Freemen of Canterbury by Marriage
(1392-1800)
No man or woman could trade in the city of Canterbury without having obtained 'freedom' of the city, unless they paid an annual fee to do so. Admissions of freemen were recorded on the Chamberlains' Accounts of the city, which were prepared annually from Lady Day (25 March) to Lady Day until 1752, and thereafter each set runs from 1 January to 31 December. The accounts for 1392 are incomplete, but thereafter until 1800 there is a complete series except for the years 1455 to 1457 and the year 1552-3. Joseph Meadows Cowper, Honorary Librarian to the Corporation, produced this extract of the names from 1392 to 1800, and the volume was privately printed in 1903. There are five groups of freemen: those who obtained freedom after serving out an apprenticeship to a freeman; the children of freemen; those who married a freeman's daughter; those who claimed freedom by 'redemption', i. e. by purchase; and those who were honoured by a gift of the freedom from the Mayor and Court of Aldermen. Cowper published his lists divided into the five categories: the sample scan is from the list of those who obtained freedom by marriage. This is the index to those who gained their freedom by marriage.LEGRAND. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Subscribers to 'Poetical Scraps'
(1803)
'Poetical Scraps' by Thomas Clio Rickman of Upper Marylebone Street (author of 'The Evening Walk', 'Letter to Mr Pitt', 'To the Bishop of Landaff', &c. was published by the author, in London, in 1803, and sold also by Mr Symonds, Paternoster Row; Mr Fisher, at his Library, on the Steyne, Brighton; Mr Lee, Lewes; Mr Claris, Canterbury; Mr Flower, Cambridge; Mr Watts, Gosport; Messrs Gore and Son, Liverpool; Mr Cowdroy, Manchester; and Mr Rackham, Bury St Edmunds.LEGRAND. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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British in India and Ceylon
(1804)
Births, marriages and deaths, civil and military promotions, in Bengal, Bombay and Madras presidencies and Ceylon, published in the Annual Asiatic RegisterLEGRAND. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Cork
(1805)
Holden's Triennial Directory of 1805 to 1807 included a provincial section, listing professional people and traders in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. (The sample scan here is from the listing for Bath)LEGRAND. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of London
(1805)
Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet. Private Residences'. About 10,000 people are recorded.LEGRAND. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1786-1806)
William Smith's abstracts of bankrupts, dividends and certificates for England and Wales from 1786 to June 1806. 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.LEGRAND. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Merchantmen at St Thomas & Prince Islands (1842)
The official Portuguese table of merchant traffic to and from Sao Thome & Principe gives: type of vessel; nationality; port from which it had sailed; the name of the captain or master; cargo entering; cargo leaving; whither it sailed. Most of the ships were British, American or Portuguese.
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1845)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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Insolvents
(1855)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksLEGRAND. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1855)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksLEGRAND. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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