Ticket-of-Leave Men
(1853-1854) 1205 convicts (1157 men, 48 women) were granted tickets-of-leave giving them conditional pardon from 10 October 1853 to 11 July 1854. This return gives full name, where and when convicted, offence, sentence in years, date of licence and annuity. Nine of the men's licences were revoked for fresh offences.KAYE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1854) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
KAYE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Estates
(1854) Transfers of bankrupts' estates in England and Wales to assigneesKAYE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Boys entering Rugby School
(1854) This edition of Rugby School Register was published in 1933: the volume covering 1675 to 1857 contains 6480 entries, based on the original school admission registers, but elaborated with general biographical information wherever the editor was able to do so. The entries for the 17th and early 18th centuries are much less detailed than those for later years. The arrangement of the fullest entries was to give the boy's full name (surname first, in bold); whether eldest, second, &c., son; father's name and address as of when the boy entered school; the boy's age at entry and birthday; name of the house (in the school) to which he belonged; then a brief general biography; and date and place of death. KAYE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1854) 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. July to December 1854
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1854) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders: in England and Wales
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Insolvents
(1854) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksKAYE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1854) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1854: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.KAYE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1854) Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitors: in England and WalesKAYE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dead Methodists
(1855) The Christian Miscellany and Family Visiter, a monthly publication, included in each issue this Tabular Record of Mortality, recording recent deaths. The tables give name (sometimes christian name, often just Mr. or Mrs.), residence (often omitted), circuit (always given), age, and date of death.KAYE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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