Masters and Apprentices
(1735) 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 April to 31 December 1735MEEARS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1788) 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. 25 August to 31 December 1788. IR 1/34MEEARS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1788) 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. 25 August to 31 December 1788. IR 1/34MEEARS. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Railway Subscription Contracts
(1846) £121,255,374 0s 8d was promised by about 8,000 subscribers of more than £2,000 to the nearly 556 railway bills deposited in the Private Bill Office during the Session of Parliament for 1846. This alphabetical list gives the full names of the subscribers (surname first), description (i. e., occupation), place of abode, a numerical reference to the title of the railway, the amount subscribed to each, and total. There is a separate key to the titles of the railways.MEEARS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the London & County Joint Stock Banking Company
(1853) Inland Revenue copy of the return under 7 & 8 Vic. cap. 32 listing persons of whom the company or partnership consists: giving name, residence and occupation. 23 February 1853MEEARS. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignments
(1854) Assignments of bankrupts' estates (usually to principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesMEEARS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1855) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
MEEARS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts: Adjournment of Meetings
(1855) Adjournments of meetings of creditors of bankrupts in England and WalesMEEARS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1862) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1862: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.MEEARS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1863) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1863: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.MEEARS. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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