Bristol Apprenticeship Books Volumes 1o to 1z, 1724-2009
May 24, 2020
Bristol Diocese Marriage Registers Volume 11, 1837-1901
May 24, 2020
Bristol Burgess Books Volumes 1 to 21, 1557-1995
£3 – £7
The Burgess Books of Bristol record the names of thousands of men (and occasionally women) admitted to the freedom of the city in an almost unbroken sequence from 1557 to 1995.
The contents of this publication is divided into bookmarked burgess and patron indexes plus a full transcription of all 21 volumes. Approximately 44,000 records.
Description
These books effectively comprise 23 volumes, although they are actually numbered from 1 to 21, with volumes 1 and 3 each comprising of two parts.
Details of the individual volume coverage is shown below:
| Volume 1 (1719 entries) 5th Oct 1557 to 5th Aug 1587 |
Volume 1A (711 entries) 26th Aug 1587 to 2nd Jun 1599 |
| Volume 2 (4328 entries) 29th Sep 1607 to 23rd Oct 1651 |
Volume 3A (1357 entries) 20th Nov 1651 to 16th Apr 1662 |
| Volume 3B (4718 entries) 21st Apr 1662 to 8th Feb 1690 |
Volume 4 (2528 entries) 10th Feb 1690 to 29 Sep 1705 |
| Volume 5 (2296 entries) 1st Oct 1705 to 26th Sep 1713 |
Volume 6 (2305 entries) 30th Sep 1713 to 16 Jan 1727 |
| Volume 7 (1537 entries) 18th Jan 1727 to 11th May 1732 |
Volume 8 (1536 entries) 8th Aug 1732 to 19th Oct 1739 |
| Volume 9 (1152 entries) 19th Oct 1739 to 22nd Dec 1743 |
Volume 10 (1152 entries) 22nd Nov 1743 to 27th Jan 1749 |
| Volume 11 (1536 entries) 9th Feb 1749 to 18th Feb 1755 |
Volume 12 (768 entries) 19th Feb 1755 to 24th Dec 1759 |
| Volume 13 (768 entries) 29th Dec 1759 to 10th Feb 1768 |
Volume 14 (929 entries) 10th Feb 1768 to 1st Oct 1774 |
| Volume 15 (2411 entries) 1st Oct 1774 to 24th Aug 1780 |
Volume 16 (2656 entries) 24th Aug 1780 to 20th Sep 1786 |
| Volume 17 (2380 entries) 30th Sep 1786 to 28th Sep 1812 |
Volume 18 (2765 entries) 30th Sep 1812 to 12th Oct 1818 |
| Volume 19 (1386 entries) 23rd Oct 1818 to 13th Sep 1828 |
Volume 20 (1953 entries) 29th Oct 1828 to 28th Sep 1830 |
| Volume 21 (2946 entries) 10th Dec 1830 to 19th May 1995 |
