Wesleyan Methodist preachers on trial
(1808-1809)
After three years 'on trial' new Wesleyan Methodist preachers were admitted into full connexion with the church: lists of the ministers on trial in England and Ireland were published in the church's annual minutes.ALLEN. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1809)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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Ordnance Staff: Clerks
(1809)
'An Account of the Establishment of the Office of Ordnance, as it stood at Midsummer 1809; with the Names of the Persons holding the several Offices; and the Salaries or Emoluments arising therefrom.' The return is set out in tabular form, on facing pages, giving: office; full name (or occasionally surname and initials); salaries and emoluments by His Majesty's warrant or by order of the Master-General and Board of the Ordnance - with separate columns for salaries by quarter books, by bill and debenture, and gratuities, house rent, coals and candles, stationery allowance, and pay of assistant clerks at the Tower and Pall Mall.ALLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1809)
A comprehensive list of Wesleyan Methodist ministers arranged by station and circuit in Britain, Ireland and abroad, was prepared each year at the church's annual conference. This includes supernumeraries and missionary preachers.ALLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Outstanding farmers, breeders and inventors in Cumberland and the Isle of Man
(1805-1810)
F. Jollie and Sons of Carlisle printed this Cumberland Guide and Directory 'containing a Descriptive Tour through the County, and a List of Persons in Public and Private Situations in every Principal Place in the County'. The sample scan is from the Carlisle directory. In amongst the directory lists there is an excursus about the Workington Agricultural Society, which was promoting advances in farming, breeding, horticulture and implement-making in Cumberland, and also had an active branch on the Isle of Man, which became called the Manx Society. It includes this list of the premiums awarded by the society in a wide range of categories from 1805 to 1810. ALLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts: Dividends and Certificates
(1807-1810)
William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcy certificates and dividends for England and Wales from December 1807 to 1810, referring to commissions taken out before December 1807. Each entry gives the year of the commission; the full name of the bankrupt, address, occupation, and the dates of dividends and certificate as appropriate. ALLEN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1808-1810)
William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcies for England and Wales from 1 January 1808 to 1 August 1810. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.ALLEN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Obituaries of Wesleyan Methodist ministers
(1809-1810)
Short obituaries of Wesleyan Methodist preachers who died in the previous year are given in the annual minutes. ALLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers
(1809-1810)
These new Wesleyan Methodist preachers were admitted for three years trial as preachers in the church in 1809-1810.ALLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wesleyan Methodist preachers' widows
(1809-1810)
The Wesleyan Methodist church's Merciful Fund provided annuities for preachers' widows, as well as other payments to retired clergy, widows and other dependants in need. These are listed in the annual minutes. Particularly useful is the fact that, after a widow remarried, her first married surname and her new surname were both given.ALLEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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