Classified lists of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders in the counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutlandshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Monmouthshire. Also covers the nobility, gentry, clergy, farmers, carriers, publicans and other trades for these counties.... More Info
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At each court session the "Homage" (tenants of the manor) would sit in judgement of wrongdoers, who had not respected the established customs. The steward would deal with the transfer of manorial lands, from one tenant or "copyholder" to the next. These records provide an insight into life in Mid-Lincolnshire, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As copyhold land passed from one relative to...More Info
Contains references to Lincolnshire men joining the Metropolitan Police Service, starting in 1824 Sources include service and pension, plus miscellaneous records. The Hue and Cry Police Gazette for the years 1830, 1838, 1839, 1877, 1879 & 1884. This paper was used by the police, army and other authorities, searching for criminals, deserters and other miscreants. Full descriptions of those bein...More Info
Includes Lindsey Petty Sessions 1815-1848 (915 examinations) and Sleaford Petty Sessions 1829-1835 (325 examinations). All examinants were living within the area covered by these Petty Sessions Courts at the time they were examined, but many of them originally came from other parts of Lincolnshire, and from other counties. In PDF format
Abstracts and transcriptions of Poor Law material from the Quarter Sessions for this Mid-Lincolnshire area, for the years 1700 to 1847. It includes Removal Orders, Settlement Certificates, Vagrancy Passes, Apprenticeship Indentures, Bastardy Documents, and provides information from many parishes for which there are no surviving Poor Law documents. In PDF format
Extracted from the ledgers at the National Archives, for all testators and beneficiaries with Lincolnshire connections. The information given is: name of testator, with other information such as date of will, date of death, abode, plus other information provided, i.e. name of beneficiary and relationship to the testator (if given), abode etc., and the name of the court where the will was proved. P...More Info