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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
William Henry DODDS eldest 27/02/1919 Farmer
William BROWN 5th 01/10/1918 Scottish Rifles
John Alexander RICHARDSON 2nd 01/10/1918 RAF
Bartholomew WEATHERBURN eldest 01/10/1918 Private Northern Cyclists
Ralph LYALL eldest surviving 01/10/1918 Private - Machine Gun Corps
John LYALL 2nd & eldest surviving 01/10/1918 Private DLI
James ANDERSON 4th 01/10/1918 Plumber
John Alexander MACE only 28/09/1918 Railway Fireman
Robert James CAIRNS eldest 20/09/1918 Civil Servant
Joseph Heron Swan WEATHERLY 5th 07/08/1918 Corporal NF