South County Durham Poll Book: Stanhope District
(1832)
A poll for two Knights of the Shire to represent in Parliament the Southern Division of the county palatine of Durham was taken on 21 and 22 December 1832. This poll book sets out all the electors by polling district (Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Sedgefield, Stanhope and Stockton) and gives registered number; full name (surname first); place of abode; nature of qualification (such as House as occupier, Land as occupier, Copyhold Property, &c.); and the name of the parish, township or place where the property is situate. The votes are set out in the right-hand columns, under P. (for Joseph Pearse, jun., esq.), B. (John Bowes, esq.), and S. (Robert Duncombe Shafto, esq.), the three candidates. A voter could choose two candidates, in which case a dash is put in each of the two appropriate columns, or plump for just one - where a star is placed in that candidate's column. This was the first election after the Reform Act, which extended the franchise in the counties to all adult men possessing freehold worth 40s a year or more, or copyhold or long leasehold of £10 or more, or being tenants or short leaseholders of £50 or more. MUSCHAMP. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trustees and Solicitors
(1837)
Trustees appointed to take over bankrupts' estates in England and Wales, and their solicitors. Trustees are often friends or relatives of the bankrupt: and/or principal creditors
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Shareholders of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Joint Stock Banking Company
(1838)
The provincial banks of England and Wales made annual returns to the Stamp Office of their proprietors or shareholders. These returns, registered in March 1838, from the 103 banks then in existence, contain the full names and addresses of nearly 30,000 shareholders.MUSCHAMP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Shareholders of the Sunderland Joint-Stock Banking Company
(1838)
The provincial banks of England and Wales made annual returns to the Stamp Office of their proprietors or shareholders. These returns, registered in March 1838, from the 103 banks then in existence, contain the full names and addresses of nearly 30,000 shareholders.MUSCHAMP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1840)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksMUSCHAMP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1840)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsMUSCHAMP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1841)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
MUSCHAMP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1841)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsMUSCHAMP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1842)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
MUSCHAMP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1843)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
MUSCHAMP. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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