Apprentices and clerks
(1803) 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. 3 January to 31 December 1803. IR 1/39WADE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1803) 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. 3 January to 31 December 1803. IR 1/39WADE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1804) 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 1804. IR 1/39WADE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Correspondence of Matthew Prior
(1685-1721) Matthew Prior was secretary to the British embassy and minister ad interim at The Hague 1693 to 1697, secretary to the embassy at the Congress of Ryswick in 1697, and secretary to the embassy and minister ad interim at Paris 1698 to 1699. His papers survived among the archives of the Marquis of Bath at Longleat, and were edited for the Historical Manuscripts Commission by J. J. Cartwright, A. Maxwell-Lyte and J. M. Rigg, and published in 1909. The volume concludes with a journal and memoirs relating to the Treaty of Ryswick. Most of the correspondence selected deals with the Anglo-Dutch and Anglo-French diplomacy of the period.WADE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts in England and Wales
(1824) The Law Advertiser printed details of the progress of the administration of bankrupts' estates. One section was the choosing of assignees. This is the index to the bankrupts themselves, rather than the assignees. Under the heading 'Assignees Chosen', the bankrupts' surnames are given in capitals, often with the christian name in lower case; and then the name, occupation and address of the assignees. The assignees were often principal creditors, often relatives of the bankrupt. January to December 1824.WADE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1851) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad. July to December 1851
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Trainee Schoolmasters at Westminster
(1876) The Education Department set examinations of trainee teachers at the various training colleges in Britain. This is the class list of the men who took examinations at Westminster Teacher Training College at Christmas 1876. The names are given for the second year first, arranged by division in the examination (in order of merit for the first and second divisions), and then for the students of the first year, arranged similarly. Full names are given (with initials for middle names). The letter (D.) indicates that the candidate had obtained a certificate of competency as a teacher of drawing. WADE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trainee Schoolmistresses at Darlington
(1876) The Education Department set examinations of trainee teachers at the various training colleges in Britain. This is the class list of the women who took examinations at the Teacher Training College at Christmas 1876. The names are given for the second year first, arranged by division in the examination (in order of merit for the first and second divisions), and then for the students of the first year, arranged similarly. Full names are given (with initials for middle names). The letter (D.) indicates that the candidate had obtained a certificate of competency as a teacher of drawing. WADE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Residents of Yeovil
(1954) The Yeovil and District Directory for 1954-1955 compiled and published by Edwin Snell & Sons includes an alphabetical directory of residents in Yeovil and Yeovil Without, a trades directory, and lists of officials and officers of the various local societies and institutions, all covered by this index.WADE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Policemen
(1878-1891) The Metropolitan Police Register of Joiners (MEPO 4/335) lists policemen joining the force 1 July 1878 to 31 December 1891 (warrant numbers 62845 to 77318). The register is alphabetical, in so far as the recruits are listed chronologically grouped under first letter of surname (I and J, and U and V being treated as single initials). It gives Date of Appointment, Name, Number of Warrant, Cause of Removal from Force (resigned, dismissed, promoted or died), and Date of Removal. WADE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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