Testators and legatees in London
(1358-1688)
The Court of Husting of the city of London sat (usually on a Monday) each week: among its functions was the enrolment of deeds and wills relating to citizens of London. In their strictest technical sense the terms 'will' and 'devise' are appropriate to real estate, and the terms 'testament', 'bequest' and 'legacy' to personal estate, but this distinction is lost sight of in ordinary usage. This calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting was edited by Reginald R. Sharpe, records clerk in the office of the Town Clerk of the City of London, and printed by order of the corporation in 1890. The date of the court is given in italics, with the year in bold in the margin. The testator's name is given in capitals (surname first, in bold), and then a brief listing of substantial bequests, with the names of legatees, and then the date of making of the will, and reference. The bulk of the wills in this volume are from before 1600. BOON. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury and Customs Records
(1685-1688)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
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Official Papers
(1694-1695)
The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to Britain, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records. Here we have the period from January 1694 to June 1695.
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Treasury Books
(1697)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain and the colonies, from April to September 1697. These include records of the appointment and replacement of customs officers such as tide waiters and surveyors. The calendar was prepared by William A. Shaw for the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and published in 1933, from Treasury Minute Book ix (T29/9); King's Warrant Book xix (T52/19); Money Book xiii (T53/13); Order Book iv (T60/4); Disposition Book xiii (T61/13); Out Letters (General) xv (T27/15); Out Letters (Customs) xiii (T11/13); Reference Book vii (Index 4621); Warrants not Relating to Money xv (T54/15); Out Letters (Ireland) vii (T14/7); Caveat Book i (T64/40); and Out Letters (Plantations Auditor) i (T64/88).
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Official Papers
(1703-1704)
The State Papers Domestic cover all manner of business relating to Britain, Ireland and the colonies, conducted in the office of the Secretary of State as well as other miscellaneous records. Includes lists of passes to travel abroad. June 1703 to April 1704.
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 Masters and Apprentices
(1718)
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. BOON. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1719)
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. 1 January to 20 June 1719.BOON. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Apprentices registered in Devon
(1719-1721)
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. 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. Because of the delay before some collectors made their returns, this register includes indentures and articles from as early as 1718. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)BOON. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices registered at Lincoln
(1728-1731)
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. 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 sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)BOON. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Ships in Philadelphia (1737)
The comings and goings of shipping between New England and Britain and the other colonies in America and the West Indies, chronicled in The Boston Gazette.
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