PCC Probate Abstracts
(1650-1651) The Prerogative Court of Canterbury's main jurisdiction was central and southern England and Wales, as well as over sailors &c dying abroad: these brief abstracts usually give address, date of probate and name of executor or administrator
GELLARD. Cost: £2.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Suffolk householders
(1674) Hearth tax was raised by assessing each householder on the number of chimneys to the dwelling. This provided a simple way to make a rough judgment as to the value of the dwelling: paupers were issued exemption certificates, but they too were listed at the end of each return. The returns were made by township, grouped by hundred. A complete copy of the hearth tax return for each shire was sent to the Exchequer: this is the return for Suffolk for Lady Day (25 March) 1674 (E 179/257/14) as printed in 1905 as Suffolk Green Book no xi, vol. 13. The numbers given are the numbers of hearths: where two or more people are grouped together with one number, it may be assumed that they were heads of separate households sharing a single building with that number of chimneys.GELLARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered in Cornwall
(1755) 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. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Liverpool return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/52GELLARD. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Apprentices
(1772) 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. 2 January to 31 December 1772GELLARD. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of clerks and apprentices
(1775) 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 1775.GELLARD. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1777) 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.
GELLARD. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1804) 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 1804. IR 1/39GELLARD. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1808) 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.GELLARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers' wives
(1808-1809) Wives of Wesleyan Methodist ministers were supported by the church, either centrally or through the local congregations: lists of wives were therefore printed in the annual minutes. Unfortunately, the ladies' Christian names are never given; where it is necessary to distinguish between wives of ministers with the same surnames, the husbands' Christian names are given. The S. preceding each name signifies 'Sister'. Examining these lists is nevertheless a good way to trace approximate dates of marriage for a minister, and approximate dates of death of wives that predeceased them.
GELLARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1809) 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.GELLARD. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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