Masters of clerks and apprentices
(1763) 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. 1 January to 9 December 1763.SPEER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices registered at Exeter
(1764) 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 Durham 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 1/55SPEER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Apprentices
(1766) 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. 6 July to 31 December 1766.SPEER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Apprentices
(1768) 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. 1 January to 3 December 1768.SPEER. Cost: £8.00. | 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.SPEER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of clerks and apprentices
(1775) 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. 1 January to 31 December 1775.SPEER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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British administration in North America
(1755-1776) The papers of the 2nd Earl of Dartmouth, who served as Secretary of State for the American Department, contain correspondence relating to North America and the West Indies. They include some material earlier than 1755.SPEER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Clerks and apprentices
(1780) 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. 3 January to 30 December 1780. IR 1/30SPEER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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English Civil Servants
(1791) Officers and officials of the various government departments, mostly in London, listed in the Universal British Directory. It includes the royal household, the departments of state, and public officesSPEER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London nobility and gentry
(1791) The Universal British Directory includes a list of the nobility, gentry, &c. in London and Westminster: esquires, i. e., gentlemen without titles, are sometimes listed without their christian names.SPEER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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