 Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1789)
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 1789. IR 1/34PROCKTER. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1791)
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. 5 March to 31 December 1791. IR 1/35PROCKTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1793)
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 15 June 1793. IR 1/35PROCKTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and Merchants in London
(1797)
The Universal British Directory was published in five volumes, starting in 1791. The professions included in the London section are very diverse: the addresses are mostly from central London. The publication of the provincial volumes took several years, so this London supplement was added, compiled about 1797.PROCKTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of London
(1805)
Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet. Private Residences'. About 10,000 people are recorded.PROCKTER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London city aldermen and officials
(1805)
The city of London already comprised a smaller area than London as a whole. The city was governed by the Lord Mayor and aldermen. Each aldermen represented a ward, but also had to be a citizen, i. e., a member of a city company. The aldermen, their wards and companies, and the deputies and common council of the respective wards, with their occupations and addresses are listed in Holden's Triennial Directory of 1805 to 1807. This list also covers the members of the various committees involved in governing the city, governors of city institutions, and local government officials and officers.PROCKTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1806-1807)
William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcies for England and Wales from July 1806 to December 1807. 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.PROCKTER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Preston in Lancashire
(1653-1813)
The records of the three main courts of the borough - the Court Leet, the Mayor's Court and the Inquest or Inquisition of Office - were entered in three thick folio volumes in the municipal archives. Extracts from these, by Anthony Hewitson, a local historian, were published in the Preston Guardian from 16 November 1901 to 19 September 1903, and then revised and printed in this volume in 1905. These extracts necessarily dwell on the quaint and curious, and are mainly from the 17th and early 18th century.PROCKTER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Rochdale
(1818)
Leigh's Directory of Bury and Rochdale lists gentry and traders in both towns and in surrounding areas. The sample scan is from the Bury listing.PROCKTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1826)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders
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