Middlesex Sessions
(1603-1625) Incidents from the Middlesex Sessions Books. These are abstracts of sessional orders, minutes of criminal cases, memoranda and other entries of record taken from the three volumes of Gaol Delivery Register, four volumes of Sessions of Peace Register and two volumes of Process Books of Indictments for the county of Middlesex from the reign of king James I. The references at the end of each item indicate the volume in question, the abbreviations being G. D. for Gaol Delivery, S. P. for Sessions of Peace, and S. O. T. for Session of Oyer and Terminer; occasionally preceded by S. for Special or G. for general, or followed by R. for Roll or Reg. for Register. It should be noted that, in the case of 'true bills' or indictments, the abstract starts with the date on which the offence took place, the date of the conviction &c. being at the end of the entry.GRINDEY. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered in Staffordshire
(1728-1731) 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. 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)GRINDEY. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1741) 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. 1 January to 31 December 1741GRINDEY. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1745) 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.GRINDEY. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1788) 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. 25 August to 31 December 1788. IR 1/34GRINDEY. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1857) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksGRINDEY. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of partnerships in England and Wales
(1858) Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of dissolutions of partnerships gazetted in England and Wales. The names of the partners are given in full, surnames in capitals, followed by trade and address, and date of the end of the partnership. Each entry usually ends with the phrase 'Debts by ...', indicating which partner intended to continue, and resume the responsibilities of, the business. This is the index to the names of the partners, from the issues from January to December 1858.GRINDEY. 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. GRINDEY. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Voters in Macclesfield: Hurdsfield Ward
(1879-1880) The electoral register for 1879-1880, for parts of Hurdsfield, Macclesfield and Tytherington, in Cheshire.GRINDEY. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Voters in Macclesfield: North-East Ward
(1879-1880) The electoral register for 1879-1880, for parts of Hurdsfield and Macclesfield, in Cheshire.GRINDEY. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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