 Apprentices registered in Devon
(1794)
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 1/67COLLIHOLE. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Cornwall
(1830)
Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.COLLIHOLE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1835)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksCOLLIHOLE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Prisoners in Exeter for Contempt of Court
(1848)
The return of prisoners imprisoned in Exeter Gaol and Exeter City Gaol, for contempt of court gives full name; when committed; by what authority; cause of committal; and date of discharge.COLLIHOLE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Civil Service Certificates
(1859)
The Civil Service Commission published this annual list of all persons who had obtained certificates of qualification for appointment in the various public departments. The list gives full name (surname first); department (such as Post Office, or Inland Revenue); situation (such as Letter-carrier, or Clerk); and date of certificate. Candidates whose names are preceded by a dagger obtained appointments as the result of competition. A double dagger shows those who obtained their appointments as the result of open competition. Those whose names are preceded by an asterisk obtained honorary additions to their certificates either for proficiency in extra subjects chosen by themselves, or for marked proficiency in the prescribed subjects.
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Long-stay Paupers in Workhouses: Plymouth
(1861)
This comprehensive return by the Poor Law Board for England and Wales in July 1861 revealed that of the 67,800 paupers aged 16 or over, exclusive of vagrants, then in the Board's workhouses, 14,216 (6,569 men, 7,647 women) had been inmates for a continuous period of five years and upwards. The return lists all these long-stay inmates from each of the 626 workhouses that had been existence for five years and more, giving full name; the amount of time that each had been in the workhouse (years and months); the reason assigned why the pauper in each case was unable to sustain himself or herself; and whether or not the pauper had been brought up in a district or workhouse school (very few had). The commonest reasons given for this long stay in the workhouse were: old age and infirm (3,331); infirm (2,565); idiot (1,565); weak mind (1,026); imbecile (997); and illness (493). COLLIHOLE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Brewers in Devon
(1874)
Henry Downes Miles compiled this London and Suburban Licensed Victuallers', Hotel and Tavern Keepers' Directory, which also had sections listings brewers, maltsters, hop factors, distillers and rectifiers of the United Kingdom.COLLIHOLE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Shorthand Writers
(1878)
Lists of members of the Phonetic Society, reports of Shorthand Writers Association and other meetings, news and advertisements, from the Phonetic Journal.COLLIHOLE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts
(1880)
Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, January to March 1880COLLIHOLE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Shorthand Writers
(1885)
Lists of members of the Phonetic Society, reports of Shorthand Writers Association and other meetings, news and advertisements, from the Phonetic Journal.COLLIHOLE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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