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D655 - Parish of Melbourne St Michael with St Mary - 1653-1986

A - Parish archives - 1653-1986

PD - Parochial Church Council - 1933

PI - Records of the parish incumbent - 1653-1986

PO - Overseers of the Poor - 1698-1945

1 - Overseers account book - 1809-1814

2 - Overseers account book - 1805-1809

3 - Overseers account book - 1809-1815

4 - Overseers account book - 1815-1818

5-68 - Accounts, bills and receipts for items such as cloth, shoes, candles, expenses, 1740, 1776-1844 - 1740-1844

69 - Poor rate assessment book (name of occupier and owner, amount assessed, amount paid) - 1828-1831

70 - Poor rate summons to George Tivey for non-payment - 1844

71-81 - Poor Law Commissioners circulars and notices - 1837-1843

82-93 - Correspondence and papers re. new valuation and survey of parish - 1839-1842

94-95 - Orders for payment of county rates - 1840-1841

96-99 - Receipts for money, paid by the constable for county uses - 1777-1778

100-122 - County rate receipts - 1839-1845

123 - Letter - William Woolley to the overseers of Kings Newton re. Joseph Birch, a soldier in Brigadier Pocock’s regiment of foot and his legal settlement - 1727

124-151 - Correspondence re. individual settlement cases other matters - 1778-1844

151a - Index of settlement certificates and examinations - 1699-1818

152-348 - Settlement certificates - 1697-1833

349-449 - Settlement examinations - 1716-1843

450-606 - Removal Orders to and from Melbourne - 1717-1843

607-608 - Derbyshire Quarter Sessions discharges of removal orders. Microfilm M605 vol 5 - 1821

609 - Receipt by Joseph Grice for 51 weeks wages from Isaac Bembridge - 1805

610 - Examination and removal of Henry Radford as a rogue and vagabond - 1786

611-612 - Bastardy examinations, 1747, 1755 - 1747-1755

613-615 - Warrants for the arrest of putative fathers - 1727-1786

616-649 - Bastardy bonds - 1697-1828

650-663 - Bastardy orders - 1743-1832

664-668 - Case papers - 1772-1842

669 - Register of parish apprentices - 1803-1835

670 - Apprenticeship indenture of Anne Berrisford, daughter of Cornelius Berrisford of Melbourne, to William Earp of Melbourne, husbandman, to learn the art of husbandry & dairying until she attains the age of 21 - 16 Nov 1698

671 - Apprenticeship indenture of Charles Berrisford, son of Cornelius Berrisford of Melbourne, to Joseph Cantrill of Melbourne, husbandman, until he attains the age of 24 - 16 Nov 1698

672 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Person, son of Thomas Person of Melbourne, to George Sumerfield of Melbourne, husbandman, until he attains the age of 24 - 16 Nov 1698

673 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Cartwright, son of John Cartwright of Melbourne to Richard Kniveton of King's Newton, husbandman, until attains the age of 24 - 21 Nov 1698

674 - Apprenticeship indenture of Joseph Birch, son of John Birch, labourer, to Robert Harding, Esquire, to learn the art of husbandry, until he attains the age of 24 - 28 Nov 1698

675 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Hall, son of Thomas Hall of Melbourne, deceased, to John Berrisford junior, of King's Newton ,husbandman, until he attains the age of 24 - 21 Nov 1698

676 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Goodall, son of Joseph Goodall of King's Newton, labourer, to Henry Cooper of King's Newton, yeoman, to learn the art of husbandry, until he attains the age of 24 - 28 Nov 1698

677 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Charnills, son of John Charnills of Melbourne, deceased, to Joseph Leep of Melbourne, yeoman, to learn the art of husbandry, until he attains the age of 24 - 13 Dec 1698

678 - Apprenticeship indenture of Mary Berrisford, daughter of Jeffery Berrisford of King's Newton, deceased, to John Radclyffe of King's Newton, to learn the art of housewifery, until she attains the age of 21 or marries - 3 Jan [1700]

679 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Hall, son of Thomas Hall of Melbourne, labourer, deceased, to John Martin of King's Newton, husbandman, until he attains the age of 24 - 8 Jan [1700]

680 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Berrisford, son of Jeffery Berrisford of King's Newton, deceased, to Edward Holingworth, husbandman, until he attains the age of 21 - 8 Jan [1700]

