Official Papers
(1623)
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 some material from previous years, as early as 1603.
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills: Kent: Testators
(1658)
William Brigg compiled abstracts of all the wills in Register "Wootton" of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The abstracts of those proved in 1658 were published by him in 1894. The court's main jurisdiction was central and southern England and Wales, as well as over sailors &c dying abroad. We have re-indexed the whole volume, county by county, for both testators and strays (legatees, witnesses and other persons mentioned in the abstracts). FORDRED. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Masters and Apprentices
(1723)
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. 7 January to 31 December 1723.FORDRED. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices
(1776)
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 4 May 1776.FORDRED. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Elham in Kent
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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Inhabitants of Margate in Kent
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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Sailors on board H. M. S. Audacious
(1796-1798)
His Majesty's ship the Audacious took part in the destruction of the French fleet in Aboukir Bay at the mouth of the Nile ('the Battle of the Nile') on the evening of the 1st and morning of the 2nd August 1798. This is the muster book for 1 July to 31 August 1798: being a continuation book in a series covering wages and victualling from August 1796, it also includes the names of some men who had died, deserted or been discharged from the ship from then to July 1798. Of the ship's complement of 590, this index covers the sailors, volunteers, and boys, as well as the supernumeraries: but not the marines, or the French prisoners taken after the battle. Usually each man's entry gives his birthplace, and also his age on entering the ship.FORDRED. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Canterbury, in Kent
(1805)
Holden's Triennial Directory of 1805 to 1807 included a provincial section, listing professional people and traders in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. (The sample scan here is from the listing for Bath)FORDRED. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1812-1813)
These new Wesleyan Methodist preachers were admitted for three years trial as preachers in the church in 1812-1813.FORDRED. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1813)
A comprehensive list of Wesleyan Methodist ministers arranged by station and circuit in Britain, Ireland and abroad, was prepared each year at the church's annual conference. This includes supernumeraries and missionary preachers.FORDRED. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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