Woodrooffe Surname Ancestry ResultsOur indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'woodrooffe'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 60 records (displaying 1 to 10): Single Surname Subscription | | | Buying all 60 results of this search individually would cost £300.00. But you can have free access to all 60 records for a year, to view, to save and print, for £100. Save £200.00. More... |
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(1504-1635)
Cambridge comprised fourteen ancient parishes, plus the university (which was extra-parochial), in the diocese of Ely. The church of St Mary the Great (as opposed to St Mary the Less) in the Market Place (juxta forum) has churchwardens' accounts surviving from 1504 onwards. Those from 1504 to 1635 were transcribed by J. E. Foster for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society and published in 1905. The two churchwardens were chosen annually: the previous year's churchwardens each chose another parishioner: those two then each chose three other parishioners: the resulting eight then chose the new year's churchwardens, the wardens of the Light of the Rood, and the wardens of the Mass of Jesus. Auditors were also chosen, usually out of the eight, to examine all the wardens' accounts at the end of the year. The churchwardens' accounts are largely concerned with the costs of repair of the church and its furnishings, and include the names of tradesmen and workmen. Each Easter a rate called Easter money was raised was raised from all householders in the parish, and additional rates are occasionally levied for unusual expenses, such as steeple reconstruction. These 'Easter book' lists give a complete list of householders for the parish, excepting the poor. The church's income also included the rents from some houses in the parish, and the names of the tenants appear. The offices of the Light of the Rood and the Mass of Jesus were abolished during the Reformation. The accounts of the Light of the Rood, i. e., for candles burnt before the crucifix, often include a list of sums received for funerary diriges (dirges) for the year, from which the year of death of the more prosperous parishioners can be traced in this early period. WOODROOFFE. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Wiltshire freeholders
(1625-1645)
Inquisitions post mortem were held after the death of freeholders who held their estates in capite or in chief, i. e., directly from the crown. The inquisition, held by the royal escheator upon the oath of jurors from the county who were also normally freeholders, recorded what estates the deceased had held, by what tenure, what they were worth, the date of death, who was the next heir, and whether the heir was of age. The sample scan shows an unusually brief inquisition: these abstracts usually run to two or three pages of print. WOODROOFFE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Gravestones of Servants: Derbyshire
(1648)
'Epitaphia, or a Collection of Memorials, Inscribed to the Memory of Good and Faithful Servants, Copied on the Spot, in Various Cemetaries throughout the Counties of Essex, Buckingham, Derby, Essex, Gloucester, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Northampton, Oxford, Salop, Stafford, Surry, Warwick, Worcester, and York' was published in 1826. The anonymous collector had amassed copies of nearly 300 gravestones, mostly those of devoted domestic servants whose grieving employers thus commemorated their fidelity.WOODROOFFE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Allegations for marriages in southern England
(1660-1669)
The province or archbishopric of Canterbury covered all England and Wales except for the northern counties in the four dioceses of the archbishopric of York (York, Durham, Chester and Carlisle). Marriage licences were generally issued by the local dioceses, but above them was the jurisdiction of the archbishop, exercised through his vicar-general. Where the prospective bride and groom were from different dioceses it would be expected that they obtain a licence from the archbishop; in practice, the archbishop residing at Lambeth, and the actual offices of the province being in London, which was itself split into myriad ecclesiastical jurisdictions, and spilled into adjoining dioceses, this facility was particularly resorted to by couples from London and the home counties, although there are quite a few entries referring to parties from further afield. The abstracts of the allegations given here usually state name, address (street in London, or parish), age, and condition of bride and groom; and sometimes the name, address and occupation of the friend or relative filing the allegation. Where parental consent was necessary, a mother's or father's name may be given. The ages shown should be treated with caution; ages above 21 tended to be reduced, doubtless for cosmetic reasons; ages under 21 tended to be increased, particularly to avoid requiring parental consent; a simple statement 'aged 21' may merely mean 'of full age' and indicate any age from 21 upwards. These are merely allegations to obtain licences; although nearly all will have resulted in the issuing of the licence, many licences did not then result in marriage. WOODROOFFE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Burgesses of Preston, Lancashire, and other members of Preston guild merchant
(1397-1682)
Freedom of the borough of Preston was necessary to trade in the town. The guild merchant maintained rolls of the burgesses, which were renewed every Preston guild, held every twenty years. The surviving rolls from 1397 to 1682 were edited by W. Alexander Abram, and published by the Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society in 1884 (volume ix). Each roll contains, firstly, a list of In-Burgesses, i. e., burgess inhabitants of the town, with the names of any adult sons eligible by way of inheritance to the freedom; then Foreign Burgesses (Burgenses Forinseci), i. e., those persons living outside the town who had acquired the freedom, plus the names of any adult sons; finally, there is a list of those who were not burgesses by inheritance, but had purchased freedom of the town. The only women to appear in these lists are three ladies in 1397, who were perhaps widows of burgesses. The text covers the rolls for the guilds merchant held in 1397 (20 Richard II: pages 1 to 7), 1415 (7 Henry V: 7-11), 1459 (37 Henry VI: 11-15), 1542 (34 Henry VIII: 15-19), 1562 (4 Elizabeth: 20-31), 1582 (24 Elizabeth: 31-46), 1602 (44 Elizabeth: 46-65), 1622 (20 James I: 65-94), 1642 (18 Charles I: 94-123), 1662 (14 Charles II: 123-159), and 1682 (34 Charles II: 160-202).WOODROOFFE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Official Papers
(1682)
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.
WOODROOFFE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Officers of Barbados
(1696)
The Association Oath was signed by the governor, council and assembly of Barbados 14 May 1696; by the officers of the governor's regiment 15 September 1696; and by the clergy 18 September 1696 (P. B. Assoc. O. R. 465-467). By this oath they promised 'to stand by and assist each other to the utmost of our Power in the support and defence of His Majesties [William III] most sacred Person and government against the late King James and all his adherents, and in case His Majesty come to any violent or untimely death (which God forbid) wee do hereby further freely and unanimously oblige ourselves to unite associate and stand by each other in revenging the same upon His Enemies and their adherents and in supporting and defending the succession of the Crown'.WOODROOFFE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Saltmen at Northwich
(1716)
The abstract of the Treasury declared accounts for the excise on salt duties (AO 1/2093/121) includes lists of 'sundry proprietors, makers and refiners and importers of salt and rock salt', for money due for the duties on salt at Lady Day 1716.WOODROOFFE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Treasury and Customs Officials, Officers and Pensioners
(1717)
Government accounts, with details of income and expenditure in Britain, America and the colonies
WOODROOFFE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|  Masters and Apprentices
(1719)
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. 22 June to 31 December 1719.WOODROOFFE. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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