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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 Robertson Bell eldest 09/07/1805 Victualling Office
John Pearson 19/07/1805 Sadler
James Davidson eldest 30/08/1805 Mailguard
George Bell 2nd 13/09/1805 Cooper
Thomas Oswald eldest 02/10/1805 Clerk Victualling Office
John Baillie 2nd 11/10/1805 Farmer
Ralph Waite 4th 11/10/1805 Cooper
John Weatherburn 2nd 03/01/1806 Smith
William COMPTON eldest 29/01/1806
Robert Charters 4th 15/01/1806 Ship Master