Add this eBook to your basket to receive access to all 301 records. Our indexes include entries for the spelling willes. In the period you have requested, we have the following 301 records (displaying 101 to 110): 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. Voters in Arundel rape, Sussex
(1774)
A poll of freeholders to elect two knights of the shire to represent the county of Sussex was taken at Chichester in 1774. This poll book lists each voter's full name; abode; where the freehold lay and of what it consisted (b., barn; f., farm; g., garden; h., house; l., land; m., mill; o., orchard; r., rectory; w. sh., workshop); and the name of the occupier (if any) (often surname only); with dashes in the right-hand columns indicating votes for the candidates, Lord George Henry Lennox, sir Thomas Spencer Wilson and sir James Peachey. The franchise was limited to freeholders of 40 shillings per annum and more. The sample scan shows part of Chichester rape. The rape of Arundel included Arundel and Petworth and the surrounding countryside. | 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
|  Masters of clerks and apprentices
(1779)
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 1779. IR 1/30 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Lawyers
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register of London carried law reports (and general news) in which both attorneys and judges are mentioned, and their names are indexed here. May 1785. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Mentioned in law reports
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register of London carried law reports, in which not only the litigants, lawyers and justices are mentioned, but also a variety of individuals whose names crop up in the cases for one reason or another. May 1785. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Subscribers to Ann Yearsley's Poems on Several Occasions
(1785)
This book of poetry by 'Ann Yearsley, a Milkwoman of Bristol', received great critical acclaim and was rapidly reprinted. The third edition included these subscription lists for the first two editions. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| 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 1/34 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1789)
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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| English Churchmen
(1791)
Archbishops, bishops, deans, chancellor, archdeacons, and prebendaries of royal prebends, in England and Wales; and officers of Sion College in London, and the fellows of the college, being the rectors and vicars within the city of London. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| English Civil Servants
(1791)
Officers and officials of the various government departments, mostly in London, listed in the Universal British Directory. It includes the royal household, the departments of state, and public offices | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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