Durham City Guild Apprentices Indexed records DCG 1/1-3, 7, 9-11 DCG 9/1, 3, 6, 8 DCG 2/1; SANT/GUI/DUR/1 DCG 10/2, 4-5, 7-8 DCG 3/2, 4, 7-8 DCG 11/2, 7-8, 15-16 DCG 4/1-4, 6-7 DCG 12/3 DCG 5/2, 6 DCG 13/2 DCG 6/1-2, 5 DCG 15/1-2 DCG 7/1-2 DCG 16/1 GUIDE • This index comprises a list of all Durham City Guilds apprentices recorded in the above records, in alphabetical order. • Researchers are advised to browse widely among possible variant spellings of surnames. • Apprentices’ parents or guardians’ names, where present, precede masters’ names: s abbreviates ‘son of’, and es ‘eldest son of’. • Apprentices were often re-assigned or ‘turned over’ to new masters, in which cases an additional (adjacent) entry has been made in this index. These turn overs can be identified by checking individuals of the same name, parentage and indenture/registration date within the preceding 7-10 years. (While the date of such turn overs, when reported in the original record, is recorded in an underlying database, the first indenture/registration date is repeated in this index at each of an apprentice’s subsequent turn overs to aid identification.) • Two dates are usually available for each apprenticeship record, those of the apprenticeship indenture and of registration, the latter usually within a year of the former: where both dates are recorded only the indenture date has been reproduced below. • Where an apprenticeship was cancelled or not completed ‘X’ follows the date: reasons for such cancellations vary from death, abscondment, voluntary withdrawal, enlistment or ejection. • Apprenticeship terms typically ranged from 7 to 10 years, depending on the Company, occasionally with an additional contracted year as the ‘hired man’ of the master: an apprentice might seek admittance as a freeman of the Company and of the City immediately upon the completion of his term of servitude, (he being over 21 years of age), or after a period of years. Apprentices traditionally served from the age of fourteen. The period of servitude, when known, is stated in round brackets after the admission date, where (N) indicates an unknown number of years. • Eldest sons of freemen might, upon reaching 21 years of age, in turn gain their freedom by ‘patrimony’ without serving a term of apprenticeship. In the Mercers’ Company (and, for a period, in the Drapers’ Company as well) any son of a freemen could gain his freedom in this way. Consequently the index of freemen should also be consulted in order to be sure of making a comprehensive search of the indexed guild records for any particular person. • The presence of a parent or guardian’s name does not necessarily indicate they were living at the time the apprentice was bound to his master. • Due to the incomplete state of the records there will be many instances where either only an apprenticeship or only an admission record survives for an individual, and on occasion a master will be noted for whom no apprenticeship or even admission record is extant. In general a newly admitted freeman would not immediately take on an apprentice so soon after his own apprenticeship had been completed, but for freemen admitted by patrimony this rule may not apply as consistently. • With the steady decline of the guilds’ power in the city from the 18 th century, and with increasing industrialisation, a freeman’s guild became less and less indicative of which particular trade he practised; thus, for example, a person apprenticed to a Barber in the later period will probably not have been training in the craft of a barber. • Durham freemen were exclusively male until 6 February 2012. Ackell, William son-in-law of Samuel Purvis, Belford, Northumberland, bricklayer, to William Lambton, 12 Nov 1767. Barbers Ackeradhouse, Ralph to Mark Palmer, 31 Oct 1685. Masons Ackroyd, Robert Paxton Green s Abraham Ackroyd, weaver, to Mark Hopper, 21 Feb 1801. Joiners Ackroyd, William Paxton Green s Robert Paxton Green Ackroyd, Hallgarth Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham, joiner, to Robert Paxton Green Ackroyd, 19 May 1838. Joiners Ackroyd, William Paxton Green s Robert Paxton Green Ackroyd, Hallgarth Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham, joiner, to John Parkinson, 19 May 1838. Joiners Ackroyd, William Paxton Green s Robert Paxton Green Ackroyd, Hallgarth Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham, joiner, to John Readshaw, 19 May 1838. Joiners Adams, Ralph s Thomas Adams to John Smith, 06 Jun 1822. Cordwainers Adamson, George to James Barry the elder, 27 Jun 1812. Curriers Adamson, George to James Barry the younger, 27 Jun 1812. Curriers Adamson, James s Robert Adamson to John Palmer, 08 Jul 1809. Masons Adamson, James s Robert Adamson to John Smith, 08 Jul 1809. Masons Adamson, James s Robert Adamson to Matthew Young, 08 Jul 1809. Masons Adamson, John s Elizabeth Adamson to George Mensforth, 17 Aug 1801. Plumbers Adamson, John s John Adamson to George Robinson, 12 Apr 1769. Joiners