Calendar of the Registers of Apprentices of the City of Gloucester, 1595-17000

Details:

Author(s) Barlow, Jill (ed)
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2001
Pages 343pp
Publisher Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Place Published Bristol

Topics:

Name Education - occupational skills & training

Countries:

Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Groups:

Business profiles & biographies
Document transcriptions, etc

Notes:

Largely comprises the Calendar [pp1-260] structured by '1595-1646'; '1646-1668'; 'Apprentices for Virginia and Barbados, 1659-60'; '1668-1700'. The Calendar, structured by date and apprentices name, gives name, address and occupation of father, name and occupation of master, period of apprenticeship, premium. An introductory part has sections: 'Historical background'; 'Conditions of apprenticeship'; 'Apprentices charities'; 'The Registers as historical evidence'; 'Editorial methods'. Appendices provide specimen documents