Individual results

Robert Randall's and Alice Sidney's benefit under Nicholas Chamberlaine's will, 1715. PA47/24/1.
Simon Debankes' and Joan Johnson's benefit under Henry Averell's will, 1650. PA47/33/1.
Elizabeth Fearfax' benefit under George Palmer's will, 1729. PA47/45/6.
John Howells' benefit under John Gulson's will, 1742. PA76/19.
Ann Hopes' benefit under Francis Robinson's will, 1625. PA87/13.
Draper's Company Inland Revenue taxation-receipts 1893 - 1909. PA99/10/4; PA99/12/4; PA99/13/5; PA99/14/5; PA99/15/3; PA99/16/4; PA99/17;3; PA99/18/3; PA99/19/6; PA99/20/4.
John Mead benefited under Edward Inge's will, 1836. PA101/1/279.
Joseph Thompson benefited under Ann Barnes' draft will, 1848. PA101/1/601.
Jane Morris benefited under draft wills of Edgar Overton, 1868-70. PA101/1/604,605.
Will of J.W. Perkins, 1875. PA101/2/185.
Probated will of William Bentley, 1813. PA101/4/78.
Probated will of Ann Bacon, 1857. PA101/4/105.
Draft will of William Seal, 1842. PA101/4/205.
Lady's maid's oath, 1840. PA101/6/73.
Servant's acquisition of master's clothes, 1849. PA101/6/750.
Probated will of Ann Pardoe, 1758. PA101/7/6.
Probated will of William Bunney, 1822. PA101/7/8.
Probated will of Charles Cross, 1868. PA101/7/84.
Wills of Ann Keane, 1845-52. PA101/7/228-230.
Draft wills of Joseph Soden of Warwick, 1838-46. PA101/7/249-253.
Copy will of Elizabeth Harcourt of Tamworth, 1720. PA101/7/270.
Draft will of Anne Williams of Coventry, 1890. PA101/8/418.
Draft will of Fanny Downes of Coventry, 1858. PA101/8/426.
Henry Butterworth's testamentary papers, c.1833-42. PA101/8/742-749 passim.
Probated will of Edward Reynolds of Coventry, 1832. PA101/8/803.
Draft will of John Wright of Coventry, 1853. PA101/9/52.
Draft will of William Slingsby of Coventry, 1862. PA101/9/68.
Draft will of Thomas Slingsby of Coventry, 1862. PA101/9/70.
Draft wills of Samuel Vale of Coventry, 1852 - c.1888. PA101/11/112,114.
Calculations about servants' wages, 1889, PA101/11/151.
Letter from a servant asking for charity, c.1879. PA101/11/524.
Probated will of Elizabeth Phillips of Fillongley parish, Warwickshire, 1821. PA101/11/573.
Probated will of William Shettle of Binley (1843) in whose codicil his housekeeper was named an executrix: PA101/11/618.
Draft will of Elizabeth Taylor Brisbane of Coventry, 1848. PA101/11/762.
Draft will of Mary Ann Owens of Coventry herself a servant, 1884. PA101/11/836.
Draft will of Doctor G.H. Mellor, 1843. PA101/11/997.
Memorandum about paying a deceased victualler's servants' wages,c.1840. PA101/12/20.
Loveitt & Henfrey's chemists' business, 1844. PA101/12/205.
Wills of William Douglas of Coventry, 1843-49. PA101/12/252,254.
Will of Mary Collins of Coventry, 1716. PA101/141/24.
Probated will of Thomas Crow of Coventry, 1709. PA101/147/10.
1794 copy of 1792 will of William Jackson of Kenilworth, PA02/1/5.
Will of Charles Lilly of Coventry, 1826. PA202/3/7.
Lutterworth woman's diary, 1829-30. PA208/13.
Mid-nineteenth century copy of 1743 probated will of John Gulson of Coventry. PA219/4/3.
Emma Trippas(?)' marriage-certificate, 1869. PA219/4/19.
Probated will of Joseph Newcombe of Coventry, 1818. PA221/3/2.
1819 copy of 1815 probated will of Martha Edwards. PA242/5/29.
Servant's pass (1717) for begetting bastard. PA295/16.
Warrant for commital of John Sheppard of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire for begetting bastard, 1796. PA295/17/5.
Warrant for commital of Edward Dingley of Marston Green Warwickshire for begetting bastard, 1800. PA295/17/8.
Warrant for commital of Samuel Bayliss of Ipsley (then Warwickshire, now Worcestershire) for begetting bastard, 1800. PA295/17/9.
Warrant for commital of John Newbold of Bickenhill, Warwickshire for begetting bastard, 1813. PA295/17/11.
Warrant for commital of Richard Bourn of Allesley for begetting bastard, 1830. PA295/17/19
Warrant for commital of John Sparrow of Allesley for begetting bastard, 1820. PA295/18/5..
John Bowden of Blithefield, Staffordshire, 1738. PA295/31/54.
John Beerley was successively of Kineton, Lighthorne and Offchrch (all Warwickshire) and Coventry, 1773: PA295/33/31.
Mary Evans was bound to a husbandman to learn housewifery, 1651. PA295/48/1.
