Debtors in the Clink
(1714-1715)
A list of the 94 prisoners for debt in the Clink prison at Michaelmas, 29 September 1714; with a list of the 51 further persons made prisoner there from then through to 2 July 1715.FRANKUM. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Masters and Apprentices
(1726)
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. 3 January to 31 December 1726FRANKUM. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Clerks and apprentices
(1779)
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 1779. IR 1/30FRANKUM. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Unclaimed Dividends: Consolidated 3 Per Cent Annuities
(1791)
In Spring 1791 this list was issued, of the 'Names and Descriptions of the Proprietors of Unclaimed Dividends on the Public Funds Transferable at the Bank of England, Which became due before the 31st of December, 1780, and remained unpaid the 31st of December, 1790. With the Dates when the first Dividends respectively became payable, and the number of Dividends due thereon.' FRANKUM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered in Wiltshire
(1792)
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 1/66FRANKUM. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Reading in Berkshire
(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.
FRANKUM. 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.FRANKUM. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Agriculturalists in southern England
(1823)
'A Natural and Chymical Treatise of Agriculture, from the Works of Count Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenborg; with Practical Remarks and Additions: by W. Pilkinton, Land Surveyor, Valuer of Estates, and Late Secretary to the East Devon Agricultural Society', was published in Banbury in 1823, having been subscribed to in advance by over 2000 farmers and gentlemen, mainly from the southern counties, doubtless anxious to discover the secrets of Gyllenborg's new techniques for improving crop yields.
FRANKUM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1827)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsFRANKUM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1828)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsFRANKUM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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