Liegemen and Traitors, Pirates and Spies
(1627-1628) The Privy Council of Charles I was responsible for internal security in England and Wales, and dealt with all manner of special and urgent matters
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Official Papers
(1690-1691) The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to Britain, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records. Includes lists of passes to travel abroad.
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Masters and Apprentices
(1749) 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.MACGUIRE. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Harley Correspondence
(1643-1773) Part of the Portland collection of manuscripts was transferred to Longleat in Wiltshire after the marriage in 1759 of Thomas Thynne, late Marquis of Bath, with the eldest daughter of the 2nd Duke of Portland. These included the papers of her maternal grandfather, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford. J. J. Cartwright and J. M. Rigg prepared this calendar for the Historical Manuscripts Commission, published in 1904. The text consists of a 'true relation of the siege of Brampton Castle in the county of Hereford' in 1643, and correspondence of various members of the family, especially the 2nd Earl of Oxford and the Duchess of Portland, from 1644 to 1773.MACGUIRE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1781) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments, and bankrupts, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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British in India and Ceylon
(1803) Births, marriages and deaths, civil and military promotions, in Bengal, Bombay and Madras presidencies and Ceylon, published in the Annual Asiatic RegisterMACGUIRE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Cornwall
(1830) Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.MACGUIRE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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South Midlands County Railway Shareholders
(1837) The return of the railway subscription contracts deposited in the Private Bill Office lists the shareholders in the South Midlands County Railway, subscribers to shares amounting to £605,200 towards the £1,100,000 estimated expense of the project. The list gives full name of each subscriber, address, addition (occupation), number of shares, amount subscribed, and witness's name.MACGUIRE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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The Edinburgh Gazette
(1846) The Edinburgh Gazette is the official publication in which various Scottish legal notices are issued, as well as promotions and casualty lists for the British army as a whole, and brief lists of English bankrupts. The key source for tracing details of Scottish bankruptcies, insolvencies, and dissolutions of business partnerships.MACGUIRE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Anglican Clergy in England and Wales
(1858) The Clergy List for 1858 includes this comprehensive list of Anglican clergymen in England and Wales, whether beneficed or not. The names are arranged alphabetically by surname, and christian name or initials, with degree, and current office.MACGUIRE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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