Add this eBook to your basket to receive access to all 97 records. Our indexes include entries for the spelling beachcroft. In the period you have requested, we have the following 97 records (displaying 11 to 20): These sample scans are from the original record. You will get scans of the full pages or articles where the surname you searched for has been found. Your web browser may prevent the sample windows from opening; in this case please change your browser settings to allow pop-up windows from this site. Military Government of London
(1741) 'A General List, or Catalogue, Of all the Offices and Officers Employ'd In the several Branches of his Majesty's Government Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, &c. In South-Britain, or England' gives the names (and often the annual salaries) of the government functionaries, civil servants, churchmen and military, systematically arranged section by section. Section 94 lists his Majesty's Commissioners of the Lieutenancy for the City of London, by Commission under the Great Seal of Great Britain, 21 June 1740. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| The Bank of England
(1741) 'A General List, or Catalogue, Of all the Offices and Officers Employ'd In the several Branches of his Majesty's Government Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, &c. In South-Britain, or England' gives the names (and often the annual salaries) of the government functionaries, civil servants, churchmen and military, systematically arranged section by section. Section 58 lists the Governor, Deputy-Governor and Directors of the Bank of England. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Apprentices
(1760) 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. 1 January to 31 December 1760. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Apprentices and trainee clerks
(1763) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty (late payment of the 6d rate attracted double duty (D D) of 12d): 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. 1 January to 9 December 1763. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| London Merchants
(1767) The Universal Pocket Companion of 1767 contained, among 'many other necessary and entertaining particulars' this directory of London merchants. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1776) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments, and bankrupts, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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| Inhabitants of the City of London
(1780) In August 1780 this loyal petition was made to king George III, subscribed by 2800 'Liverymen, Freemen, and Others, Inhabitants of the City of London', expressing grateful thanks 'for that Protection, which, by the Wisdom, Vigilance, and Activity of your Majesty in Council, was so seasonably given to us, at a Time when our Lives, Property, and every Thing dear to us, were in such imminent Danger, from the Violence of the most outrageous Banditti that ever existed.' This refers to the Gordon Riots, caused by a bill which Parliament introduced in 1778 to repeal certain harsh laws against Roman Catholics: in June 1780 a mob protesting against this repeal assembled in London, forced its way into the House of Commons, attacked Newgate prison releasing many prisoners, and destroyed a great deal of property, until dispersed by the military. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| London Bankers and Merchants
(1791) The British Universal Directory lists the various British trading companies established by statute, starting with the Bank of England, the Million Bank, the East India Company, &c., and including insurance companies. Also included are His Majesty's Consuls Abroad for the Protection of Trade, in European countries, America and Barbary; receivers-general; and the Commissioners of Sewers, Lamps and Pavements for the 28 wards of the City of London. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| London Lieutenancy Commissioners and Militia Officers
(1791) His Majesty's Commissioners of the Lieutenancy for the City of London; and field offocers and commanders of the six regiments of the London militia | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| London nobility and gentry
(1791) The Universal British Directory includes a list of the nobility, gentry, &c. in London and Westminster: esquires, i. e., gentlemen without titles, are sometimes listed without their christian names. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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