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 The website [http://www.londonroll.org/home Records of London's Livery Companies Online: Apprentices and Freemen 1400-1900] offers free indexes to The Bowyer's Company (1680-1900), The Clothworkers' Company (1545-1900), The Drapers' Company (c.1400-1900), The Girdlers' Company (1654-1900), The Goldsmith's Company (1600-1700), The Mercers' Company (1339-1900), and The Salters' Company (1599/1600, 1678-1900).<ref>Belinda Griffin, 'Records of London's Livery Companies Online,' ''Family Tree Magazine,'' 21 June 2012, http://family-tree.co.uk/2012/06/records-of-londons-livery-companies-online/, accessed 22 June 2012.</ref><br>
+For the period 1524-1553, a register of London freemen, created independently from the company records, has survived. Welch's abstracts are available [https://archive.org/details/registerfreemen00welcgoog online]. He reports that other freemen records burned in a fire in 1786.
 In '''1641''', a list of members of City Companies was compiled:
-*The Members of the City Companies in 1641, As Set Forth in the Return for the Poll Tax. {{FHL|73960|item|disp=FHL Film 454036 Item 1}}
+*''The Members of the City Companies in 1641, As Set Forth in the Return for the Poll Tax''. 5 vols. {{FHL|291316|item|disp=FHL books 942.1/L1 X3da v. 1-5}}
 In '''1651''', signatures of members of 22 City Companies were taken: