of Apprentices

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Joiners
(formerly Carpenters and Joiners, Wheelwrights, Sawyers and Coopers)
Index of Apprentices and Freemen
Indexed records DCG 9/1, 3, 6,8
GUIDE
• This index comprises two lists of Durham City Guilds apprentices (list 1) and
freemen (list 2), each in alphabetical order.
• Researchers are advised to browse widely among possible variant spellings of
surnames.
• Apprentices and freemen’s 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. For freemen the date is that of their admission to freedom.
• 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.
• In addition to admission by servitude (apprenticeship) and patrimony, some
freemen were admitted by ‘redemption’. A few guilds for a time permitted
qualified incomers to buy their way into a Durham guild in order that they might
be able to trade in the city, but generally such freemen entering by redemption
were ‘gentlemen freemen’ who were admitted on the understanding that they
would not so trade. Finally, a few local MPs, national politicians and local landed
powerbrokers were admitted as honorary freemen.
• 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 18th 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.
Apprentices 1712-1883

Ackroyd, Robert Paxton Green s Abraham Ackroyd, weaver, to Mark Hopper, 21 Feb 1801.
Ackroyd, William Paxton Green s Robert Paxton Green Ackroyd, Hallgarth Street, Durham St
Oswald, Durham, joiner, to Robert Paxton Green Ackroyd, 19 May 1838.
Ackroyd, William Paxton Green s Robert Paxton Green Ackroyd, Hallgarth Street, Durham St
Oswald, Durham, joiner, to John Parkinson, 19 May 1838.
Ackroyd, William Paxton Green s Robert Paxton Green Ackroyd, Hallgarth Street, Durham St
Oswald, Durham, joiner, to John Readshaw, 19 May 1838.
Adamson, John s John Adamson to George Robinson, 12 Apr 1769.
Adamson, John s John Adamson to Robert Burlinson, 12 Apr 1769.
Adamson, Robert s Robert Adamson, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, weaver, to
Mark Hopper senior, 07 Jun 1803.
Adey, William to Robert Burlinson, 24 Oct 1766.
Alderson, John es Joseph Alderson to Joseph Alderson, 02 Jun 1774.
Alderson, Joseph to John Brass, 01 May 1744.
Allan, James s William Allan to John Readshaw, 30 Jan 1862.
Allinson, William s Katherine Allinson to Robert Eltringham, 01 May 1718.
Allison, Ralph s William Allison to William Allison, 21 May 1752.
Andrew, Robert s George Andrew to John Brass, 27 Feb 1772.
Appleby, Henry s Robert Appleby to John Readman, 29 Jun 1848.
Archibald, William s John Archibald to George Stobbs, 30 Sep 1741.
Armstrong, John s John Armstrong to William Mead junior, 12 May 1774.
Ashworth, Henry s Elizabeth Ashworth, widow, Back Lane, Durham, Durham to Thomas
Robson, 22 Jul 1822.
Atkinson, John to Robert Soulsby, 29 Sep 1751.
Atkinson, Thomas s Samuel Atkinson to William Robinson, 07 Mar 1764.
Ayre, George to Edward Hopper, 22 Dec 1748.
Ayre, Robert s William Ayre to Robert Robson, 13 Dec 1849.
Ayton, George s Francis Ayton, Durham, Durham to Francis Ayton, 23 Dec 1736.
Ayton, Robert s Francis Ayton, Claypath, Durham St Nicholas, Durham to Francis Ayton, 29
Sep 1726.
Baker, William s William Baker to John Readshaw, 07 Dec 1861.
Baker, William s William Baker to Robert Robson, 07 Dec 1861.
Barron, William s Mary Barron, widow, Framwellgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham to
Thomas Richardby, 05 Dec 1820.
Barron, William s Mary Barron, widow, Framwellgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham to
Matthew Wardell, 05 Dec 1820.
Bee, Matthew son-in-law of James Cowans, Church Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham,
whitesmith, to William Grievson, 29 Jul 1819 X.
Bell, Thomas s Anthony Bell to Thomas Caldcleugh senior, 04 May 1769.
Benson, George s John Benson, North Bailey, Durham St Mary-le-Bow, Durham to John
Benson, 08 Jun 1773.
Benson, John s John Benson to John Benson, 27 Aug 1764.
Benson, John s Thomas Benson, Durham, Durham, weaver, to George Benson, 11 Nov 1733.
Benson, Lawrence s John Benson to John Benson, 21 Dec 1768.
Benson, Thomas s John Benson to John Benson, 29 Jun 1757.
Bilton, Ralph s Ralph Bilton, Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham to Ralph Bilton, 24 Jun 1732.
Bilton, Thomas James s Thomas Bilton to William Seymour Marshall, 05 Aug 1861.
