Freeholders voting in Bamburgh ward, Northumberland
(1826)
An election to choose two knights of the shire to represent Northumberland took place at Alnwick from 20 June to 6 July 1826. The candidates were Henry Thomas Liddell (L), Matthew Bell (B), Thomas Wentworth Beaumont (Bt) and Viscount Howick (H). The franchise included all freeholders of property worth 40 shillings or more per annum: each had two votes, but could plump for a single candidate. This poll book was published in 1827 and lists the voters from each ward: the freeholder's full name (surname first), residence, and the nature of the freehold (such as 'house at Corbridge'). The votes are shown in the right hand columns, with plumpers shown by a dagger. Bamber ward included Belford and the surrounding countryside.WEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1826)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksWEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1827)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksWEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignees
(1828)
Assignees of bankrupts' estates (usually principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt)WEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1828)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders
WEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1828)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsWEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1829)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders
WEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Merchants, Bankers, Shipowners and Traders of London
(1834)
The public prints of December 1834 carried this loyal address to king William IV of merchants, bankers, shipowners, traders and others connected with the city of London, requesting 'permission at the present juncture to address your Majesty for the purpose of renewing the expression of our dutiful and loyal attachment to your Majesty’s person and crown. Deeply sensible of the practical blessings we have hitherto enjoyed under our wisely mixed constitution of King, Lords, and Commons, and feeling that the free and legitimate exercise of the Royal prerogative forms an integral part of that constitution (as essential to the maintenance of our own liberties as to the power and dignity of the Throne), we beg humbly to assure your Majesty of our determination steadfastly to uphold the same by every means in our power.
'Feeling, in common with all classes of your Majesty’s subjects, the deep importance of applying to all real abuses, wherever they may be found, a wholesome and timely correction, and of effecting in our excellent institutions every improvement of which careful examination and experience may prove them to be susceptible, we desire further dutifully to express our entire confidence that these useful purposes will ever occupy your Majesty’s paternal care. Nor can we permit ourselves to believe that the importance of these objects will be less apparent to those to whom the powers of government have been recently intrusted.'
Full names are given (or surname with initials), and address. Over 5000 subscribed.
WEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1835)
Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
WEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1835)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders
WEATHERLEY. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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