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(1700-1701)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, from October 1700 to December 1701.
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| House of Lords Proceedings
(1699-1702)
Private bills dealing with divorce, disputed and entailed estates: petitions, reports and commissions: naturalisation proceedings.
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| State Papers Domestic
(1702-1703)
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. 1 March 1702 to 31 May 1703. The calendar was prepared by Robert Pentland Mahaffy, with certain classes of document extracted and placed in separate appendices (called Tables): I, caveats; II, church and university appointments, &c.; III, commissions, warrants for commissions, notes of commissions and notes of warrants for commissions in the English army for 1702; IV, lord lieutenants and deputy lieutenants; V, Irish warrants; VI, weekly lists of ships of the Home Fleet with their stations and orders; VII, passes, notes of passes, post warrants and licences of absence; VIII, orders on petitions; IX, Scottish warrants and commissions; and X, miscellaneous royal warrants (to the Attorney or Solicitor General; in criminal cases; diplomatic; military warrants; miscellaneous warrants; secretary's warrants, allowance of bills, &c.; and notes of warrants for the appointment of almsmen). The source material in the Public Record Office that he drew on in making this compilation is referenced throughout, and is from the State Papers Domestic (and Military, Naval, Signet Office, Various, and Letter Books and Entry Books), State Papers Scotland (Correspondence, Letter Books and Warrants), State Papers Ireland (and King's Letter Books), and State Papers Channel Islands.
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| Official Papers
(1703-1704)
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. June 1703 to April 1704.
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| Treasury and Customs Officials, Officers and Pensioners
(1705)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
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| Treasury Books
(1705-1706)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for April 1705 to September 1706. The text covers a huge variety of topics involving all manner of receipts and expenditure, customs and revenue officials, civil servants, pensioners, petitioners and postmasters figuring particularly among the individuals named.
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| Persons Insured by the Sun Fire Office, London
(1714)
This list of the persons insured by the Sun Fire Office, London, gives full name (surname first), occupation (in italics), and the letter g (for goods) or h (for house) indicating the nature of their policy. Those with more than one g or h, have so many policies. An appendix lists those entered since, and omitted in printing the list, which was published in instalments from February to March 1714. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Customs Officers
(1715-1716)
Abstract of the Treasury declared accounts for the Customs: General Account, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716, AO 1/644/246; Cash Account, Christmas 1715 to Midsummer 1716, AO 1/786/985; Tobacco, General Account, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716, AO 1/645/249, and Cash Account, Midsummer to Christmas 1716, AO 1/787/993; Wines and Vinegar, General Account, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716, AO 1/645/248, and Cash Account, Christmas 1715 to Midsummer 1716, AO 1/786/987; Silks and Linens, General Account, Christmas 1715 to Christmas 1716, AO 1/645/247, and Cash Account, Christmas 1715 to Midsummer 1716, AO 1/786/986. Most, but not all, of the names which appear in these accounts are those of the customs officers at London and the outports throughout the kingdom. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|  Masters of Apprentices registered in Scotland
(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 and in Scotland. The sums collected are recorded in Scottish money, with conversion to sterling for transfer to London. A Scottish pund was worth 20 English pence. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return) | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Masters and Apprentices
(1736)
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. 2 January to 11 December 1736 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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