Ann Hincks was bound to a husbandman to learn housewifery, 1651. PA295/48/2.
Mary Large was bound to a husbandman to learn housewifery, 1765. PA295/48/47.
Sarah Large was bound to a husbandman to learn housewifery, 1770. PA295/48/52
Elizabeth Swain was bound to a widow to learn housewifery, 1773. PA295/48/58
Ann Swain was bound to William Grant of Meriden, Warwickshire to learn housewifery, 1773. PA295/48/59.
Jane Kimberley was bound to Robert Garrett of Allesley to learn housewifery, 1775. PA295/48/60..
Sarah Swain was bound to John Coney of Allesley to learn housewifery, 1775. PA295/48/61.
Samuel Hadley of Fillongley, Warwickshire was deemed father of an Allesley bastard, 1790. PA295/55/6.
John Sheppard of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire was deemed father of an Allesley bastard, 1796. PA295/55/7.
John Lowe of Meriden, Warwickshire, farmer's servant, was deemed father of an Allesley bastard, 1823. PA295/55/13.
Affiliation-order served on Robert Pears of Coventry, 1816. PA295/56/9.
Affiliation-order served on David Clarke of Shustoke, Warwickshire, 1818. PA295/56/15.
Affiliation-order served on Joseph Thornett of Foleshill, 1821. PA295/56/17.
Affiliation-order served on Thomas Simpson of Allesley, 1821. PA295/56/21.
Affiliation-order served on Richard Davis of Allesley, 1816. PA295/56/22.
Affiliation-order served on William Allen of Allesley, 1822. PA295/56/25.
Affiliation-order served on Thomas Gaskin of Corley, Warwickshire, 1822. PA295/56/26.
Affiliation-order served on John Sparrow of Allesley, 1822. PA295/56/29
William Gilbert of Styvechale, bastardy-bond, 1775. PA295/59/17.
Bastard begotten upon Lady Hales' servant, 1706. PA295/60/2..
John Baron of London became a Coventry shag-merchant, 1764-67. PA309/74.
Interest of Thomas Hopkyns, "common servant of the city", in tenement beyond Gosford Gate, c.1587. PA346/2.
Will of Joseph Hewitt of Coventry, 1811. PA346/53.
Edward Wheeler's interest in the late Joseph Hewitt's house, 1814. PA346/54-55.
Gardener shown as becoming a watchmaker's servant before quasi-apprenticeship, 1764-67. PA358/1,2.
Will of Edward Hopkins of Coventry, 1726. PA362/7.
Housekeeper's grandson apprenticed as a watchmaker, 1862. PA368/127/71.
Richard Munton's son apprenticed to a watch-finisher, 1864. PA368/127/85.
Will of Elizabeth Sharratt of Coventry, 1623. PA371/4.
Probated will of Thomas Bayley of Coventry, 1717. PA371/6.
"Good serving girl" required, 1822. PA379/15/6.
Will of John Ballard of Coventry, 1842. PA391/11.
C.1851 copy of 1794 will of Edward Inge of Coventry. PA242/2/8.
Probated will of Elizabeth Saint Nicholas of Knowle, Warwickshire, 1726. PA242/2/12.
C.1840 copy of 1834 will of Edward Inge of Coventry, 1834. PA242/2/22.
Copy of 1803 will of Richard Burgh of Coventry. PA158/1.
Contemporary copy of 1569 (Old Style) will of William Hopkins of Coventry, PA441/1.
1755 probate copy of 1754 will of Ann Cave of Coventry. PA487/1.
Arthur Coster's interest in Hawkesbury coalmines, 1672-73. PA17/29/7.
Early eighteenth century copy of 1715 will of Reverend Nicholas Chamberlaine of Bedworth. PA17/39 fols. 1-6.
Historical notes about corporation servants, 1840. PA17/101.
Copy (late nineteenth century) of will (1672) of Sir Richard Hopkins of Coventry, PA17/119.
Vicar of Eastern Green wanting cottage for his manservant, 1887. PA279/44/3505.
Brickworks requiring no maid unlike a house, 1902. PA279/44/7755.
Servants-lack, 1915. PA279/44/12055.
Copy (early eighteenth century) of will (1709) of Humphrey Burton of Coventry. PA212/5.
Copy (no date) of will (1767) of Thomas Brockhurst of Coventry. PA214/1/31.
Office copy (no date) of will (1929) of Miss F.N. Simmons of Coventry. PA220/2.
Office copy (1894) of probate copy (1891) of will (1890) of Mrs. A.C. Troughton of Yateley, Huntingdonshire. PA216/2/3.
Susan Pritchard's release of interest in land, 1894. PA216/2/8.
Margaret Lapworth's maid, 1612. PA238/2/2.
Tanners' Company members not to set others' servants on work, late fifteenth century(?). in PA241/1 fols. 3-11.
Office copy (early eighteenth century) of will (1572) of John Hales of London. PA244/37/7.
Copy of probate copy (1813) will (1811) of John Remington of Clapton, Middlesex. PA294/9.
Letter about hiring, 1849. PA298/2.
