Apprenticeships in Tetbury

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Apprenticeship Records for Tetbury Children, 1661 to 1750

I have been able to find traces in Tetbury records of 175 apprentices trained by 168 Masters in the 90 years to 1750. Most of the records between 1725 and 1740 are missing.
30 girls are known to have Apprenticeships, most learning housewifery. At least two of the Masters are women - a Dame and a Widow. Wives are routinely included in the Indenture, with their husband, implying she will continue the training when her husband died. This has sometimes been the only time I found the wife's name in the records I saw.

Poor children of Tetbury were supplied with the clothes they needed as an Apprentice, placed with a Master who was paid 50/- and bound with an Indenture that cost 7/-. The records of these three steps do not always survive.
P328a OV 4/1 are 59 Apprenticeship Indentures from 24 July 1661 (Elianor Swayne) to 2 Jul 1698 (Samuel Davis) between the Churchwardens, Overseers and the 'poor child of Tetbury' on one hand, and the Master and his wife on the other hand.
P328a OV 4/2 is 45 Apprenticeship Indentures from 15 June 1700 (Thomas Purnell) to 6 Aug 1729 (Richard Thornbury).
P328a OV 4/3 is 22 Apprenticeship Indentures with 17 dated 1762 to 1825. The earliest is 23 Aug 1716 (Damases Pinnock), then Robert Crook 1730, Jude Merchant 1735, Martha Barret 1741 and Robert Clark 1742.
D566 L 7/8 is the Town Ffeoffes (the Thirteen) account book, and records, among other expenses, the payments of a fee to the Master who took an Apprentice. It was signed by the members of the Thirteen each year. The earliest date is 4 Jul 1719.
The records are scanty - John Thornbury was paid 3/- for writing the Court Rolls on 24 Dec 1726, and 4/6 writing them for 3 years on 24 Dec 1728. Later (1737) Daniel Warner, the Teacher of the Poor School, is also paid to write up the Account book, and he recorded more detail.
P328a OV 2/1 and OV 2/2 are the Overseers monthly accounts beginning in 1741 to 1759, and William Marks is paid 3/4 a month to write them. He is later replace by John Brown who recorded his 'salary 3/4' each month. Overseers were more generous with their clerk, so have left better records than did the Thirteen.

Recorded by the Commissioner of Stamps

More prosperous parents or guardians were able to arrange an Apprenticeship, and pay the charge plus a tax. These transactions are recorded by the Commissioners of Stamps. Where the Stamp Duty was paid in London, entries are found in the City Registers, and when it was paid elsewhere, entries will be found in the County Registers.
I found the County Registers at Kew Public Record Office have big gaps for the period 1720 to 1750 (my study focus).
IR 1 Volume 44 - 5 has the years 1715 to 1719
IR 1 Volume 46 - 7 has the years 1719 to 1722
IR 1 Volume 48 ends January 1725.
IR 1 Volume 49 contains the years 1728 to 1730
IR 1 Volume 50 has the years 1741 to 1747
IR 1 Volume 51 covers 1750 to 1754, and then the record is consecutive.
There is an Index available, but it is only of surnames, and not of towns. Good for you looking for an ancestor, not helpful for me, as I found some Aprentices or Masters are only associated with Tetbury for this process.

Apprentices

Anne Amos John Amos Samuel Amos Elizabeth Appleyard John Appleyard Mary Appleyard John Archard Mathew Archard Francis Baily Francis Ball John Barratt Martha Barrett Elizabeth Barrow Thomas Bartholomew als Smyth Robert Bennet Elizabeth Bennett John Bishop John Blake Joseph Bolton Anthony Bowman Edward Bowman John Brasington Henry Browning John Browning Edward Browton William Bugg Edward Butler James Button

William Chambers Jonathan Chappell Robert Clarke John Cleaver Thomas Cleaver John Clifford Richard Cole Dorcas Colet John Collis Boy Collis Charles Constable Thomas Constable William Constable Charles Constable als Foster Thomas Craddock James Crook John Crook Robert Crook John Crow

boy Davis Elizabeth Davis John Davis Samuel Davis John Dickason Elizabeth Dinch John Driver Samuel Dyer John Eldridge Thomas Evans Samuel Farmer Edward Fielder John Fielder

