The following databases have been added at The Original Record this week. The following was written by The Original Records staff:
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Northamptonshire Forest Pleas
Much of eastern Northamptonshire lay in the jurisdiction of the Forest of Rockingham. Forest pleas heard on the morrow of Michaelmas in the 56th year of the reign of king Henry III, 30 September 1272, recorded in Public Record Office Forest Proceedings, Treasury of Receipt, No. 72, were selected, transcribed (the Latin extended) and translated by G. J. Turner and published by the Selden Society in 1901. The text and translation are printed on facing pages.1442-1498
London Cutlers
The 15th-century accounts of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers include lists of payments (or part-payments or arrears) for entry (entresse or interesse) into the company. Some bladesmiths appear among the apprentices.1705
Middlesex Freeholders
The ‘Exact List of the Poll At the Chusing of Knights of the Shire for the County of Middlesex, Taken at New-Brentford, on Monday the 28th of May, 1705’ lists all the freeholders eligible to vote, parish by parish, with an indication on the righthand side whether each voted for Sir John Wolstenholme, baronet, (Wo) or Score Barker, esquire, (Ba), or not at all. Those qualified to vote were men of full age (over 21) in possession of a freehold estate worth 40s a year or more. There are returns from Acton, Aldgate, Ashford, Bedford, Bow, Brentford, Bromley, Chancery (Cursitors Office and Clerks in Chancery), Charterhouse, Chelsea, Chiswick, Clerkenwell, Covent Garden, Cowley, Cranford, Cripplegate, Ealing, Edgware, Edmonton, Enfield, Feltham, Finchley, Fulham, Greenford, Hackney, Hadley, Hammersmith, Hampton, Hanwell, Hanworth, Harlington, Harmondsworth, Harrow, Harvill, Hayes, Hendon, Heston, Highgate, Hillingdon, Holborn (with Hatton Garden and Gray’s Inn Lane), Hounslow, Icke
nham, Isleworth, Islington, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Laleham, Limehouse and Poplar, Lincoln’s Inn, Littleton, Marylebone, Mimms, Moorfields and Bunhill Fields, New River Water, Northall, Northcott, Norton Falgate, Norwood, Old Street, Paddington, Pinner, Ruislip, Shepperton, Shoreditch, Southall, St Catherine’s, St Clement’s, St Giles’s, St James’s, St Martin’s (Westminster), St Pancras, St Sepulchre’s, Staines, Stainmore, Stanwell, Stepney, Strand, Sunbury, Teddington, Temple Bar, Thistleworth, Tottenham, Tower Hill, Twickenham, Uxbridge, Wapping, Westminster, Whitechapel, Whitecross, and Willesden.1826
Teachers in Armagh Deserving of Encouragement
The Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor of Ireland awarded gratuities to ‘Teachers, appearing, from the Inspectors’ Reports of their Schools, to be deserving of encouragement’. 22 such teachers were identified in county Armagh in 1826, and are listed in the society’s report for the following year, with their full name and the name of their school.1856-1860
Tulip Exhibitors
This analysis of exhibitors at the Royal National Tulip Society, compiled for The Midland Florist, gives the name of the exhibitor (surname first, in capitals), address (sometimes omitted), the year of the show, the number and nature of the exhibits, and the highest prize achieved.1869
Science Schools and Classes: Honours and Advanced Examinations: Class Lists
The Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education published these class lists giving the names of all the successful candidates in the examination of science schools and classes taken in May 1869. The candidates were of three levels: honours; second stage or advanced examination; third stage or elementary examination. Twenty-three subjects were offered. These are the lists for the honours and advanced examinations. The tables, arranged subject by subject, give the candidate’s full name (surname first), age, and occupation – or, in the case of those not yet of working age, father’s occupation, preceded by (f.); the name of the school where the candidate was taught the subject; and the name of the teacher. Many candidates sat and were successful in more than one subject, and so appear in more than one list. The subjects are: I. Practical, Plane and Solid Geometry; II. Machine Construction; III. Building Construction; IV. Elementary Mathematics; V. Higher
Mathematics; VI. Theoretical Mechanics; VII. Applied Mechanics; VIII. Acoustics, Light, and Heat: IX. Magnetism and Electricity; X. Inorganic Chemistry; XI. Organic Chemistry; XII. Geology; XIII. Mineralogy; XIV. Animal Physiology; XV. Zoology; XVI. Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology; XVII. Systematic and Economic Botany; XVIII. Mining; XIX. Metallurgy; XX. Navigation; XXI. Nautical Astronomy; XXII. Steam; XXIII. Physical Geography.1884
Bankrupts
In accordance with the Bankruptcy Act of 1883, notices received by the Board of Trade were gazetted in tabular form by the Inspector-General in Bankruptcy. At each stage the record gives the debtor’s name, address (often including former addresses), description (i. e., occupation), the name of the court, and the sequential number of the matter in that court for the year. The tables of Receiving Orders additionally give Date of Order, Date of Petition and Date of Public Examination; notices of First Meeting give Date of Meeting, Hour and Place; Adjudications give Date of Order, Date of Petition, Name of Trustee (if appointed) and Address of Trustee; Notices of Intended Dividend give Last Day for Receiving Proofs, Name of Trustee, and Address; Notices of Dividends give Amount per Pound, When Payable, and Where Payable; Applications for Debtor’s Discharge state the Day fixed for Hearing; and notices of Appointment of Trustees give the Trustee’s Name, Address, and Date of Certifi
cate of Appointment. Any one debtor would normally appear in a number of these tables as his or her case proceeded over the months. These are the notices gazetted in 1884.We now have over 10 million entries directly available online.
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