Inhabitants of Suffolk
(1568) By Act of Parliament of December 1566 a subsidy of 8d in the £ on moveable goods and 4s in the £ on the annual value of land was raised from the lay (as opposed to clergy) population. These are the returns for Suffolk, printed in 1909 in the Suffolk Green Book series.SORBIE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices registered in Scotland
(1793) 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. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/66SORBIE. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered in Scotland
(1794) 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. 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 indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/67SORBIE. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trustees and Solicitors
(1854) 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
(1855) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders: in England and Wales
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Scottish Abstainers
(1865) Lists of members of the Scottish Temperance League, branch by branch; donations and subscriptions; officers of abstinence societies; and ministers connected with the league. Mostly Scotland, but including England, Ireland and the colonies.
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Debtors, Insolvents and Bankrupts
(1882) Bills of sale (binding assets to a creditor/lender), insolvencies and bankruptcies in England and Wales, July to September 1882SORBIE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts, Assignees, Trustees and Solicitors
(1886) Bankruptcy notices in England and Wales. April to June 1886SORBIE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors
(1886) County Court Judgments in England and Wales. April to June 1886SORBIE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors
(1886) County Court Judgments in England and Wales. January to March 1886SORBIE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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