Lancashire and Cheshire Marriage Licences
(1691-1700) Licences for intended marriages in Chester archdeaconry, which covered Cheshire and Lancashire south of the Ribble (by far the most populous part of that county). As shown in the sample scan, licences to practise midwifery and to teach are also included. The index covers bondsmen as well as brides and grooms.STANT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1721) 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 26 August 1721.STANT. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of clerks and apprentices
(1786) 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. 10 February to 31 December 1786. IR 1/33STANT. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered in Shropshire
(1797) 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 1/68STANT. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1805) Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet of Businesses, Professions, &c.': coverage is good; about 30,000 individuals are recorded.STANT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents in England and Wales
(1847) 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 1847.STANT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1848) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksSTANT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trustees and solicitors in England and Wales
(1849) Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of assignments of bankrupts' estates. Each entry gives the name of the bankrupt (surname first, in capitals), the date (in brackets), address and trade; followed by the names and addresses of the trustees to whom the estate was delivered, and the name and address of the solicitor. This is the index to the names of the trustees and solicitors, from the issues from January to December 1849.STANT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Debtors
(1881) County Court Judgments in England and WalesSTANT. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Residents of Southport, Lancashire
(1883) Slater's Royal National Directory of Southport and Birkdale with their Vicinities of 1883-4 includes this general alphabetical listing of residents and traders.STANT. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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