681-682 - Apprenticeship indenture of Mary Door of Melbourne, to John Bricknall of King's Newton, to learn the art of housewifery, until she attains the age of 21 - 11 Apr 1705

683 - Apprenticeship indenture of Elin Chadwick of Melbourne, to Richard Daleman of Melbourne, to learn the art of housewifery, until she attains the age of 21 or marries. - 8 Apr 1705

684 - Apprenticeship indenture of Henry Moore of Melbourne, to Joseph Moore of St Peter's parish, Derby, mason & bricklayer, until he attains the age of 24 - 27 Jan [1727]

685 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Roulson of Melbourne, to Joseph Fisher of Melbourne, yeoman, to learn the art of husbandry, until he attains the age of 24 - 5 Dec 1740

686 - Apprenticeship indenture of Sarah Turner of Melbourne, to Thomas Lowe of Swanninton, Leicestershire, whittawer, until she attains the age of 21 - 4 Dec 1740

687 - Apprenticeship indenture of Anne Parker of Melbourne, to Thomas Stevenson of Glenfield, Leicestershire, tailor, to learn the art of housewifery, until she attains the age of 18 - 5 May 1747

688 - Apprenticeship indenture of Elizabeth Parker of Melbourne, to John Oliver of Tamworth, Staffordshire, to learn the art of housewifery, until she attains the age of 21 - 24 Sep 1747

689 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Turner of Melbourne, to Edward Wilkinson of Hinckley, Leicestershire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 27 Jun 1748

690 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Bancroft of Melbourne, to Austin Martin of Castle Donington, Leicestershire, gardener, until he attains the age of 23 - 15 Jan [1751]

691 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Cowley of Melbourne, to Charles Walker of Belper, weaver, until he attains the age of 21 - 18 Jan [1751]

692 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Carver of Melbourne, to Robert Heatherley of Ticknall, farmer & tailor, until he attains the age of 24 - 14 Feb [1751]

693 - Apprenticeship indenture of Nicholas Granger of Melbourne, to Thomas Granger of Packington, Leicestershire, tailor, until he attains the age of 17 - 30 Jul 1752

694 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Bark, aged 13, of Melbourne, to Robert Walker of Shepshed, Leicestershire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 31 May 1756

695 - Apprenticeship indenture of Elizabeth Bark of Melbourne, to Thomas Lowe of Belton, Leicestershire, to learn the art of housewifery, for 7 years - 30 Nov 1756

696 - Apprenticeship indenture of Mary Cartrite of Melbourne, to Mary Dallman of Melbourne, widow, to learn the art of housewifery, until she attains the age of 21 or her marriage - 3 Mar 1757

697 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Bancroft of Melbourne, to Bartholomew Hicklin of Sutton Bennington, Nottinghamshire, tailor, until he attains the age of 24 - 27 Mar 1757

698 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Cartrite, aged 11, of Melbourne, to Francis Shenton of Shepshed, Leicestershire, tailor & staymaker, until he attains the age of 21 - 8 Jun 1757

699 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Bayley of Melbourne, to Hugh Jackson of Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, framework knitter, for 8 years - 7 Jun 1763

700-701 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Holmes of Melbourne, to John Towle of Draycott, ropemaker & ironmonger, for 7 years - 12 Oct 1764

702 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Dimmocks of Melbourne, to Edward Fletcher of St Mary's parish, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 9 Dec 1765

703 - Apprenticeship indenture of Mary Taylor of Melbourne, to Joseph Goadby of Hinckley, Leicestershire, breechesmaker & glover, until she attains the age of 21 - 7 Jul 1766

704 - Apprenticeship indenture of Robert Taylor of Melbourne, to Nathaniel Smith of Hinckley, Leicesterhire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 24 - 2 Jul 1766

705 - Apprenticeship indenture of Edward Warren of Melbourne, to William Charlesworth of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, wool comber, until he attains the age of 24 - 21 Oct 1766

706 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Mills, aged 11, of Melbourne, to James Godber of Basford, Nottinghamshire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 1 Jul 1778

707-708 - Apprenticeship indenture of Seymour Dolman, aged 12 years, 3 months, of Melbourne, to James Foster of Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, tailor, until he attains the age of 21 - 5 Aug 1780

709 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Glover, aged 13, of Winshill, to Peter Hemsley of Melbourne, framework knitter, for 7 years - 1 Sep 1800