Henry Gagg Girl Galpin James Galpin Charles Galping Richard Graham Elizabeth Gyfford Margaret Gyfford John Haines John Hall Mary Hall John Harvey John Higgs Jacob Hillier William Price Holiday William Hollister Samual Hopkins

Ambrose Ind Rebecca Ind William Ind Nathan Jakob Timothy Jayes Joseph Jones Ann Kary Abraham King Ann King Robert King Thomas King Paul Laughton John Leonard Katherine Lloyd Samuel Long Henry Ludlow Mary Lyddiard

Joseph Man Boy Martin Hannah May Charles Mayo Jude Merchant William Miles Phiillip Millard John Musgrove Charles Palmer George Parker John Parker William Patrick Edward Pickett Thomas Pike William Pike Josiah Pinnegar Damases Pinnock Richard Pope James Prene Sarah Price Richard Pritchard Thomas Purnell

John Randell William Reeves Susanna Richmond Edward Roberts Samuel Rogers John Sartin Benjamin Saunders John Saunders William Saunders John Savage William Savage Daniel Scott James Scripture John Seal Thomas Sharp Daniel Shatton William Shillam Ann Smart Elizabeth Smart Samuel Smith Mary Stephens Jane Stevens Robert Stevens Anne Stokes Eleanor Swayne

John Taylor Rebecca Terrill Samuel Terrill Richard Thornbury James Thornton Joseph Tucker John Turner William Undrill William Vaysey Edward Waight John Walker Thomas Watts Cornelius Webb James Webb Thomas Webb Daniel Wheeler Martha Wheeler Samuel White Thomas White William White Matthew Wilkins Samuel Wilkins Samuel Wilthers John Wilton Samuel Wisby John Witts James Wright Samuel Young

Masters

Robert Adams Daniel Alexander John Andrews James Antins William Atwood Daniel Baily Edward Baily Thomas Barrett John Barrow Nathaniel Battin Daniel Bayly Philip Bayly Thomas Bayly William Belcher Stephen Birk Edward Bizy John Bizy Joseph Blake Nathaniel Body Henry Bonner Thomas Brasington Abraham Britton Abraham Britton Jonathan Brown Samuel Bubb Samuel Bubb Francis Buckingham Humphry Butler Humphry Butler John Butler John Butler Thomas Butler Thomas Byam

William Certain Francis Chamberlin Edward Chambers Edward Chambers Thomas Chappell John Clark William Coldwell Thomas Cole Richard Constable Richard Constable John Cooke Rowland Corbett Rowland Corbitt Thomas Cornish Robert Cove Daniel Craduck Obed Creed Thomas Curnorb Samuel Davis als Wirkes Daniel Driver Thomas Edgerly Thomas Edgerly Thomas Edgerly John Eldridge Thomas Evans Samuel Ewer Thomas Felton

Joseph Gardner Gabriel Hadnot John Harding Richard Harding Richard Harding Obadiah Hayward John Higgs John Hill Francis Hillier Joseph Hillier William Hodges William Hooper William Hooper Francis Huggins James Ind Robert Ind Robert Ind Robert Ind Robert Jones John Kingston William Knight

Henry Lewis Roger Lewis Charles Lloyd Cove Lloyd William Lloyd William Loyd Henry Lucas Thomas Lusty Joseph Major William Mann Nathaniel Mayo Thomas Miles John Moreton John Morton Abraham Munday Richard Norris Richard Norris Henry Norton John Overbury Robert Parker Josiah Paul Josiah Paul Robert Payne William Perriman John Pick Thomas Picketts Thomas Pike Anthony Polson Thomas Poole Stephen Power John Price Timothy Purnell

Samuel Randell Samuel Randell Richard Read Giles Reeve William Reeve John Rice Samuel Richards Samuel Rogers Thomas Rudge William Sartin William Savage Samuel Seaburn Samuel Seaburn Stephen Seagar John Seal Edward Seale John Sidman William Simpson Jeremiah Smith John Smith John Smith William Stephens William Stokes George Swinerton

John Tanner Edward Teakle Samuel Teakle Thomas Teakle Thomas Terrell John Terrill Thomas Thornbury William Townsend Peter Trimball Edward Tugwell John Turner John Turner Thomas Viner James Walkly Giles Wayte Joseph Webb Joseph Webb Joseph Webb Richard Webb Thomas Webb George White Jonathan Wickes Moses Wicks Joshua Wilkins Robert Wilkins Thomas Witchell Edward Young

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