Tradesmen of York
(1272-1558)
No man or woman could trade in the city of York without having obtained 'freedom' of the city.Their names were recorded on the 'Freemen's Roll', or Register of the Freemen of the City of York, which contains about 19,900 names for this period. A list of names was prepared for each year, the year being here reckoned as starting at Michaelmas (29 September) until 1373, and thence at Candlemas (2 February). Each annual list starts with the name of the mayor and the camerarii or chamberlains. The chamberlains were freemen charged with the duty of receiving the fees of the new freemen; of seeing that only freemen traded in the city; and of preparing this roll, which was compiled from the names on their own account books from the receipts for the fees. There are three groups of freemen: those who obtained freedom after serving out an apprenticeship to a freeman; the children of freemen; and those who claimed freedom by 'redemption', i. e. by purchase or gift from the Mayor and Court of Aldermen.
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Cecil Manuscripts
(1590-1594)
Letters and papers of William Cecil lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer of England.BOWLS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Charles County, Maryland, Court Minutes
(1658)
Pages 1 to 34 of Liber A, the first book of Charles County court minutes, from June to December 1658.BOWLS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury Books
(1713)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1713. Also includes Queen Anne's Civil List (royal expenditure) Lottery papers: payment of the royal servants had fallen two years in arrear: Parliament passed an Act allowing the queen to raise half a million pounds by pledging 32 years' future income: she did this by means of a lottery.
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 Masters and Apprentices
(1714)
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. 12 April to 31 December 1714.BOWLS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Army Regiments
(1715-1716)
Abstract of the Treasury declared accounts for the Army, Guards and Garrisons and Land Forces, 17 October 1715 to 24 December 1716: E 351/103. The names of officers receiving payments for regimental expenses.BOWLS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury Books
(1717)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1717. These also include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors.BOWLS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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City of London: Joiners
(1724)
A list of the members of the several London livery companies that polled for Edward Bellamy esquire to be sheriff for the city of London and county of Middlesex for the remaining part of the year, published 16 March 1724. Full names are given, surname first, arranged roughly alphabetically by company.BOWLS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors
(1740-1748)
On the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession against various European powers, there was a muster in Rhode Island for the defence of the colony, and privateers were manned to harry Spanish, and later French, shipping. Howard M Chapin compiled this comprehensive list of soldiers and sailors from the surviving records.BOWLS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1752)
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. 27 April to 31 December 1752.BOWLS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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