710 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Tivey, aged 11, son of Thomas and Mary Tivey of Melbourne, to William Hallam of Shepshed, Leicestershire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 29 Apr 1803

711 - Apprenticeship indenture of Joseph Draper, aged 11, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Draper of Melbourne, to Francis Ripley of Kegworth, Leicestershire, tailor, until he attains the age of 21 - 13 Apr 1804

712 - Apprenticeship indenture of Nathan Bailey, aged 9, of King's Newton, to Thomas North of Thorpe Acre, Leicestershire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 23 Jun 1804

713 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Draycott, aged 14, of Melbourne, to James Unwin of Shepshed, Leicestershire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 11 Apr 1805

714 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Bishop, aged 12, of Melbourne, to Thomas Unwin of Shepshed, Leicestershire, framework knitter, unti he attains the age of 21 - 11 Apr 1805

715 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Waterfield, aged 11, illegimate, of Melbourne, to John Taft of St Alkmund's parish, Derby, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 8 Jan 1808

716 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Evans, aged 12, illegitimate, of Melbourne, to John Salisbury of All Saints parish, Derby, pipe maker, until he attains the age of 21 - 11 Aug 1809

717 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Fairbrother, aged 12, son of Elizabeth Birch, late Fairbrother, of Melbourne, to William Rose of Hartshorne, cordwainer, until he attains the age of 21 - 2 Mar 1810

718 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Wall, aged 13, son of John and Ann Wall of Melbourne, labourer, to Francis Ripley of Kegworth, Leicestershire, tailor, until he attains the age of 21 - 2 Mar 1810

719 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Mitchell, aged 12, of Melbourne, to Thomas Mitchell of Melbourne, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 9 Jan 1811

720 - Apprenticeship indenture of James Earp, aged 11, son of Thomas and Alice Earp, both deceased, of Melbourne, to John Brookes of Ticknall, tailor, until he attains the age of 21 - 29 Mar 1811

721 - Apprenticeship indenture of Henry Kinsey, aged12, son of Mary Kinsey of Melbourne, spinster, to John Haddon of Montsorrel, Leicestershire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 22 Nov 1811

722 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Jacques, aged 12, son of Joseph and Mary Jacques of Melbourne, to William Draper of Long Whatton, Leicestershire, tailor, until he attains the age of 21 - 17 Jul 1812

723 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Page, aged 11, son of Thomas (deceased) and Jane Page of Melbourne, to Samuel Huss of Long Eaton, tailor, until he attains the age of 21 - 2 Apr 1813

724 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Bailey, aged 13, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Bailey, of Melbourne, to James Woollatt of Shepshed, Leicestershire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 7 Jan 1814

725 - Apprenticeship indenture of David Oaks, aged 13, son of John and Susannah Oaks of Melbourne, to James Fisher of Long Whatton, Leicestershire, framework knitter, until he attains the age of 21 - 15 Apr 1814

726 - Apprenticeship indenture of Joseph Smithard, aged 12, son of James Smithard of Melbourne, stockinger, to Thomas Barwells of Ibstock, Leicestershire, tailor, until he attains the age of 21 - 4 Aug 1815

727 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Bucknall, aged 14, son of Ann Bucknall of Melbourne, widow, to Joseph Stevenson of Thurcaston, Leicestershire, blacksmith, until he attains the age of 21 - 8 Dec 1815

728 - Apprenticeship indenture of Edward Tivey, aged 14, son of Edward and Sarah Tivey of Melbourne, to Joseph Dolman of Loughborough, Leicestershire, mason, until he attains the age of 21 - 20 Aug 1818

729 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Palmer, aged 11, son of Joseph and Sarah (deceased) Palmer of Melbourne, to Benjamin Orme of St Werburgh's parish, Derby, petrifactioner, until he attains the age of 21 - 13 Jul 1819

730 - Apprenticeship indenture of Henry Evans, aged 13, illegitimate son of Mary Evans, deceased, of Melbourne, to William Wright of St Alkmund's parish, Derby, shoemaker, until he attains the age of 21 - 12 May 1820

731 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Wright, aged 13, of Melbourne, to Hugh Shelton of Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, shoemaker, until he attains the age of 21 - 10 May 1821

732 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Worrall, aged 15, son of Samuel and Sarah Worrall of Melbourne, to William Cluer of Loughborough, Leicestershire, fellmonger, until he attains the age of 21 - 21 Oct 1822

