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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 PATTISON 2nd 8/11/1936 Salesman
Horace Vernon LYALL Only 10/6/1936 Gentleman
Gordon Holmes CHRISTISON 2nd 8/31/1936 Nurseryman
Samuel Page STEAVENSON Only 12/21/1934 Student of Divinity
James Fraser BLAKEY 2nd 6/23/1937 Shipyard Foreman
William LOUGH Eldest 6/29/1937 Labourer
William BROWN eldest 10/4/1932 Railway Porter
George FISACKERLY Eldest 8/4/1937 Bricklayer
George Darrie GRAY 4th 12/24/1932 Cook RN
William Dancy HERRIOTT Only 9/15/1934 Painter