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- Title
The Recruitment and Fortunes of Some London Freemen in the Mid-Sixteenth Century.
- Authors
Ramsay, G.D.
- Abstract
This article focuses on the registers and admission books of freemen in the city of London, England in the mid-16th century. Over nine-tenths of the newly enrolled citizens claimed their civic freedom by apprenticeship. At the office of the City Chamberlain, the clerk recorded as a matter of routine the Christian name and surname of each, together with the name, domicile, and occupation of his father, the name and company of the master he had served, and the number of years for which he had been bound and which he had completed. For the 66 admitted by patrimony and the 34 by redemption, the record was less full, with the necessary number of witnesses for the son of a freeman and of pledges for the redemption. The clerk also registered the translations from one company to another, of which in this period there were at least seven. There were five instances in which service in the king's wars was allowed as a reason for not completing a full seven-year apprenticeship and payments were remitted in another four on plea of poverty.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FREEMEN; CITIZENSHIP; MUNICIPAL government; KINGS &; rulers; APPRENTICESHIP programs
- Publication
Economic History Review, 1978, Vol 31, Issue 4, p526
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2595747