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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
James LOUGH 2nd 10/4/1932 Railway Employee
David Hilton Scott LOUGH 2nd 10/4/1932 Labourer
Cyril George Kay THOMPSON eldest 10/4/1932 Doctor
Robert Henry Willoby RICHARDSON 1st 10/4/1932 Architect
William Clarke WALLACE eldest 10/25/1932 Plasterer
Wilfrid Alec. CLEGHORN only 8/9/1933 Clerk in Holy Orders
Joseph BANNISTER eldest 10/3/1933 Analytical Chemist
Stephen Adamson Carr LOUGH 2nd 10/3/1933 Signalman
Alfred James Wallace CARR 2nd 10/9/1933 Hardware Merchant
William HENDERSON Eldest 10/2/1934 Butcher