Treasury Books
(1703)
Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies, for 1703. The text covers a huge variety of topics involving all manner of receipts and expenditure, customs and revenue officials, civil servants, pensioners, petitioners and postmasters figuring particularly among the individuals named.
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 Apprentices registered in Devonshire
(1776)
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. 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 indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/59MATTERFACE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1793)
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. 17 June to 31 December 1793. IR 1/36MATTERFACE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Sailors on board H. M. S. Minotaur
(1796-1798)
His Majesty's ship the Minotaur took part in the destruction of the French fleet in Aboukir Bay at the mouth of the Nile ('the Battle of the Nile') on the evening of the 1st and morning of the 2nd August 1798. This is the muster book for 1 August to 30 September 1798: being a continuation book in a series covering wages and victualling from September 1796, it also includes the names of some men who had died, deserted or been discharged from the ship from then to August 1798. Of the ship's complement of 640, this index covers the sailors, volunteers, and boys, as well as the supernumeraries and a group of pilots: but not the marines, or the French prisoners taken after the battle. Usually each man's entry gives his birthplace, and also his age on entering the ship.MATTERFACE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Devon
(1830)
Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.MATTERFACE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1841)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksMATTERFACE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1841)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksMATTERFACE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents in England and Wales
(1850)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of insolvencies and stages in the process whereby the insolvents petitioned for release from debtors' prison. The insolvent is generally referred to by name (surname first), address and trade. This is the index to the names of the insolvents, from the issues from January to December 1850.MATTERFACE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1851)
The Post Office London Directory for 1851 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording about 80,000 individuals. MATTERFACE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1856)
The Post Office London Directory for 1856 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording over 100,000 individuals. MATTERFACE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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