In this collection
- Apothecaries' Society apprenticeships
- Armourers' & Brasiers' Company apprenticeships
- Basketmakers' Company apprenticeships
- Blacksmiths' Company apprenticeships
- Bowyers' Company apprenticeships
- Brewers' Company apprenticeships
- Broderers' Company apprenticeships
- Brown Bakers' Company apprenticeships
- Butchers' Company apprenticeships
- Carmens' Company apprenticeships
- Coachmakers' & Coach Harness Makers' Company apprenticeships
- Combmakers' Company apprenticeships
- Cooks' Company apprenticeships
- Curriers' Company apprenticeships
- Cutlers' Company Apprenticeships
- Distillers' Company apprenticeships
- Dyers' Company apprenticeships
- Fanmakers' Company apprenticeships
- Farriers' Company apprenticeships
- Feltmakers' Company Apprenticeships
- Fishmongers' Company apprenticeships
- Fletchers' Company apprenticeships
- Founders' Company apprenticeships
- Framework Knitters' Company apprenticeships
- Fruiterers' Company apprenticeships
- Glass-Sellers' Company apprenticeship
- Glaziers' Company apprenticeships
- Glovers' Company apprenticeships
- Gold And Silver Wyre Drawers' apprenticeships
- Grocers' Company apprenticeships
- Gunmakers' Company apprenticeships
- Horners' Company apprenticeships
- Innholders' Company apprenticeships
- Ironmongers' Company apprenticeships
- Longbowstring Makers' Company apprenticeships
- Loriners' Company apprenticeships
- Makers Of Playing Cards' Company apprenticeships
- Masons' Company apprenticeships
- Musicians' Company apprenticeships
- Needlemakers' Company apprenticeships
- Painter-Stainers' Company Apprenticeships
- Pattenmakers' Company apprenticeships
- Paviors' Company apprenticeships
- Pewterers' Company Apprenticeships
- Pinmakers' Company apprenticeships
- Plaisterers' Company apprenticeships
- Plumbers' Company apprenticeships
- Poulters' Company apprenticeships
- Saddlers' Company apprenticeships
- Spectaclemakers' Company apprenticeships
- Tallow Chandlers' Company Apprenticeships
- Tinplateworkers' Company apprenticeships
- Tobaccopipemakers' Company apprenticeships
- Turners' Company Apprenticeships
- Tylers' & Bricklayers' Company apprenticeships
- Upholders' Company apprenticeships
- Vintners' Company apprenticeships
- Wax Chandlers' Company apprenticeships
- Woolmens' Company apprenticeships
Livery companies included in London Apprenticeship Abstracts
Detailed notes are provided here on the sources used for each of the livery companies included in the London apprenticeship abstracts. The references to "GL" manuscripts identify original documents at the Guildhall Library, London.
This table lists all of the livery companies whose apprentice records have been abstracted and indexed. Click the company name in the left-hand menu for more details.
These notes have been adapted from the those appearing within the London Apprentices booklets published by the Society of Genealogists and authored by Cliff Webb (all except apothecaries) and Patrick Wallis (Apothecaries).
Company | No. abstracts | Period of records |
|---|---|---|
Apothecaries | 2,088 | 1617-1669 |
Armourers & Brasiers | 3,509 | 1607-1800 |
Basketmakers | 1,385 | 1637-1824 |
Blacksmiths | 13,252 | 1594-1804 |
Bowyers | 497 | 1680-1806 |
Brewers | 5,858 | 1531-1800 |
Broderers | 886 | 1679-1713, 1763-1800 |
Brown Bakers | 657 | 1615-46 |
Butchers | 9,680 | 1585-1800 |
Carmen | 2,444 | 1668, 1678-1800 |
Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers | 3,802 | 1677-1800 |
Combmakers | 42 | 1744-50 |
Cooks | 3,073 | 1654-1800 |
Curriers | 2,737 | 1628-1800 |
Cutlers | 5,752 | 1442-1800 |
Distillers | 1,713 | 1659-1811 |
Dyers | 2,311 | 1706-1746 |
Fan Makers | 43 | 1775-1805 |
Farriers | 3,708 | 1619-1800 |
Feltmakers | 4,069 | 1669-1800 |
Fishmongers | 8,318 | 1614-1800 |
Fletchers | 119 | 1739-54, 1767-1808 |
Founders | 3,390 | 1643-1800 |
Framework Knitters | 229 | 1727-30 |
Fruiterers | 169 | 1750-1815 |
Gardeners | 136 | 1764-1850 |
Glass-Sellers | 915 | 1664-1812 |
Glaziers | 1,676 | 1694-1800 |
Glovers | 1,055 | 1675-79, 1735-48, 1766-1804 |
Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers | 1,261 | 1693-1837 |
Grocers | 10,964 | 1629-1803 |
Gunmakers | 1,837 | 1656-1800 |
Horners | 154 | 1731-1800 |
Innholders | 1,516 | 1642-43, 1654-70, 1673-1800 |
Ironmongers | 2,826 | 1655-1800 |
Longbowstring Makers | 297 | 1604-68, 1709, 1714-17 |
Loriners | 470 | 1722-31, 1759-1800 |
Makers of Playing Cards | 508 | 1675-1760 |
Masons | 1,881 | 1663-1805 |
Musicians | 735 | 1765-1800 |
Needlemakers | 1,503 | 1664-1801 |
Painter-Stainers | 3,919 | 1666-1800 |
Pattenmakers | 1,322 | 1673-1805 |
Paviors | 951 | 1568-1800 |
Pewterers | 5,221 | 1611-1800 |
Pinmakers | 343 | 1691-1723 |
Plaisterers | 2,990 | 1597-1662, 1698-1800 |
Plumbers | 1,970 | 1571-1800 |
Poulters | 1,429 | 1691-1729, 1754-1800 |
Saddlers | 199 | 1657-66, 1800 |
Spectaclemakers | 829 | 1666-1800 |
Tallow Chandlers | 6,062 | 1629-1800 |
Tinplate Workers | 2,320 | 1666, 1668, 1676, 1681, 1683-1800 |
Tobacco Pipe Makers & Tobacco Blenders | 8 | 1800 |
Turners | 7,400 | 1604-1800 |
Tylers & Bricklayers | 3,728 | 1612-44, 1668-1800 |
Upholders | 1,319 | 1704-72 |
Vintners | 19,055 | 1609-1800 |
Waxchandlers | 1,130 | 1666-1800 |
Woolmen | 619 | 1665-1828 |