Apprentices registered at Southampton in Hampshire
(1741-1745) 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)MAIDLOW. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1789) 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. 2 January to 31 December 1789. IR 1/34MAIDLOW. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Midhurst in Sussex
(1790-1797) The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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Apprentices registered in Sussex
(1797) 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 1/68MAIDLOW. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1826) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
MAIDLOW. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1828) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksMAIDLOW. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1839) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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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 linksMAIDLOW. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1842) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
MAIDLOW. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dividends of bankrupts' estates
(1842) Dividends from moneys raised from bankrupts' estates in England and WalesMAIDLOW. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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