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Search the Database of the Guild of Freemen of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed Record‘s Guild of Freemen dates back to at least the 12th century, though their records are only extant locally from 1505.

Admissions of new Freemen were recorded and this website holds details of their applications. The information comprises the forenames and surname of applicant, date of his admission, occupation, residential street in Berwick or town outside Berwick, father or master’s details (forenames and surname, date of admission (there are no admission dates for masters) and notes. The database currently holds details of Freemen who were admitted between 1800 and 1940 using records held at Berwick Record Office.

Search the records to assist you with your family history, to see if you’re related to a Freeman. The notes on some records may show alternate spellings of surnames, if you can’t find an ancestor, try alternative spellings. From the results page, you can get more details about a Freeman and see if there were other sons.

Enter a surname in the Surname field below, optionally you can enter a forename or an admission date (including a 4 digit year) to reduce the number of results shown.

 

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First ForenameOther ForenamesSurnameRelationship to FatherAdmission DateOccupation
John BUGLASS only 01/05/1920 Railway Fireman
Robert ANDERSON 2nd 13/04/1920 Railway Fireman
John Alexander MOOR only 30/12/1919 Handicraft Teacher
William LILBURN eldest surviving 07/10/1919 Clerk
Frederick David LAMB 2nd 07/10/1919 Coal Miner
Hugh LAMB eldest 07/10/1919 Coal Miner
Daniel Martin BLAKEY elest 07/10/1919 Steel Worker
Andrew Hepburn LYALL 2nd 07/10/1919 Tailor
John Edmund Torrance SMITH eldest surviving 16/05/1919 Solicitor's Articled Clerk
Ninian Tounsend SANDERSON 2nd 15/04/1919 Farmer