Soldiers, administrators, refugees and merchants in America
(1783)
These are the headquarters papers of sir Guy Carleton, British commander-in-chief at the end of the American war of independence. Many of the individuals recorded were part of the British military administration, but others are refugees and merchants whose lives had been disrupted by the conflict. These records cover April to December 1783.WENTWORTH. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Clerks and apprentices
(1784)
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 1784. IR 1/32WENTWORTH. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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People in the news
(1785)
The Daily Universal Register of London carried reports of events in the capital and further afield, and those for May 1785 are indexed here.
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Subscribers to Ann Yearsley's Poems on Several Occasions
(1785)
This book of poetry by 'Ann Yearsley, a Milkwoman of Bristol', received great critical acclaim and was rapidly reprinted. The third edition included these subscription lists for the first two editions.WENTWORTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths
(1788)
Deaths of the nobility and gentry recorded in the Annual Register for 1788. WENTWORTH. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1789)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments, and bankrupts, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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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 DirectoryWENTWORTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London nobility and gentry
(1791)
The Universal British Directory includes a list of the nobility, gentry, &c. in London and Westminster: esquires, i. e., gentlemen without titles, are sometimes listed without their christian names.WENTWORTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and Merchants in London
(1791)
The Universal British Directory was published in five volumes, starting in 1791. The professions included in the London section are very diverse: the addresses are mostly from central London. Some are marked 'F. M.', meaning Freeholder of Middlesex.WENTWORTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices registered in Nottinghamshire
(1792)
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 1/66WENTWORTH. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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