Record Search

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.

 

Search:
First ForenameOther ForenamesSurnameRelationship to FatherAdmission DateOccupation
Wilfred Weston FORSYTH 4th surviving 12/11/1907 Farmer
John Drummond HOGG 2nd 21/11/1907 Student Interpreter
James MACE 3rd 30/05/1908 Stone Mason
Edward Andrew COCKBURN 2nd 16/06/1908 Writing Clerk
Albert Ross SANDERSON 6th 27/06/1908 Farmer
Charles Edwin BUTEMENT Youngest 07/07/1908 Mine Manager
Francis BROWN Only 07/07/1908 Cabinet maker
Robert Hannan WEATHERLY 2nd 23/07/1908 Plasterer
freemenofberwick.org.uk/staging22/participant-information/?pdb=4150
John Thomas HOW 2nd 31/08/1908 Maltsman