Blades, Martin s Stephen Blades to Robert Robinson, 02 Apr 1760.
Blades, Martin s Stephen Blades to Thomas Mather, 02 Apr 1760.
Blades, Martin s Stephen Blades to Thomas Watson, 02 Apr 1760.
Blakey, John s Anthony Blakey, Market Place, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, cordwainer, to
William Seymour Marshall, 11 Dec 1840.
Blenkinsop, John s Charles Blenkinsop to Richard Hodgshon, 03 Dec 1714.
Bond, John to George Ogilvie Brammer, 03 Feb 1862.
Bowes, Thomas to Robert Robinson, 01 Mar 1739.
Bowey, John s William Bowey, Claypath, Durham St Nicholas, Durham to Matthew Wardell,
31 Dec 1811.
Bowey, William s William Bowey, New Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham, cordwainer, to
Matthew Wardell, 06 Feb 1833.
Boyd, Charles s Hugh Boyd, yeoman, Saddler Street, Durham St Nicholas, Durham to Hugh
Boyd junior, 11 Jun 1800.
Boyd, Hugh s Hugh Boyd, yeoman, Durham, Durham to Thomas Young, 25 May 1791.
Bradley, John s John Bradley, Claypath, Durham St Nicholas, Durham to Thomas Hopper, 09
Oct 1839.
Bradley, Joseph s Stephen Bradley to Thomas Smith, 27 Apr 1741.
Bradley, Stephen to Joseph Smith, 11 Jun 1745.
Brammer, George Ogilvie s Thomas Brammer, Old Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham,
cordwainer, to Thomas Hopper, 24 Nov 1830.
Brammer, William s Jane Brammer, Old Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham to Thomas
Hopper, 25 Nov 1837.
Brass, John s Cuthbert Brass, Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham to Cuthbert Brass, 29 Sep
1726.
Brass, Maschael s Charles Brass to Mark Jopling, 30 Sep 1853 X.
Brass, Maschael s Charles Brass to William Jopling, 30 Sep 1853 X.
Brass, Stephen to Thomas Caldcleugh, 02 Feb 1756.
Brass, Thomas s Harriet Brass, widow, Hallgarth Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham to
Thomas Jopling senior, 26 May 1845.
Brockett, Ralph to John Bell, 27 Jul 1759.
Brockett, William to Thomas Shirley, 13 Mar 1731.
Brown, George s William Brown, Back Lane, Durham, Durham, baker, to William Grievson, 20
Dec 1824 X.
Brown, James s William Brown, Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham, joiner, to Robert Burlison,
31 May 1806 X.
Brown, John s Abraham Brown, Hallgarth Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham, cordwainer, to
Edmund Hopper, 24 Nov 1825.
Brown, John s Abraham Brown, Hallgarth Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham, cordwainer, to
William Howe, 24 Nov 1825.
Brown, Robert s Thomas Brown to Robert Robson, 01 Feb 1862.
Brown, Samuel s Samuel Brown, Langley Mill, Langley, Durham to William Hutchinson, 20
Feb 1790.
Brown, Thomas s Thomas Brown, Gilesgate, Durham St Giles, Durham to William Howe, 19
Nov 1833.
Brown, William s Jane Brown, widow to Ralph Brocket, 20 May 1780 X.
Brown, William s Thomas Brown to Robert Robson, 10 May 1847.
Brown, William to Robert Robson, 31 Dec 1833.
Buckle, Richard s Richard Buckle, Durham, Durham, joiner, to Richard Buckle, 02 Aug 1731.
Bulmer, Frederick s Thomas Bulmer to Robert Robson, 13 Aug 1843.
Bulmer, John s Thomas Bulmer to Joseph Alderson, 25 May 1779.
Bulmer, Thomas s Joseph Bulmer, Nateby, Westmorland to Thomas Coulson, 24 Mar 1714.
Bulmer, William s Francis Bulmer, Church Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham, mason, to
Robert Robson, 17 May 1838.
Burdon, Thomas s Thomas Burdon to Thomas Shadforth, 01 May 1778.
Burlison, Robert s Robert Burlison, New Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham to Robert
Burlison, 07 Dec 1789.
Burlison, Thomas s William Burlison, New Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham, joiner and
carpenter, to William Burlison, 30 May 1831.
Burlison, William s Robert Burlison, New Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham, joiner, to Robert
Burlison, 21 Dec 1796.
Burlyson, Robert to George Mowbray, 21 Feb 1757.
Burlyson, William to Robert Paxton, 14 Jan 1754.
Burnele, William Benson s Samuel Burnele, Durham, Durham to John Parkinson, 30 May
1839 X.
Burnele, William Benson s Samuel Burnele, Durham, Durham to John Renshaw, 30 May 1839
X.
