Parish Registers of Morden in Surrey: Baptisms
(1785)
The parish of Morden lay in Wallington hundred of Surrey, and in Surrey archdeaconry of the diocese of Winchester. F. Clayton prepared this transcript of the four earliest surviving registers, which was privately printed for the Parish Register Society as their 37th volume in 1901.ROBINSON. Cost: £2.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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People in the news
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register of London carried reports of events in the capital and further afield, and those for May 1785 are indexed here.
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Proceedings at the Old Bailey
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register for January 1785 reported desultorily on activity at the Old Bailey and at Newgate prison, sometimes under the title 'Old Bailey Intelligence'. Persons mentioned include not only the accused, but also victims, police officers, witnesses, &c.ROBINSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Proceedings at the Old Bailey
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register for April 1785 reported desultorily on activity at the Old Bailey and at Newgate prison, sometimes under the title 'Old Bailey Intelligence'. Persons mentioned include not only the accused, but also victims, police officers, witnesses, &c.ROBINSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Subscribers to Ann Yearsley's Poems on Several Occasions
(1785)
This book of poetry by 'Ann Yearsley, a Milkwoman of Bristol', received great critical acclaim and was rapidly reprinted. The third edition included these subscription lists for the first two editions.ROBINSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Valetudinarians (and the fashionable) at Bath
(1785)
The spa at Bath was a cynosure both for those wishing to take the waters, and for fashionable society seeking a little recreation. Lists of arrivals at Bath were printed in the Country News section of the Daily Universal Register for January 1785, generally speaking arranged in order of social precedence, headed by lords and ladies, and ending with unmarried women without title. The nobility lent these lists considerable cachet, and so may seem to 'arrive' more than once on a visit.ROBINSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wandsworth Baptisms
(1785)
The ancient parish of Wandsworth in Surrey comprised the single township of Wandsworth, including the hamlets of Garratt, Half Farthing and Summers Town. It lay in the archdeaconry of Surrey of the diocese of Winchester: unfortunately, few bishop's transcripts of Surrey parish registers survive earlier than 1800. Although the original parish registers of Wandsworth doubtless commenced in 1538, the volume(s) before 1603 had been lost by the 19th century. In 1889 a careful transcript by John Traviss Squire of the first three surviving registers was printed, and we have now indexed it year by year. The baptism registers from 1775 to 1788 normally give date of baptism, and the names of the child and its father and mother, as well as date of birth.ROBINSON. Cost: £2.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Wandsworth Burials
(1785)
The ancient parish of Wandsworth in Surrey comprised the single township of Wandsworth, including the hamlets of Garratt, Half Farthing and Summers Town. It lay in the archdeaconry of Surrey of the diocese of Winchester: unfortunately, few bishop's transcripts of Surrey parish registers survive earlier than 1800. Although the original parish registers of Wandsworth doubtless commenced in 1538, the volume(s) before 1603 had been lost by the 19th century. In 1889 a careful transcript by John Traviss Squire of the first three surviving registers was printed, and we have now indexed it year by year. From 1760 onwards the burial registers contain date of burial, and full name; for the burial of children, the parents' names are only occasionally stated, just the word 'inf.' for infant; for the burial of wives, the husband's name; ages are given for adults. Extra details such as date or cause of death, address or occupation are almost never given. The burial registers are considerably more bulky than the baptism registers, because the burying ground was used by Dissenters, who formed a large part of the population. These include a French Protestant congregation that worshipped in a church (the registers of which do not survive) in a courtyard immediately opposite the parish church. The Quakers had a cemetery of their own. 'P.' or 'Paup.' indicates the burial of a pauper.ROBINSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Boys entering Rugby School
(1786)
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. ROBINSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Clerks and apprentices
(1786)
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. 2 January to 10 February 1786. IR 1/32ROBINSON. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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