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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
Alfred James Wallace CARR 2nd 09/10/1933 Hardware Merchant
Stephen Adamson Carr LOUGH 2nd 03/10/1933 Signalman
George Brown EVANS 2nd 03/10/1933 Motor Mechanic
Joseph BANNISTER eldest 03/10/1933 Analytical Chemist
Wilfrid Alec. CLEGHORN only 09/08/1933 Clerk in Holy Orders
Harry Gilbert GREGG eldest 25/07/1933 Clerk
George Darrie GRAY 4th 24/12/1932 Cook RN
William Clarke WALLACE eldest 25/10/1932 Plasterer
Robert Henry Willoby RICHARDSON 1st 04/10/1932 Architect
Cyril George Kay THOMPSON eldest 04/10/1932 Doctor