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 1/38CHESTERMAN. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1802) 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 June to 31 December 1802. IR 1/39CHESTERMAN. Cost: £8.00.  | 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 1/39CHESTERMAN. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1805) Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet of Businesses, Professions, &c.': coverage is good; about 30,000 individuals are recorded.CHESTERMAN. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Traders
(1814) The fifteenth edition of The Post-Office Annual Directory includes this 'List of More than 17,000 Merchants, Traders, &c. of London, and Parts Adjacent', arranged alphabetically by surname, with trade in italics, and address.CHESTERMAN. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1826) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
CHESTERMAN. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1826) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders
CHESTERMAN. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1827) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
CHESTERMAN. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Residents of Exeter
(1828) The 'Exeter Itinerary and General Directory, ... A Walk through the City and Suburbs, with an Account of the Public Buildings, and Institutions; an Abridged History of the Cathedral; A List of the Body Corporate, Public Offices, Companies, &c. &c. Embellished with a neat Map of the City', published in June 1828, includes this 'List of the Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, and Traders Of Exeter, Heavitree, St. Thomas, Alphington and Ide'.CHESTERMAN. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Devon
(1830) Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.CHESTERMAN. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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