Burnell, Benjamin s John Burnell, Framwellgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, tallow-
chandler, to Matthew Wardell, 22 Apr 1840.
Buston, Roger s Henry Buston, New Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham to John Smith the
elder, 29 May 1738.
Caldcleugh, Peter s Thomas Caldcleugh, Framwellgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham to
Thomas Caldcleugh, 13 Feb 1773.
Caldcleugh, Thomas s Peter Caldcleugh, Framwellgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham to
William Shepperd, 18 Apr 1726.
Caldcleugh, Thomas s Thomas Caldcleugh to Thomas Caldcleugh, 25 Jun 1754.
Caldecleugh, John s Thomas Caldeclough, Framwellgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham to
Thomas Caldeclough, 08 Dec 1838.
Carines, William s William Carines to Thomas Young, 01 Jan 1767.
Catron, Matthew s Richard Catron, Claypath, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, gardener, to John
Willey, 12 Jun 1805 X.
Clark, William s John Clark, Allahgate [Allergate], Allergate, Durham St Margaret, Durham,
cabinet-maker, to William Howe, 12 Dec 1828.
Cloyd, Robert s Mathew Cloyd, Durham, Durham to Mathew Cloyd, 15 May 1738.
Coates, John s Thomas Coates, Hallgarth Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham, labourer, to
Thomas Hopper, 09 Dec 1836.
Colling, Richard s Stephen Colling to Stephen Colling, 01 Jul 1730.
Colling, William to Gilbert Watson, 23 Mar 1725.
Constant, James son-in-law of George Waring, Spa Fields, Clerkenwell, Middlesex to Thomas
Richarby, 21 May 1799 X.
Corner, John s John Corner to Joseph Staggs, 15 Feb 1743.
Corner, William to Samuel Finch, 26 Mar 1750.
Coulson, Christopher s Thomas Coulson, Gilesgate, Durham St Giles, Durham to Thomas
Coulson, 06 Jul 1726.
Cowen, William s William Cowen, Durham, Durham to George Stobbs, 01 May 1724.
Craggs, John s Mary Craggs, Church Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham to William Seymour
Marshall, 14 Dec 1849.
Crow, George s James Crow to James Crow, 17 Nov 1761.
Crowe, James to Albert Hodshon, 01 Aug 1714.
Cummins, John to Thomas Mather, 28 Mar 1767.
Curry, John s Ann Curry, widow, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham to Matthew
Wardle, 13 Jun 1820.
Dick, David s Hugh Dick, Silver Street, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, labourer, to Peter
Caldcleugh, 09 Jun 1789.
Dickinson, John s Isabella Dickinson, Anchorage Row, Durham St Oswald, Durham to Thomas
Hopper, 14 May 1835.
Dixon, John to Thomas Shaw, 25 Jun 1747.
Dixon, Tobias s George Dixon, Saddler Street, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, weaver, to Hugh
Boyd, 25 Nov 1801.
Dixon, Tobias s George Dixon, Saddler Street, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, weaver, to Peter
Grievson, 25 Nov 1801.
Dobinson, William s William Dobinson to George Stobs, 21 Dec 1717.
Donkin, Thomas s Thomas Donkin to James Dowson, 01 Feb 1862.
Dowson, James s Margaret Dowson, Church Street, Durham St Oswald, Durham to George
Jopling, 11 Feb 1828.
Dunn, John to John Benson, 24 Nov 1760.
Dunn, Robert to Ralph Robinson, 08 Jan 1759.
Edgar, William s Thomas Edgar, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, labourer, to Peter
Grievson junior, 20 Dec 1821.
Edgar, William s Thomas Edgar, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, labourer, to Peter
Grievson senior, 20 Dec 1821.
Edgar, William s Thomas Edgar, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, labourer, to
Matthew Wardell, 20 Dec 1821.
Eggleston, William to Robert Paxton, 01 Jan 1749.
Elliot, Thomas to John Benson, 12 May 1767.
Elwood, John to Thomas Mather, 19 May 1757.
Emmerson, Henry s John Emmerson, Gilesgate, Durham St Giles, Durham, weaver, to
Thomas Richardby, 18 Apr 1801 X.
Ewbank, John son-in-law of Joseph Liddell, Old Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham,
cordwainer, to Thomas Jopling, 28 Nov 1816.
Ewbank, Thomas son-in-law of Joseph Liddell, Old Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham,
cordwainer, to Edmund Hopper junior, 31 Jul 1822.
Fairest, John grandson of Joseph Alderson, Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham, joiner, to
Joseph Alderson, 06 Mar 1801 X.
Farrow, Robert s William Farrow, yeoman, Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham to George
Stobbs, 29 May 1732.
Farrow, William s Elizabeth Farrow, widow, Claypath, Durham St Nicholas, Durham to
Thomas Richardby, 16 Jun 1802 X.
