Masters and Apprentices
(1718) 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 father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. DECK. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1731) 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 father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 2 November 1731.DECK. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered at Norwich in Norfolk
(1750-1754) 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 father's name and address, 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 sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)DECK. 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.DECK. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Wharfingers and Masters of Coastal Shipping
(1791) A list of the wharfs and wharfingers in London; the places they ship goods for; the vessels in the trade; with the masters' names, where to be spoken with, and time of sailing: from the Universal British DirectoryDECK. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Postmasters in England and Wales
(1791) The Universal British Directory included a comprehensive list of postmasters throughout England and WalesDECK. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered in Norwich
(1796) 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 1/68DECK. Cost: £8.00.  | 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.DECK. Cost: £4.00.  | 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
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Trustees and Solicitors
(1827) Trustees appointed to take over bankrupts' estates, and their solicitors. Trustees are often friends or relatives of the bankrupt: and/or principal creditors
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