Apprentices of Great Britain 1710-1774

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These records are abstracts from tax records kept by the Inland Revenue.

They are of exceptional value to the family history researcher, containing the name of the apprentice, in most cases the name of the apprentice’s parent or guardian (usually the father, though sometimes the mother, if the father was dead), the place the apprentice came from, his father’s trade, the name of the master to whom he was indentured, the master’s trade, the place where the master lived, and the value of the premium paid to the master for taking on the apprentice.

About 350,000 indentures are included, from all over Great Britain (about 20% are Scottish).

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