Inns, pubs, hotels, taverns, call them what you will, licensed premises often
have a longer ascertainable history than most buildings apart from churches and
major houses. Their inhabitants will have been 'ordinary people', not clergy or gentry.
There were and are thousands of licensees, of course with numerous descendants.
What is more, these buildings and individuals appear in records since
Tudor times.
This new, thoroughly revised and updated edition (the first for twelve
years), tells family and local historians just what records, national and local,
survive and where they can be found.
Jeremy's co-compiler, the late Judith Hunter, has provided an authoritative
and detailed introduction describing the many classes of records and the
information they may provide.
"If you descend from a keeper of an ale house or tippling house, this is a
very detailed guide on the type of records you may use for finding your
ancestor. ...a must for those with Victuallers in their families".
This guide explains the background of the various types of licensing records, and provides detailed comprehensive listings of holdings for England, Wales and Scotland. Note: it does not list names of people, but it does list what type of records are available for each area within a county.
Contents:
Introduction to the Records
- Licences to sell ale and beer, 1552-1828
- Quarter Sessions
- Petty Sessions
- National Records
- Inn Licences, 1617-1620
- Taverns and Wine Licences, 1553-1792
- Spirit Seller and Spirit Licences, 1552-1828
- Full Publican Licences and Beer Licences, 1828-today
- Other Licences
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucestershire and Bristol
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
London
Middlesex
Monmouth (see with Wales)
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
Westmorland
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire and York
- East Riding
- North Riding
- West Riding
Wales
Scotland
Statutes
Glossary
Further Reading
