Gloucestershire Freeholders and Tenants: Acton Ilgar
(1776)
The election of a knight of the shire to represent the county of Gloucester in Parliament began 6 May and continued until 17 May 1776, the Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley and William Bromley Chester, esq., being the candidates. The franchise was for adult males possessing freehold worth 40s or more per annum. This poll book lists all voters, arranged by hundred and then by township according to the place where their freehold lay. The voter's full name is given (surname first); place of abode; of what the freehold consists (such as messuage and lands); in whose tenure; and how his vote was cast.BISP. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Gloucestershire Freeholders and Tenants: Hambrook
(1776)
The election of a knight of the shire to represent the county of Gloucester in Parliament began 6 May and continued until 17 May 1776, the Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley and William Bromley Chester, esq., being the candidates. The franchise was for adult males possessing freehold worth 40s or more per annum. This poll book lists all voters, arranged by hundred and then by township according to the place where their freehold lay. The voter's full name is given (surname first); place of abode; of what the freehold consists (such as messuage and lands); in whose tenure; and how his vote was cast.BISP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Gloucestershire Freeholders and Tenants: Winterbourne
(1776)
The election of a knight of the shire to represent the county of Gloucester in Parliament began 6 May and continued until 17 May 1776, the Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley and William Bromley Chester, esq., being the candidates. The franchise was for adult males possessing freehold worth 40s or more per annum. This poll book lists all voters, arranged by hundred and then by township according to the place where their freehold lay. The voter's full name is given (surname first); place of abode; of what the freehold consists (such as messuage and lands); in whose tenure; and how his vote was cast.BISP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1786-1806)
William Smith's abstracts of bankrupts, dividends and certificates for England and Wales from 1786 to June 1806. 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.BISP. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, Literary News, Bankrupts, Patents, and Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1822)
English death, marriage and birth notices, bankruptcies, certificates and dividends, dissolutions of partnerships, literary news, and patents, as reported in the European Magazine. Includes some marriages and deaths from Ireland, Scotland and abroad, and Scottish sequestrations (bankruptcies). January to June 1822.
BISP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, Literary News, Bankrupts, Patents, and Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1823)
English death, marriage and birth notices, bankruptcies, certificates and dividends, dissolutions of partnerships, literary news, and patents, as reported in the European Magazine. Includes some marriages and deaths from Ireland, Scotland and abroad, and Scottish sequestrations (bankruptcies). July to December 1823.
BISP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Staffordshire Inquests
(1839)
The accounts of expenses incurred by Henry Smith of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire coroner, list the full names of the deceased, the date and place of each inquest. January to July 1839BISP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1840)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBISP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents in England and Wales
(1851)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of insolvencies and stages in the process whereby the insolvents petitioned for release from debtors' prison. The insolvent is generally referred to by name (surname first), address and trade. This is the index to the names of the insolvents, from the issues from January to December 1851.BISP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Residents and Traders in Birmingham
(1861)
William Cornish's Corporation General and Trades Directory covered Birmingham, Coventry and the towns of the Black Country. The Birmingham section contains both street lists and this general alphabetical directory. BISP. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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