 Masters of 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 1/39LEEDAM. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Manchester South Union Railway Shareholders
(1837)
The return of the railway subscription contracts deposited in the Private Bill Office lists the shareholders in the Manchester South Union Railway, subscribers to shares towards the £2,000,000 estimated expense of the project. The list gives full name of each subscriber (or surname with initials), address, designation (i. e., occupation), number of shares, and amount.
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Trustees and Solicitors
(1842)
Trustees appointed to take over bankrupts' estates in England and Wales, and their solicitors. Trustees are often friends or relatives of the bankrupt: and/or principal creditors
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1843)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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Insolvents in England and Wales
(1850)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of insolvencies and stages in the process whereby the insolvents petitioned for release from debtors' prison. The insolvent is generally referred to by name (surname first), address and trade. This is the index to the names of the insolvents, from the issues from January to December 1850.LEEDAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents in Prison in Lancaster
(1853)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette was issued monthly on the 1st of each month. Volume 28, for 1853, comprises issues numbers 325 to 336. The contents, compiled from the official sources, are mainly summaries of proceedings in the bankruptcy and insolvency courts, names of creditors, dissolution of partnerships and similar matters that would be of interest to the commercial world and their solicitors. This section, entitled 'Estates vested in Provisional Assignees' lists insolvents whose cases were dealt with in the Insolvent Court, whether on their own petitions or those of creditors. These twelve monthly issues cover the proceedings of the court from 4 December 1852 to 26 November 1853. Within each session the insolvents are listed alphabetically by surname, with address, occupation, and the name of the prison in which then held.LEEDAM. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts
(1886)
Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, January to March 1886LEEDAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Estates of the Deceased
(1887)
Distribution of the assets of the deceased: giving the names of the deceased and trustees &c. England and WalesLEEDAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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