Masters of apprentices registered in Wiltshire
(1774) 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 Bristol 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 1/59SHORTO. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Salisbury in Wiltshire
(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 Nottingham). 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.
SHORTO. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1801) 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 1801. IR 1/38SHORTO. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1801) 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 1801. IR 1/38SHORTO. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1803) 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. 3 January to 31 December 1803. IR 1/39SHORTO. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1803) 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. 3 January to 31 December 1803. IR 1/39SHORTO. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Southampton
(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)SHORTO. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1808-1810) William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcies for England and Wales from 1 January 1808 to 1 August 1810. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.SHORTO. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Somerset
(1830) Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.SHORTO. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Wiltshire
(1830) Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.SHORTO. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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