Adamson, John s John Adamson to Robert Burlinson, 12 Apr 1769. Joiners Adamson, John to John Atkinson, 24 Nov 1680. Cordwainers Adamson, John to Thomas Hucheson, 03 May 1620. Barkers Adamson, Robert Henry Jefferson s James Adamson, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, mason, to James Adamson, 25 Jun 1831. Masons Adamson, Robert s Jacob Adamson, Lambton, Durham to William Brown senior, 02 Nov 1746. Masons Adamson, Robert s Robert Adamson, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, weaver, to Mark Hopper senior, 07 Jun 1803. Joiners Adamson, Thomas to Jonathan Wood, 25 Feb 1746. Barbers Adcock, George to Thomas King, 02 Aug 1708. Cordwainers Adcocke, Nicholas son-in-law of George Bullocke to George Bullocke, 01 Nov 1707. Barbers Addamson, Robert s Robert Addamson, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham to Robert Younger, 22 Nov 1639. Masons Addison, Edward s William Addison, Willington, Durham to William Palmer, 02 Feb 1723. Masons Addison, George to Thomas Archer, 11 Mar 1687. Cordwainers Addison, Mathew s Matthew Addison, yeoman, Kilhop [Killhope], Stanhope, Durham to Marmaduke Trotter, 02 Feb 1714. Curriers Adey, Charles to Thomas Reed, 12 Jun 1754. Barbers Adey, William to Robert Burlinson, 24 Oct 1766. Joiners Ainsley, Joseph William nephew of John Ainsley, Silver Street, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, miller, to Thomas Cooper, 08 Sep 1834. Plumbers Ainsley, Ralph s Thomas Ainsley, Durham, Durham to James Barry, 07 Aug 1806. Curriers Aire, John to John French, 17 Jan 1715. Cordwainers Aire, John to Ralph Thompson, 17 Jan 1715. Cordwainers Airson, John to Thomas Miller, 01 Nov 1736. Cordwainers Airson, William to Thomas Miller, 11 Aug 1747. Cordwainers Aisley, John s John Aisley, Wolsingham, Durham, clerk, to Charles Hodgson, 11 Sep 1693. Barbers Aisley, William to John Frizell, 01 May 1697. Cordwainers Alderson, Hutchinson to William Burlison, 23 May 1778. Cordwainers Alderson, John es Joseph Alderson to Joseph Alderson, 02 Jun 1774. Joiners Alderson, Joseph to John Brass, 01 May 1744. Joiners Alderson, Nathan to John Ebdon, 15 Jan 1739. Cordwainers Alderson, William to James Walkington, 04 Mar 1728. Cordwainers Alderson, William to John Browne, 24 Aug 1637. Cordwainers Allan, George s James Allan to Thomas Clark, 14 Dec 1821. Curriers Allan, James s William Allan to John Readshaw, 30 Jan 1862. Joiners Allan, John s John Allan to John Ebdy, 06 Dec 1807. Barbers Allan, William s Hannah Allan to Robert Weelands, 24 May 1836 X. Cordwainers Allen, Anthony s John Allen to Robert Wealands, 29 Nov 1816. Cordwainers Allen, Joseph s Anthony Allen to Richard Summers, 30 Nov 1794. Cordwainers Allenson, Anthony to Simon Hutchinson, 11 Mar 1671. Cordwainers Allenson, Edward to William Lee, 07 May 1658. Cordwainers Allenson, Nicholas s William Allenson to Nicholas Lee, 01 May 1686. Curriers Allenson, Thomas s Anthony Allenson to John Sheels, 03 Oct 1698. Cordwainers Allenson, William to Christopher Armstrong, 01 Jan 1616. Cordwainers Allenson, William to John Rackett, 01 Jan 1616. Cordwainers Allinson, John to Ralph Bambridge, 30 May 1681. Cordwainers Allinson, John to Simon Hutchinson, 30 May 1681. Cordwainers Allinson, William s Katherine Allinson to Robert Eltringham, 01 May 1718. Joiners Allison, Benjamin s George Allison, yeoman, Yarm, Yorkshire to Richard Renney, 02 Feb 1768. Masons Allison, John to Christopher Emmerson, 20 Feb 1716. Cordwainers Allison, Ralph s William Allison to William Allison, 21 May 1752. Joiners Allison, William to John Allison, 09 Jun 1730. Cordwainers Allison, William to William Duckett, 09 Jun 1730. Cordwainers Almond, Thomas to Arthur Walton, 22 Sep 1680. Cordwainers Anderson, George s John Anderson to John White junior, 02 Feb 1763. Weavers Anderson, George s William Anderson to Stephen Hudson, 02 Feb 1716. Masons Anderson, Jacob s Joseph Anderson to Robert Bone, 18 Jun 1803. Cordwainers Anderson, Joseph s Joseph Anderson to John Pearson, 16 Jun 1803 X. Cordwainers Anderson, Richard to Robert Joplin, 10 Apr 1643. Cordwainers Anderson, Thomas s George Anderson, Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham to George Anderson, 30 Nov 1740. Masons Anderson, Thomas to James Walkington, 02 Feb 1744. Cordwainers Anderson, Thomas to John Rowell, 20 Oct 1624. Cordwainers Anderson, William es George Anderson to George Anderson, 30 Nov 1738 X. Masons Anderson, William to Thomas Caldcleugh, 21 Jun 1814. Curriers Anderton, Thomas to James Barrass, 01 May 1705. Cordwainers Andrew, Nicholas s Ralph Andrew, Greencroft, Durham to Peter Urwan, 27 Dec 1687. Masons Andrew, Nicholas s Ralph Andrew, Greencroft, Durham to William Reed, 27 Dec 1687. Masons Andrew, Robert s George Andrew to John Brass, 27 Feb 1772. Joiners Andrew, Thomas s Nicholas Andrew to Nicholas Andrew, 30 Nov 1728. Masons Andrew, Thomas s Ralph Andrew, Lanchester, Durham to Nicholas Andrew, 02 Feb 1705. Masons Andrew, Thomas to Thomas Harbert, 01 Aug 1747.