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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
Peter Johnson SAMPLE 2nd 08/04/1929 Ship's Cook
Edward Godfrey LAMB 3rd 02/10/1928 Baker
William Swinnock LYALL 4th 02/10/1928 Blacksmith
Ian Robertson ALDER 2nd 02/10/1928 Farm Student
George FISACKERLY 3rd 02/10/1928 Bricklayer
Charles Edward HERRIOTT 3rd 02/10/1928 Motor Driver
John Oswald Harold Derry HERRIOTT 2nd 02/10/1928 Fireman L & NER
William HERRIOTT 1st 02/10/1928 Postman
William HERRIOTT son of 22/09/1928 Railway Employee
Hugh Thomas THOMPSON 3rd 02/07/1928 Lieu, 1st Border Reg.