I've had a bit of a look in the Board of Stamps Apprenticeship Books (IR1) which have recently gone online at Ancestry, and I'm puzzled by the abbreviation "DD" which appears at the start of some entries.

The place where I first spotted it was the apprenticeship of a George DANIEL to my ancestor Richard HIRST of Badsworth, butcher, recorded on 11 Nov 1763 (IR1/23 fo223 reverse), but there are several other instances on the same page, and on other pages too. I can't see anything on that page which explains it, nor do there seem to be any clues on the opposite page recording the actual payments (fo224).

As far as I can see, the brief TNA guide to these records doesn't mention it, so I was wondering if anyone here has any ideas what it could mean, please.

Arthur