Joyce Gebard's servant acting for her, 1627. BA/A/D/137/1.
A dyer's bequest to his man, 1685. BA/AG/23/1.
A valet as an executor, 1878. BA/A/G/23/36.
Thomas Storr of Marylebone, Middlesex was interested in a Cross Cheaping messuage, 1836. BA/A/G/29/1-2.
Probate copy (1834) of codicil (1833) of Charles Lilley of Coventry abstracted 1851. BA/A/G/34/2.XIX.
William de Derset in debt, 1328. BA/B/A/29/14.
John de Pakynton's servant was an attorney to deliver seisin, 1356. BA/B/A/89/5.
Grant of Wood End to Thomas Porter, royal valet, 1411-17. BA/B/A/108/3,5.
Tithe lawsuit involving Peter Cottys, late sixteenth century to early seventeenth century. BA/B/F/20.
Queen Mother's wardrobe-keeper had Coventry property, 1353-60. BA/B/P/17/13,21.
Probate copy (1430) of will (1429) of Agnes Cokkys of Coventry. BA/D/K/10/12.
Copy (early nineteenth century) of will (1794) of Edward Inge of Coventry. BA/D/A/47/10.
Will (1782) of Richard Hopkins of Oving, Buckinghamshire abstracted, 1868. BA/D/A/47/45.I.
Will (1556) of William Hindman of Coventry recited, 1560. BA/D/E/1/1.
Mary Peirson's servant, 1642-57. BA/E/1/9.
Thomas de Ruton, sometime servant of Sir Thomas de Ardern, was interested in Stoke land, c.1290. BA/G/F/28/30.
Corporation servants, 1545 - 1826. BA/H/G/12-20.
Henry VIII's servant occupied a Gosford Street house, early sixteenth century. BA/H/H/41/1.
Parson of Baginton, Warwickshire had a servant who owned Dead Lane land, c.1270. BA/H/H/70/1,2.
Sometime servant a draper, 1295. BA/H/H/82/3.
Demise by Ralph le Hunte to his father's servant William le Hunte of a Little Park Street messuage, 1328: BA/H/H/167/4,5.
Thomas Waydur had a Spon Street curtilage and rent, c.1290-97. BA/H/H/223/1.
Cathedral sacristan's servant was a feoffee for Coundon land, 1362. BA/H/H/336/1.
Horses for Richard III's servants[, 1485]. BA/H/Q/A79/8.
King's butler in Trinity Guild[, 1410]. BA/H/Q/A79/51.
Affected by riots[, 1525]. BA/H/Q/A79/62.
Recommendation for a city servant, early sixteenth century. BA/H/Q/A79/65C.
Sir Fulke Greville's servant's house, 1592-93. BA/H/Q/A79/72,77A.
Lord Lieutenant's servant to train city soldiers, 1617. BA/H/Q/A79/121.
Recorder wanting his servant made a freeman, 1658. BA/H/Q/A79/235B.
In specimens of corporation business, 1588 - 1772. BA/H/Q/F8/1.
Corporation payments, 1640-63. BA/H/Q/F8/9/37-41.
Corporation cook wanted money, c.1810. BA/H/Q/F20/8/7.
Reinstatement of - Chandler, 1717. BA/L/M/11/1.
Office copy of will (1828) of Sir Skears Rew of Coventry, PA1516/2/1.
Office copy (1846) of probate copy (1846) of will (1841) of John Stowe of Coventry. PA1518/3/1.
Probate copy (1796) of will (1794) of Samuel Gibbons of Allesley, PA403/162/2.
Probate copy (1879) of will (1878) of Ann Cramp of Coventry. PA436/14/1.
Probate copy (1896) of will (1895) of Thomas Beech of Coventry. PA436/19/1.
Charles Higgs' agent, 1847. PA435/6/6.
Sir Christopher Hales' 1716 will recited, 1718. PA446/1.
Codicil of Samuel Oldham of Coundon, 1814. PA454/1/5.
Office copy of probate copy (1821) of will (1818) of John Lapworth of Coventry, whereby his housekeeper received generous treatment. PA454/1/9.
Grand subsidy, 1524. PA479/1.
C.1700 copy of 1566 will of Sir Thomas White. PA482/1.
Ann Henbury "in service in Coventry", 1753. PA494/3/10.
Office copy (early nineteenth century) of will (1506) of Thomas Bond of Coventry. PA54/3/1.
Office copy (early seventeenth century) of will (1604) of Richard Barker of Coventry. PA54/137/1.
Henry Doughty, servant to Duke of Buckingham tempore Edward IV. PA54/287/2.
Registry office for servants, 1900. PA500/132/1.
A. Barrows, signature, c.1834. PA506/79/36.
Sarah Siddons had been a lady's maid, late eighteenth century. PA506/235/55.
Office copy (c.1821) of codicil (1772) of William Eborall of Atherstone. PA529/1.
Mary Marks, housekeeper, executrix and beneficiary, 1820-40. PA529/2,12(k)-(o),13-18.
Office copy of will (1802) of Ann Sadler of Coventry. PA553/3/10.
Mary Pate, housekeeper, benefited under a timbermerchant's will, 1812. PA577/3.