London Marriage Allegations
(1521-1610) London, Essex and part of Hertfordshire lay within the diocese of London. In the later 17th century the individual archdeaconry courts issued marriage licences, but for this period the only surviving material is from the overarching London Consistory court. The main series of marriage allegations from the consistory court starts 7 December 1597, and these were extracted by Colonel Joseph Lemuel Chester; Colonel Chester then discovered earlier material, back to 5 January 1521, in Vicar-General's Books of the Principal Probate Registry. The notices in these books were much briefer, but as well as extending back so much earlier, they included additional material for 1597 onwards. All this he collated with the consistory court extracts, and the text was edited by George J. Armytage and published by the Harleian Society in 1887. A typical later entry will give date; name, address and occupation of groom; name, address and condition of his intended bride, and/or, where she is a spinster, her father's name, address and occupation. Lastly we have the name of the church where the wedding was going to take place; or the words Gen. Lic. signifying a general or open licence.KESTER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Treasury Books
(1689-1692) Records of the Treasury administration in Britain, America and the colonies.
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House of Lords Proceedings
(1697-1699) Private bills dealing with divorce, disputed and entailed estates: petitions, reports and commissions: naturalisation proceedings.
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Apprentices registered in Cambridgeshire
(1728-1731) 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 father's name and address, 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 sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Norfolk return)KESTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters and Apprentices
(1738) 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 father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 1 January to 7 October 1738KESTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of Apprentices
(1760) 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 1760.KESTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of clerks and apprentices
(1783) 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. 23 June to 31 December 1783. IR 1/32KESTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Defendants in Cambridgeshire Sessions
(1845) The accounts of Thomas Hall Fisher, Cambridgeshire County Treasurer, include among the disbursements payments to prosecutors and their witnesses of expenses for their attendance at the sessions and assizes. Indexed separately by prosecutor and defendant: surnames are always given, with christian names or initials. Michaelmas to Christmas 1845.KESTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Metropolitan Police
(1892-1902) The London Metropolitan Police Register of Joiners (MEPO 4/336) lists policemen joining the force 1 January 1892 to 23 June 1902 (warrant numbers 77319 to 88811). The register is alphabetical, in so far as the recruits are listed chronologically grouped under first letter of surname. It gives Date of Appointment, Name, Number of Warrant, Cause of Removal from Force (resigned, dismissed, promoted or died), and Date of Removal. A final column of 'Remarks' is largely blank, but occasionally gives an alias or a cross-reference to another warrant number.KESTER. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Imperial Service Medal
(1932) Awards by king George V of the Imperial Service Medal to officers of the Home Civil Service. The names are arranged alphabetically by surname and christian names, with office or rank in the service. KESTER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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