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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House of Lords Proceedings
(1708-1710)
Private bills dealing with divorce, disputed and entailed estates: petitions, reports and commissions: naturalisation proceedings. This abstract of the archives from the first and second Session of the second Parliament of Great Britain, 16 November 1708 to 5 April 1710, was prepared by F. W. Lascelles and C. K. Davidson and printed in 1923 in continuation of the volumes issued under the authority of the Historical Manuscripts Commission. The source materials are the manuscript minutes of proceedings, called the Lords Journal (MS. Min.); manuscript minutes of Select Committee proceedings (Com. Book); manuscript minutes of the Committee for Privileges (Priv. Book); the Long Calendar list of acts public and private consecutively by regnal year; and the Folio Edition of Statutes of the Realm. The proceedings are cross-referenced to the printed Lords Journal (L. J.). The greater part of this volume is taken up with the papers laid before the House relating to an expedition fitted out by king Louis XIV of France in an unsuccessful attempt to establish the Pretender on the throne of Scotland in March 1708. The voluminous evidence collected related both to the disposition of the Navy and to information about, and arrests of traitors.ROCHFORT. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury and Customs Officials, Officers and Pensioners
(1710)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
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Treasury and Customs Officials, Officers and Pensioners
(1713)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
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Treasury Books
(1713)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1713. Also includes Queen Anne's Civil List (royal expenditure) Lottery papers: payment of the royal servants had fallen two years in arrear: Parliament passed an Act allowing the queen to raise half a million pounds by pledging 32 years' future income: she did this by means of a lottery.
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Treasury and Customs Officials, Officers and Pensioners
(1714)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
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English merchants and diplomats dealing with Denmark
(1716-1725)
The diplomatic correspondence of Alexander lord Polwarth while serving as British plenipotentiary at the court of the King of Denmark.ROCHFORT. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Masters of Apprentices
(1756)
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. 13 September to 31 December 1756.ROCHFORT. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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People in the News
(1767)
Births, marriages and deaths, reports of crimes, trials and hangings, and general news, mainly from England, reported in the Chronicle section of the Annual RegisterROCHFORT. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Apprentices
(1770)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty (late payment of the 6d rate attracted double duty (D D) of 12d): 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 31 December 1770.ROCHFORT. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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