Proceedings at London Guildhall
(1785) Some activity at the Guildhall of the City of London is reported in the Daily Universal Register of February 1785: this relates mainly to attempts at electoral reform.LEWES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Manners family correspondence
(1771-1787) Volumes 26 to 36 of the letters and papers of the Manners family of Belvoir consist largely of the correspondence of lord Robert Manners, naval captain, and his brother Charles marquess of Gransby, subsequently 4th duke of Rutland, who served for a period as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. This printed report dwells mainly on the political rather than domestic content of the manuscripts.
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Clerks and apprentices
(1787) 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 1787. IR 1/33LEWES. 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 1/34LEWES. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Lawyers, Law Officers and Clerks in London
(1791) The London Law Directory section of the Universal British Directory includes lists of officers, officials and clerks from the High Court of Chancery, Hanaper Office, Examiners Office, Commissioners of Bankrupts, Corporation of Cursitors Office, Commissioners of Lunatics, the courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, the Exchequer Office of Pleas, &c. &c., the Duchy of Lancaster Office, the Lord Mayor's Court Office, and the Court of Marshalsea, as well as public notaries, officers of the judges' circuits, proprietors of provincial newspapers, sworn brokers of the City of London, and Jew brokers.LEWES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London innkeepers and coach proprietors
(1791) A list of the different London inns (each with the surname of the innkeeper), the proprietors of the coaches, machines, diligences and waggons going from each, and their hours of setting out, from the Universal British DirectoryLEWES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Lieutenancy Commissioners and Militia Officers
(1791) His Majesty's Commissioners of the Lieutenancy for the City of London; and field offocers and commanders of the six regiments of the London militiaLEWES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London merchants and bankers
(1791) This section of the Universal British Directory lists corporations, bankers, and army and navy agentsLEWES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Wharfingers and Masters of Coastal Shipping
(1791) A list of the wharfs and wharfingers in London; the places they ship goods for; the vessels in the trade; with the masters' names, where to be spoken with, and time of sailing: from the Universal British DirectoryLEWES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c.
(1791) The list of contributing members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: those marked ** pay 5 guineas a year; * 3 guineas a year; those with P are perpetual members; those with a double dagger have served of office of steward; and those with a single dagger are stewards elect.LEWES. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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