Liegemen and Traitors, Pirates and Spies
(1591)
The Privy Council of queen Elizabeth was responsible for internal security in England and Wales, and dealt with all manner of special and urgent matters
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Inhabitants of Hertfordshire
(1723)
An Act of Parliament of 9 George I required all men aged 18 and over who had not done so previously to swear allegiance. From 17 August to 24 December 1723 the greater part of the men of Hertfordshire attended at various inns in the county to sign the oath of allegiance: women were exempt from the act, but almost as many attended and swore. This list indicates the place of attestation by letters A., B., C., &c., for which there is a key, scans of which are included with the main scan for the surname. MEETKERKE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Hertfordshire
(1702-1732)
These people signed various rolls at Hertford, mainly concerning allegiance. The letters are the key to the rolls involved:
a. Oaths of allegiance, supremacy and abjuration under an Act of 1 George I: 1727 to 1732;
b. Oaths of allegiance, supremacy and abjuration under an Act of 6 Anne: 25 April 1715;
c. Oaths of allegiance, supremacy and abjuration under an Act of 6 Anne: 21 August 1714 to 21 April 1718;
d. Oath for naturalizing Foreign Protestants under Act of 7 Anne: 10 May to 15 August 1719;
e. Oath of allegiance under Act of 1 Anne: I. 13 July 1702 to 19 July 1714; II. 13 July 1702 to 19 February 1709; III. 13 July 1702 to 8 October 1708;
f. Declaration against Transubstantiation, under Act of 1 William & Mary: I. 13 July 1702 to 9 January 1710; II. 12 July 1714 to 21 April 1718; III. 25 April 1715; IV. 10 July 1727 to 17 April 1732.MEETKERKE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Hertfordshire Loyalists
(1745)
This list of the members of the Rebellion Association, 'an association of the noblemen, gentlemen, clergy, freeholders and inhabitants of the county of Hertford', preserved among the Hertfordshire sessions records, also records the amounts of each individual's subscription or voluntary donation to the cause of maintaining the Church and Crown of England.MEETKERKE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Apprentices
(1758)
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 1758.MEETKERKE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices
(1759)
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 12 April 1759.MEETKERKE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices
(1761)
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 21 July 1761.MEETKERKE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Hertfordshire Sessions
(1752-1799)
Incidents from the Hertfordshire Sessions Books and Minute Books. These cover a wide range of criminal and civil business for the county: numerically, the most cases (362) concerned assaults and rioting, and larceny (378), but there is a large variety of other matter, as extensive as the jurisdiction of the courts. These highly condensed abstracts of the entries were prepared by William le Hardy, and published for the County Council in 1935. MEETKERKE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Hertfordshire hunters
(1784-1799)
Highly condensed abstracts of Hertfordshire Sessions Books and Minute Books were prepared by William le Hardy, and published for the County Council in 1935. An act of the 24th year of king George III instituted licences to kill game, which cost 10s 6d for registered gamekeepers, and 2 guineas for others. Appendix VIII is a list of persons granted two-guinea licences for killing game: in each case the full name (surname first) is given; occupation; residence; and the years during which licences were purchased (e. g., 92-93 for 1791 to 1793).MEETKERKE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1799)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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