733 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Warren, aged 14, son of John and Catherine Warren of Melbourne, to Samuel Foster of Melbourne, cordwainer, until he attains the age of 21 - 17 Jun 1824

734 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Birch, aged 12, son of Charles Birch of Melbourne, to Joseph Winfield of Draycott, tailor, until he attains the age of 21 - 13 Jun 1828

735 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Gregory, aged 13, son of Sarah Gregory of Melbourne, widow, to Thomas Simpkin of Castle Donington, Leicestershire, cordwainer, until he attains the age of 21 - 4 Dec 1828

736 - Apprenticeship indenture of Robert Hatton, aged 11, son of Mary Hatton of Melbourne, widow, to Thomas Hatton of Ticknall, cordwainer, until he attains the age of 21 - 26 Jun 1829

737 - Apprenticeship indenture of William Fairbrother, aged 14, son of John and Ellen Fairbrother of Melbourne, to Samuel Astle of Draycott, cordwainer, until he attains the age of 21 - 19 Feb 1830

738-739 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Bonsall, aged 12, son of Richard and Elizabeth Bonsall of Melbourne, to Thomas Heathcote of Whitwick, Leicestershire, painter and engraver, until he attains the age of 21 - 12 May 1831

740-741 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Dunnicliff, aged 14, son of John and Elizabeth Dunnicliff, who now reside at Ticknall, to James Toone of Thringston, Leicestershire, cordwainer, until he attains the age of 21 - 31 May 1832

742 - Apprenticeship indenture of Thomas Winfield, aged 13, son of Thomas and Sarah Winfield of Melbourne, to Matthew Richards of Worthington, Leicestershire, cordwainer, until he attains the age of 21 - 17 Jan 1833

743 - Apprenticeship indenture of John Attenbury, aged 15, son of Elizabeth Attenbury of Melbourne, widow, to James Baker of Hathern, Leicestershire, nail maker, until he attains the age of 21 - 30 Jul 1835

744 - Apprenticeship indenture of Herbert Wright, aged 10, son of Ann Wright of Melbourne, widow, to William Wright of Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, cordwainer, until he attains the age of 21 - 20 Aug 1835

745 - Act re. placing of apprentices - 1778

746-747 - Agreements for the transfer of apprentices from one master to another - 1729-1812

748 - Certificate by the vicar, churchwardens and clerk of Basford that James Godber is a fit man to take an apprentice - 1778

749-751 - Correspondence re. apprentices - 1841-1844

752 - Contract for the maintenance of the poor of Melbourne in the poorhouse at Crich - 1800

753 - Application of Thomas Kirkman’s wife for club pay with list of those subscribing - 1841

754-755 - Maintenance orders - 1774-1791

756-757 - Guarantees for maintenance - 1817-1842

758-760 - Maintenance agreements - 1741-1777

761-771 - Maintenance bonds - 1663-1771

772 - Bond whereby William Marriott, Thomas Taylor, Ralph Lomas, William Morley, and Robert Ward indemnify the parish of Melbourne in case it should happen that any of the substitutes obtained by them for Melbourne parishioners chosen to serve in the Militia should turn out to be married men. Includes a list of the substitutes. Microfilm M605 vol 14 - 1804

773 - Certification by Thomas Ordish collector of the land tax for Mickleover that the land of Gray’s charity is now in the tenure of John Bailey, that it lies in Mickleover and that the land tax on it is 15 shillings 10d. - 1814

774 - Account for making 4 coats - 1778

775-837 - Charity apprenticeship indentures - 1820-1843

838-840 - Correspondence 1723, 1839-1840 - 1723-1840

841-843 - Orders as to the making of lists of householders competent to serve as overseers of the poor - 1841-1842

844-845 - Appointments of overseers - 1842-1843

846 - Order from the Poor Law Commissioners setting up the Shardlow Union - 1837

847 - Authorisation from the Poor Law Commissioners for the expending of extra money for building a workhouse - 1839

848 - Notice from the Poor Law Commissioners concerning the sums of money to be paid to the parishes in respect of the Shardlow Dissolved Incorporation property - 1840

849 - Workhouse rules - 1842

850-851 - General orders from the Poor Law Commissioners concerning the proceedings of Boards of Guardians and duties of officers - 1842

852 - Notification from the Poor Law Commissioners concerning the discharge of the debts of the parish of Longford, 21 Mar 1844 - 1844

