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    perisama
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    Question Settlement papers

    How does one go about finding Settlement papers. i have been searching Oxfordshire where my chap settled but no luck. I don't know where he originated from.

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    Hi there - I am no expert but I think that if he had a job and could support himself and his family there would have been no need for settlement papers. I think it was only an issue if you had no work and turned up looking for work that the locals were worried that you might be a drain on their resources. Then you would need a guarantee from your own area that they would pay your way if you fell on hard times. I think that records for this sort of thing occur in Vestry minutes.
    I bet someone else on here knows more than me about it though! Do you know what his occupation was?

    Sue

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    Quote Originally Posted by perisama
    How does one go about finding Settlement papers. i have been searching Oxfordshire where my chap settled but no luck. I don't know where he originated from.
    Examinations and settlements for Oxfordshire should be held by Oxfordshire RO - but they don't always survive. What period are you looking at?

    Quote Originally Posted by sueannbowen
    I think that if he had a job and could support himself and his family there would have been no need for settlement papers
    In the hope that my memory hasn't failed, settlements were gained by:

    Renting a tenement woth more than £10 per annum
    Paying poor rates
    Serving as a parish officer
    Being bound apprentice in the parish by indenture
    Serving a year in service, if unmarried
    Being hired as a labourer for one year

    I'm sure someone will add any which I've forgotten.

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    James PRATT was a shoemaker around the mid 1700's. I contacted the Northampton shoe museum cos they keep records going way back but he wasn't there. Oxford have no record of him and now I think I will have to start searching all the surrounding Counties.

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    Geoffers
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    If he was a shoemaker around the mid-1700's he may appear in the Board of Stamps apprencticeship books

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    sueannbowen
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geoffers View Post
    In the hope that my memory hasn't failed, settlements were gained by:

    Renting a tenement woth more than £10 per annum
    Paying poor rates
    Serving as a parish officer
    Being bound apprentice in the parish by indenture
    Serving a year in service, if unmarried
    Being hired as a labourer for one year

    I'm sure someone will add any which I've forgotten.
    I ust have been thinking of something else then. Sorry.

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    perisama
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    Can I be a cheeky so and so and ask if anyone has a copy of the Board of stamps apprenticeship books ? And wouls they be willing and able to see if my James Pratt ,Shoemaker is therein?

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    In case it helps, abstracts of the Apprenticeship Tax Books are available online at Origins.net, which has a 72 hour subscription option.

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    Geoffers
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    See Kerrywood's reply above

    Quote Originally Posted by perisama
    Can I be a cheeky so and so and ask if anyone has a copy of the Board of stamps apprenticeship books ? And wouls they be willing and able to see if my James Pratt ,Shoemaker is therein?
    In case you aren't aware, this is a rather big favour that you are asking. These are facsimiles of original books and are not indexed, although partially arranged by county. I have extracted and indexed the 10,000+ entries for Norfolk, which may give you some idea of the numbers of records available.

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    perisama
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    Ah... no I didn't realise... better if I go to Parish Chest then and do some shopping.

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