and hangings, and general news, mainly from England, reported in the Chronicle section of the Annual RegisterPALLISER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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