We all have apprentices amongst our ancestors, and
fortunately for us researchers for several centuries it was a legal requirement
to serve an apprenticeship before practicing a trade, and what a wonderful
source of information these records can be.
Apprenticeship indentures and registers, freemen's
registers and a variety of other sources all are useful when looking for
apprenticeship records, and deserve more attention from family historians than
they have received.
Useful for the period c.1550 through to 1850, the aim of
this book is to outline the history of apprenticeship, and to describe the
records which survive and suggest ways in which family historians may
investigate their ancestral apprentices.
Contents:
Acknowledgement
Illustrations
Part 1. The History of Apprenticeship
1. Introduction
2. Guild Apprenticeship and Civic Control
3. Parish Apprentices
4. Charity Apprentices
Part 2. Sources
5. Introduction
6. Apprenticeship Indentures
7. Borough Apprenticeship Records
8. Freemen's Registers
9. Guild Apprenticeship Records
10. Registers of Parish Apprentices
11. Charity Records
12. Inland Revenue Apprenticeship Books
13. Churchwardens' and Overseers' Accounts, Minutes and Reports
14. Settlement Examinations
15. Quarter Sessions and Other Court Records
16. Wills
17. Poll Books
18. Parliamentary Papers
19. Newspapers
Part 3. Appendices
20. Acts of Parliament and Other Legislation
21. Published Sources
Notes
Place Name Index
Subject and Name Index
