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England Apprenticeship Indentures 1710 to 1811 (view source)
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Apprenticeship information can be found in parish records, city and borough records, freeman and guild records, court records and other sources, usually available at county record offices. However, it may be difficult to locate a specific apprenticeship, as there was no central registration for apprenticeships with one partial exception. | Apprenticeship information can be found in parish records, city and borough records, freeman and guild records, court records and other sources, usually available at county record offices. However, it may be difficult to locate a specific apprenticeship, as there was no central registration for apprenticeships with one partial exception. | ||
In 1709 the | In 1709 the British government began taxing indentures of apprenticeship as a means of raising revenue to cover the expenses of war. This tax, collected by the Inland Revenue Service, lasted for 100 years. Apprenticeships financed by parish or charitable funds were exempt from the tax and there were likely other exemptions.The duty collected on each apprenticeship was recorded in a register book. These registers deal mostly with apprenticeships of the third type mentioned above. | ||
The Family History Library has microfilmed copies of the Inland Revenue Service’s register books. These are divided into two parts: “town” records, for those taxes collected and paid in London, and the “country” records, for those taxes collected by the district collectors and sent to London for recording. The Library also has some indexes to the registers created by the Society of Genealogists. The Family History Library has a register for this collection found in the miscellaneous section of the register table (Reg. 942 U27a). The register books give little more information than what is included in the indexes. The important additional information is the number of years of the indenture and the amount of the duty collected. | The Family History Library has microfilmed copies of the Inland Revenue Service’s register books. These are divided into two parts: “town” records, for those taxes collected and paid in London, and the “country” records, for those taxes collected by the district collectors and sent to London for recording. The Library also has some indexes to the registers created by the Society of Genealogists. The Family History Library has a register for this collection found in the miscellaneous section of the register table (Reg. 942 U27a). The register books give little more information than what is included in the indexes. The important additional information is the number of years of the indenture and the amount of the duty collected. | ||