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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 Richardson WOOD only 25/05/1928 Farm Student
James Sutherland EVANS 3rd 04/10/1927 Engineer
William Gilroy EVANS eldest 04/10/1927 Labourer
Geoffrey WOOD eldest surviving son 04/10/1927 Farmer
Arthur Byram GOWAN only 04/10/1927 Engineer
Richard Henry SLACK eldest 04/10/1927 Motor Engineer
William LOUGH 1st 19/09/1927
Ernest SANDERSON 2nd 05/10/1926 Motor Proprietor
John ROWLAND 3rd 05/10/1926 Boiler Maker
David ROWLAND 2nd 05/10/1926 Labourer