Featherstonhaugh, Alexander s John Featherstonhaugh to John Featherstonhaugh, 06 Jun
1765.
Featherstonhaugh, Ambrose s Ambrose Featherstonhaugh, Newcastle upon Tyne,
Northumberland to Thomas Young, 10 Jun 1776.
Featherstonhaugh, Ambrose s John Featherstonhaugh, junior to Robert Burlison, 04 May
1774.
Featherstonhaugh, John s Richard Featherstonhaugh to John Featherstonhaugh, 24 Jun
1742.
Featherstonhaugh, Richard s John Featherstonhaugh to John Featherstonhaugh, 05 Nov
1756.
Fell, Robert s Elizabeth Fell, widow to William Mead, 19 Dec 1781 X.
Fenwick, William s William Fenwick, Crossgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, husbandman,
to Peter Grievson, 08 Dec 1819 X.
Finch, Robert s Samuel Finch to Samuel Finch, 22 Jul 1763.
Finch, Samuel to George Benson, 10 Nov 1722.
Forster, Barnabas s John Forster, Gilesgate, Durham St Giles, Durham, bleacher, to Thomas
Richardby, 28 Nov 1791.
Forster, Henry Lofthouse s Barnabas Forster, Gilesgate, Durham St Giles, Durham, joiner, to
Valentine Grievson, 10 Jun 1820.
Forster, John s Elizabeth Forster, widow, Gilesgate, Durham St Giles, Durham to John
Maddison, 08 Jul 1833.
Forster, John s John Forster, Gilesgate, Durham St Giles, Durham, fuller, to James Young, 25
Nov 1795.
Forster, Thomas to William Mead, 02 Jul 1744.
French, John to Ralph Brocket, 12 Sep 1769.
French, John to Thomas Young, 12 Sep 1769.
Gainford, Joseph to Richard Buckley, 15 Aug 1754.
Gelson, Robert to John Blenkinsopp, 26 Apr 1725.
Gibson, John friend of George Melross, New Elvet, Durham St Oswald, Durham, cordwainer,
to Edmund Hopper junior, 28 May 1818 X.
Gibson, John s John Gibson to John Gibson, 01 Jan 1770.
Gibson, John s Thomas Gibson, Durham, Durham to Samuel Cornee, 08 Jul 1740.
Gibson, Peter s Isabella Gibson to Robert Robson, 07 Jun 1855.
Gilbertson, Robert s Richard John Pattinson Gilbertson, Claypath, Durham St Nicholas,
Durham, shoemaker, to Robert Robson, 04 Dec 1840.
Goldsberry, George s Margaret Goldsberry to John Readshaw, 07 Jun 1855.
Grainger, Thomas to Robert Robson, 08 Feb 1869.
Greeveson, Henry to George Mowbray, 02 Feb 1744.
Greeveson, Peter s Anthony Greeveson to Anthony Greeveson, 16 Sep 1723.
Greeveson, Peter s John Greeveson to John Greeveson, 24 Jun 1748.
Greeveson, Thomas s Anthony Greeveson to Peter Greeveson junior, 11 Nov 1717.
Greeveson, Valentine s William Greeveson to William Greeveson, 11 Mar 1762.
Greeveson, William s Peter Greeveson to Peter Greeveson, 27 May 1714.
Greivson, Valentine s Valentine Greivson, Framwellgate, Durham St Margaret, Durham,
joiner, to Valentine Greivson, 16 May 1796.
Grieveson, John s Peter Grieveson, Saddler Street, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, labourer, to
William Seymour Marshall, 25 May 1837.
Grieveson, John s William Grieveson to Thomas Shadforth, 08 Jan 1765.
Grieveson, Peter s Peter Grieveson, Gilesgate, Durham St Giles, Durham, joiner, to Peter
Grieveson, 29 May 1798.
Grieveson, Peter s William Grieveson to William Grieveson, 01 Jan 1770.
Grieveson, William s John Grieveson, Durham, Durham to John Grieveson, 24 Jun 1737.
Grievson, Frederick Edward s John Grievson, Saddler Street, Durham St Nicholas, Durham,
smith, to William Howe, 21 Dec 1830.
Grievson, George s Valentine Grievson, Millburngate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, joiner
and carpenter, to Valentine Grievson, 20 Dec 1803.
Grievson, John s Valentine Grievson, Millburngate, Durham St Margaret, Durham, joiner and
carpenter, to Valentine Grievson, 07 Mar 1801.
Grievson, John s William Grievson, Market Place, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, cooper, to
William Grievson, 30 Aug 1831.
Grievson, Peter s William Grievson, Gilesgate, Durham St Nicholas, Durham, cooper, to
William Grievson, 25 May 1836.