Add this eBook to your basket to receive access to all 199 records. Our indexes include entries for the spelling beckford. In the period you have requested, we have the following 199 records (displaying 81 to 90): 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. People in the News
(1774)
Births, marriages and deaths, reports of crimes, trials and hangings, and general news, mainly from England, reported in the Chronicle section of the Annual Register | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| People in the News
(1775)
Births, marriages and deaths, reports of crimes, trials and hangings, and general news, mainly from England, reported in the Chronicle section of the Annual Register | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| People in the News
(1776)
Births, marriages and deaths, reports of crimes, trials and hangings, and general news, mainly from England, reported in the Chronicle section of the Annual Register | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| City of Westminster Voters
(1780)
The poll for the election of two citizens to serve in Parliament for the City and Liberty of Westminster was begun 7 September and ended 23 September 1780, the candidates being the Hon. Charles James Fox (F), Sir George Brydges Rodney, bart. (R), and the Right Hon. Thomas Pelham Clinton the Earl of Lincoln (L). In this poll book the names of all voters are given, by parish and within each parish by street, arranged alphabetically by surname and christian name, with the individual votes cast shown in the right hand columns. Pages 1 to 48 cover the parish of St George, Hanover Square; 49 to 100, St Martin; 101 to 134, St Clement and St Mary le Strand; 135 to 155, St Ann, Soho; 157 to 166, St Paul, Covent Garden; 167 to 170, St Martin le Grand; 171 to 224, St James; 225 to 274, St Margaret and St John. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|  Clerks and apprentices
(1781)
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. 16 January to 31 December 1781. IR 1/31 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Memoirs and correspondence of the 1st Earl of Charlemont
(1745-1783)
James Caulfeild, first Earl of Charlemont, worked for the emancipation of Ireland from the control of the parliament of England, and was commander-in-chief of the Ulster Volunteers. Here are his political memoirs, a calendar of his correspondence, and copies of many letters in full. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Clerks and apprentices
(1785)
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 1785. IR 1/32 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Members of Parliament
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register of London printed a list of members of parliament voting with Pitt in his motion for a parliamentary reform 18 April 1785, and those voting against (as well as those paired off). | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| People in the news
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register of London carried reports of events in the capital and further afield, and those for May 1785 are indexed here.
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| Proceedings at London Guildhall
(1785)
Some activity at the Guildhall of the City of London is reported in the Daily Universal Register of February 1785: this relates mainly to attempts at electoral reform. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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