New Members of the Phonographic Corresponding Society
(1844)
The Phonotypic Journal, published weekly, contains lists of new members of the Phonographic Corresponding Society, alterations (such as changes of address), and lists of contributions to the Fund for purchasing a Phonotypic Fount. The lists of new members give full name (surname first) and address. This index includes the new members, the changes of address, and names (such as 'care of') occurring in the addresses.PARKER. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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North Tipperary Jurors: Nenagh: March 1844
(1844)
'Names of the petty jury to try between our Sovereign Lady (Queen Victoria) and the Traversers, at a General Assizes and Gaol Delivery, held at Nenagh, in and for the North Riding of the County of Tipperary, on Wednesday the 20th day of March 1844'. The list gives: full name; parish or place of abode; and occupation (such as esquire, gentleman, or merchant). PARKER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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North Tipperary Jurors: Spring Assizes 1844
(1844)
'A List of the Names of all Persons qualified to serve as Jurors in the North Division of the County Tipperary, returned by the Collectors of Jury Cess to the Clerk of the Peace, submitted by him to the Magistrates at Special Session, Spring Assizes 1844.'PARKER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1844)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsPARKER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Prisoners removed from Millbank Prison to the Justitia hulk
(1844)
The new prison at Millbank was used as a holding centre for convicts destined for the hulks: 'few of the adult convicts remain for a longer period than three months; and of those who remain for a longer period, the most part are criminals of the worst description, who are awaiting embarkation for their final destination in Norfolk Island.' The report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the management of the prison includes a return of the number and general state of health of all prisoners received at the Justitia hulk, Woolwich, from Millbank Prison, from 1 January 1844 to 21 June 1846, giving: Sequential Number; Name; Age; Date of Reception; Disease or Sickness existing at the time of Reception; General state of Health since; Recovered, embarked or otherwise transferred; Died; Date of Decease; Causes of Death.
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Trustees and Solicitors
(1844)
Trustees appointed to take over bankrupts' estates in England and Wales, and their solicitors. Trustees are often friends or relatives of the bankrupt: and/or principal creditors
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Masters of Wrecked British Merchantmen
(1844-1845)
The Nautical Magazine Register of Wrecks of British Shipping for 1845 lists in tabular form the casualties in the merchant shipping fleet from the end of 1844 to the end of 1845. The tables give the vessel's name, port to which she belonged, master's name, what port she set out from, intended destination, where and when she came to grief, and whether the crew were saved or drowned. In some cases not all those details are recorded. Occasionally further information is given as a footnote.PARKER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Assignments of bankrupts' estates in England and Wales
(1845)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of assignments of bankrupts' estates. Each entry gives the name of the bankrupt (surname first, in capitals), the date (in brackets), address and trade; followed by the names and addresses of the trustees to whom the estate was delivered, and the name and address of the solicitor. This is the index to the names of the bankrupts, from the issues from January to December 1845.PARKER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts in England and Wales
(1845)
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of bankruptcies and stages in the liquidation of the estate, payment of dividends, and discharge. The initial entry in this sequence gives the name of the bankrupt (surname first, in capitals), the date gazetted, address and trade (often with the phrase dlr. and ch., meaning dealer and chapman); the dates and times and courts of the official processes of surrender; the surname of the official commissioner (Com.); the surname of the official assignee; and the names and addresses of the solicitors; the date of the fiat; and whether on the bankrupt's own petition, or at the demand of petitioning creditors, whose names, trades and addresses are given. In subsequent entries the bankrupt is often merely referred to by name and trade. This is the index to the names of the bankrupts, from the issues from January to December 1845, which may or may not include the detailed first entry for any particular individual.PARKER. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Boys entering Rugby School
(1845)
This edition of Rugby School Register was published in 1933: the volume covering 1675 to 1857 contains 6480 entries, based on the original school admission registers, but elaborated with general biographical information wherever the editor was able to do so. The entries for the 17th and early 18th centuries are much less detailed than those for later years. The arrangement of the fullest entries was to give the boy's full name (surname first, in bold); whether eldest, second, &c., son; father's name and address as of when the boy entered school; the boy's age at entry and birthday; name of the house (in the school) to which he belonged; then a brief general biography; and date and place of death. PARKER. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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