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Original records are subject to the 100-year closure rule, but there are indexes at the PRO up to 1935 and if a name is found in these then the relevant edition of the ''London Gazette'' where the event should be listed can be consulted. | Original records are subject to the 100-year closure rule, but there are indexes at the PRO up to 1935 and if a name is found in these then the relevant edition of the ''London Gazette'' where the event should be listed can be consulted. | ||
Until 1844 British naturalization required an Act of Parliament, which limited naturalization to the wealthy. These records are in the patent rolls. From 1844 to 1878, the secretary of state’s acts of "making aliens English" are recorded in the Chancery Court records. | |||
Acts of Parliament were published in the [[London Gazette]] | |||
The original records are at the [[England Archives and Libraries|Public Record Office and Libraries]] except for the "oaths of denization" which are part of the quarter session court records. | |||
The Family History Library filmed the Public Record Office’s records of denization from 1835 to 1924 (film {{FHL|226802|title-id|disp=824515}}) and the index (film {{FHL|226802|title-id|disp=824514 item 3}}). Indexed lists of naturalizations and denizations from 1509 to 1835 are in: | |||
*Shaw, William. ''Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England''. Lymington, England: Huguenot Society of London, 1893–1932. (Family History Library book {{FHL|300201|title-id|disp=942.1/L1 B4h vols. 8, 18, 27, and 35}}; films {{FHL|300201|title-id|disp=824513}} items 1–2 and {{FHL|300201|title-id|disp=824514}} item 1.) | |||
The [[England Archives and Libraries|Kew Lists]] contain an index to all letters and acts of naturalization (including denied petitions) between 1509 and 1935, except quarter session "oaths of denization". Only the Middlesex (outer London) quarter session "oath rolls" are included in the index. The Public Record Office number is "HO 1/INDEX" which is contained on fiche numbers 1882 to 1938 in the Kew List. | |||
Records of denization or naturalization at the Family History Library are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | |||
;ENGLAND - NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP | |||
==== Denization ==== | ==== Denization ==== | ||
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*Complaints of masters against apprentices, and vice versa.<ref>Aldous (''The Archives of the Freedom of the City of London 1681-1915''. Genealogists’ Magazine Vol. 23 #4, page 128-133, 1989, and My Ancestors were Freemen of the City of London, 1999) and Medlycott (''The City of London Freedom Registers''. Genealogists’ Magazine Vol. 19 #2, page 45-47, 1977) give more details, and Aldous’ 2003 article (''Records of King’s Freemen in the City of London in the 18th and 19th Centuries''. Genealogists’ Magazine Vol. 27 #9, page 415-421) describes another group called ''King’s Freemen'' who were discharged soldiers and sailors.</ref> | *Complaints of masters against apprentices, and vice versa.<ref>Aldous (''The Archives of the Freedom of the City of London 1681-1915''. Genealogists’ Magazine Vol. 23 #4, page 128-133, 1989, and My Ancestors were Freemen of the City of London, 1999) and Medlycott (''The City of London Freedom Registers''. Genealogists’ Magazine Vol. 19 #2, page 45-47, 1977) give more details, and Aldous’ 2003 article (''Records of King’s Freemen in the City of London in the 18th and 19th Centuries''. Genealogists’ Magazine Vol. 27 #9, page 415-421) describes another group called ''King’s Freemen'' who were discharged soldiers and sailors.</ref> | ||
<br> The Family History Library has a few freemen records. These are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | |||
The Family History Library has a few freemen records. These are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | |||
;ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - OCCUPATIONS | ;ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [CITY] - OCCUPATIONS | ||
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Bristol's burgess books have been indexed and transcribed from 1557 to 1995: {{FHL|1384139|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 4215}}. | Bristol's burgess books have been indexed and transcribed from 1557 to 1995: {{FHL|1384139|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 4215}}. | ||
Many freeman lists are filmed for example: | Many freeman lists are filmed for example: | ||
:*In the FamilySearch Catalog under ENGLAND - KENT - MAIDSTONE - VOTING REGISTERS The ''Freeman Lists for Maidstone 1551-1842'' can be found on {{FHL|586178|item|disp=FHL films 1656613-4}}.<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Freeholders Lists, Jury Lists, Burgess Rolls, Freemen Rolls (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Freeholders_Lists,_Jury_Lists,_Burgess_Rolls,_Freemen_Rolls_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | :*In the FamilySearch Catalog under ENGLAND - KENT - MAIDSTONE - VOTING REGISTERS The ''Freeman Lists for Maidstone 1551-1842'' can be found on {{FHL|586178|item|disp=FHL films 1656613-4}}.<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Freeholders Lists, Jury Lists, Burgess Rolls, Freemen Rolls (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Freeholders_Lists,_Jury_Lists,_Burgess_Rolls,_Freemen_Rolls_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||