London Marriage Allegations
(1521-1610) London, Essex and part of Hertfordshire lay within the diocese of London. In the later 17th century the individual archdeaconry courts issued marriage licences, but for this period the only surviving material is from the overarching London Consistory court. The main series of marriage allegations from the consistory court starts 7 December 1597, and these were extracted by Colonel Joseph Lemuel Chester; Colonel Chester then discovered earlier material, back to 5 January 1521, in Vicar-General's Books of the Principal Probate Registry. The notices in these books were much briefer, but as well as extending back so much earlier, they included additional material for 1597 onwards. All this he collated with the consistory court extracts, and the text was edited by George J. Armytage and published by the Harleian Society in 1887. A typical later entry will give date; name, address and occupation of groom; name, address and condition of his intended bride, and/or, where she is a spinster, her father's name, address and occupation. Lastly we have the name of the church where the wedding was going to take place; or the words Gen. Lic. signifying a general or open licence.PAKES. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1720) 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. 5 September to 31 December 1720.PAKES. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1725) 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. 2 January to 14 August 1725.PAKES. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices
(1759) 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. 12 April to 31 December 1759.PAKES. 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.' PAKES. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Capetown Shipping: Captains
(1821) The Capetown register of 'Arrivals and Departures of all Ships and Vessels, that have frequented the Parts of this Colony' from 20 December 1820 to 20 December 1821 gives date of arrival; ship's name; captain's name; nationality; where from; whither bound; cargo; and the date of departure.PAKES. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Electors in Frindsbury
(1835) A poll to elect knights of the shire to represent the Western Division of the county of Kent in parliament was held in 1835, the candidates being Thomas Law Hodges (H), Thomas Rider (R) and sir William R. P. Geary (G). The poll started on January 19th; Rider withdrawing his name on that first day, the poll was closed prematurely, many electors not yet having voted. This poll book lists all the electors, whether they voted or not; the county franchise included not only male freeholders of 40s a year, but also £10 copyholders and long-leaseholders, and £50 short-leaseholders and tenants. For each elector the full name is given (surname first) and residence (often not the place for which qualified to vote). Votes are indicated by dashes in the right-hand columns. PAKES. Cost: £4.00.  | 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 linksPAKES. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Brewers in Worcestershire
(1874) Henry Downes Miles compiled this London and Suburban Licensed Victuallers', Hotel and Tavern Keepers' Directory, which also had sections listings brewers, maltsters, hop factors, distillers and rectifiers of the United Kingdom.PAKES. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors
(1886) County Court Judgments in England and Wales. October to December 1886PAKES. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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