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=== Livery Company Records === | === Livery Company Records === | ||
A detailed list of surviving records from each company was published in 1985.<ref>'Sources: London Livery Companies', ''A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property Holding in London before the Great Fire:'' London Record Society, 22 (1985), pp. 12-36. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64577 Date accessed: 03 January 2012.</ref> The list is available [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64577 online]. | A detailed list of surviving records from each company was published in 1985.<ref>'Sources: London Livery Companies', ''A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property Holding in London before the Great Fire:'' London Record Society, 22 (1985), pp. 12-36. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64577 Date accessed: 03 January 2012.</ref> The list is available [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64577 online]. | ||
Apprenticeship records are one of the most valuable genealocial sources created by London livery companies. They often name the following information about an apprentice's father: name, residence, and occupation. Cliff Webb has abstracted the records of many companies: | Apprenticeship records are one of the most valuable genealocial sources created by London livery companies. They often name the following information about an apprentice's father: name, residence, and occupation. Cliff Webb has abstracted the records of many companies: | ||
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*[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-lonapps.aspx London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1442-1850], courtesy: British Origins ($); also available in book form (48 vols.): {{FHL|682418|item|disp=FHL Books 942.1/L1 U25w v. 1-48}}. | *[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-lonapps.aspx London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1442-1850], courtesy: British Origins ($); also available in book form (48 vols.): {{FHL|682418|item|disp=FHL Books 942.1/L1 U25w v. 1-48}}. | ||
Records from the following companies are included: apothecaries, armourers and brasiers, basketmakers, blacksmiths, bowyers, brewers, broderers, brown bakers, butchers, carmen, coachmakers and coach harness makers, combmakers, cooks, curriers, cutlers, distillers, dyers, fan makers, farriers, feltmakers, fishmongers, fletchers, founders, framework knitters, fruiterers, gardeners, glass-sellers, glaziers, glovers, gold and silver wyre drawers, grocers, gunmakers, horners, innholders, ironmongers, longbowstring makers, loriners, makers of playing cards, masons, musicians, needlemakers, painter-stainers, pattenmakers, paviors, pewterers, pinmakers, plaisterers, plumbers, poulters, saddlers, spectaclemakers, tallow chandlers, tinplate workers, tobacco pipe makers and tobacco blenders, turners, tylers and bricklayers, upholders, vintners, waxchandlers, and woolmen.<ref>[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-lonapps.aspx About London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1442-1850], ''British Origins,'' accessed 31 December 2011.</ref> | Records from the following companies are included in Webb's abstracts: apothecaries, armourers and brasiers, basketmakers, blacksmiths, bowyers, brewers, broderers, brown bakers, butchers, carmen, coachmakers and coach harness makers, combmakers, cooks, curriers, cutlers, distillers, dyers, fan makers, farriers, feltmakers, fishmongers, fletchers, founders, framework knitters, fruiterers, gardeners, glass-sellers, glaziers, glovers, gold and silver wyre drawers, grocers, gunmakers, horners, innholders, ironmongers, longbowstring makers, loriners, makers of playing cards, masons, musicians, needlemakers, painter-stainers, pattenmakers, paviors, pewterers, pinmakers, plaisterers, plumbers, poulters, saddlers, spectaclemakers, tallow chandlers, tinplate workers, tobacco pipe makers and tobacco blenders, turners, tylers and bricklayers, upholders, vintners, waxchandlers, and woolmen.<ref>[http://britishorigins.com/help/aboutbo-lonapps.aspx About London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1442-1850], ''British Origins,'' accessed 31 December 2011.</ref> | ||
In 1696, oaths from livery company members were recorded. This source acts as a census substitute: | In 1696, oaths from livery company members were recorded. This source acts as a census substitute: | ||