The full title of this publication is "Register of the Freemen of the City of London In the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI",. It was been translated and edited by Charles Welch, F.S.A., and published in 1908.
This volume represents all the known records from the Register of Freemen of the City of London that survived a fire in 1786. The entries give very interesting biographical details of each freeman.
Hundreds of names are listed - some men have London origins and others are from families in other counties of England. Complete with an index of surnames. A fascinating resource for genealogists, and also for any historian interested in the citizens and trade of Tudor London.
A digital version of the original book, in PDF format is now fully searchable, and can be viewed on any computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