853 - Order to the overseers of appear before Edward Senior Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, at Shardlow Workhouse on 14 Jul 1841. Dated 3 Jul 1841 - 1841

854-855 - Blank forms for acknowledgement of paupers - [c1840]

856 - Annual report of the Shardlow Union giving the quarterly expenditure of the parishes within the union - 1838

857-882 - Extracts from the quarterly abstracts of the Shardlow Union giving numbers of paupers, both indoor and outdoor, and detailed expenditure for each parish - 1839-1844

883 - Order from the Poor Law Commissioners to the Shardlow Union for the first election of guardian - [1837]

884-885 - Orders from the Poor Law Commissioners for the holding of elections of guardians, giving regulations to be observed - 1840-1841

886 - Notice from the Shardlow Union concerning the eligibility of persons nominated as guardians - 1842

887-890 - Notice from the Shardlow Union for elections of guardians giving the number required for the parish, the qualifications necessary to be nominated and the qualifications needed to vote. The notice for 1842 is accompanied to 2 blank nomination forms - 1841-1844

891-893 - Lists of persons nominated and elected as guardians for the Shardlow Union. - 1840-1843

894 - Lists of persons elected as guardians with, in the margin, a manuscript table of the number of inhabitants of parishes at the censuses of 1831 and 1841 with increase or decrease - 1841

895-921 - Orders from the Shardlow Union for the payment by Melbourne of money from the poor rate, as Melbourne’s proportion of the expenses of the Union1839-1845 - 1839-1845

922-942 - Quarterly lists of paupers in Melbourne - 1839-1884

943-944 - Quarterly lists of paupers in Derby Hills - 1841-1842

945 - Register of freeholders compiled under the provisions of "An Act for the better securing the Rights of Persons qualified to vote at County Elections", giving names, occupation, abodes, qualifying estates and occupiers. At the front of the register is an order from the clerk of the peace concerning the compilation of the register - 1789

946 - Notice from the Clerk of the Peace to the overseers concerning the registration of electors - 1843

947-948 - Notices for return of claims to be included upon the electoral roll - 1839-1840

949-982 - Notices of claim to be included upon the electoral roll - 1840-1844

983-984 - List of persons claiming to be entitled to vote - 1839

985-1036 - Notices of objection to names being included upon the electoral roll - 1840-1844

1037-1040 - Lists of persons whose names have been objected to - 1839-1843

1041 - Election expenses of overseers - 1844

1042-1050 - Electoral rolls of persons entitled to vote in Melbourne giving names, abodes, qualifications and situation of qualifying land. One copy of the 1841 list has certain of the names marked with an ‘O’ in ink and others have an ‘X’ against the place of abode - 1841-1843

1051-1054 - Notices of intent to apply for victuallers licenses - 1839-1841

1055 - Notice of intent by William Buck to apply for the transfer of the licese of the White Lion from him to Benjamin Deaville - 1843

1056 - Memorandum of agreement between Alexander Tabberer, Joseph Bowman and Henry Fox, being conditions upon which Fox and Bowman will endorse Tabberer’s application for a victualler’s licence - 1822

1057 - Order from the clerk of the peace to the constable and overseers concerning the provision of temporary places of confinement for paupers - 1790

1058 - Inventory of Mary Carver’s goods - [18th cent]

1059 - Inventory of Samuel Follows’s goods, 14 Oct 1772 - 1772

1060 - Letter from Charles Allsopp, Thomas Plowright and John Mills to the officers of Melbourne certifying that Thomas Milns is a sober, honest and industrious man - [18th-19th cent]

1061 - Order from the Poor Law Commissioners for convening a meeting to consent to the sale of certain Castle Donnington [Leics] parish property - 1841

1062 - General order from the Poor Law Commissioners concerning the duties of overseers - 1842

1063 - Letter from the Poor Law Commissioners informing them that they are exempted from making the annual return of lunatics - 1842

1064-1066 - Letters from the Derbyshire General Infirmary to the overseers reminding them that their subscription to the infirmary is overdue - 1840-1841

1067 - Annual report of the Derbyshire General Infirmary - 1840

PP - Parish Constable - 18th-19th cent

PS - Surveyor of Highways - 1791-1833

PV - Vestry - 1851-1935

PW - Churchwardens - 18th-20th cent

PZ - Miscellaneous - 1687-1884

UL - Parish of Melbourne St Michael with St Mary: unlisted records - 1931-2011

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