Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section

Livery Company Membership Guide


Dyers' Company


NB: MICROFILM: Mss 8167/4 and 32935 must be consulted on microfilm.


FREEDOM REGISTERS:

Ms 8167/1 1650-1703 (Unindexed)
              /2 1706-35 (Unindexed)
              /3 1735-1826 (Indexed from 1755 in Ms 32935)
              /4 1826-1984 (Indexed in Ms 32935)

ALPHABETICAL LISTS OF FREEMEN:

Ms 8168/3                         1650-1829                         (Gives dates of freedom)

Ms 32935                          1755-1996                         (Arranged in alphabetical groups; gives dates of freedom and abode)

APPRENTICE BINDINGS BOOKS:

Ms 8170/1 1694-1712 (Orphans' Tax book; unindexed)
     
Ms 8169 1706-1746 (Unindexed)
     
Ms 8170/2 1722-1861 (Orphans' Tax book; unindexed)

ALPHABETICAL LISTS OF APPRENTICES:

Ms 8171/1 1649-1706 (All vols give dates of binding)
              /4 1706-1829  
              /5 1829-1900  

See also Cliff Webb's London Livery Company Apprenticeship Registers, Vol.25 Dyers' Company 1706-46 (1999). Compiled from Ms 8169. Indexed by names of apprentice and master, subjects and places. Available in Guildhall Library Printed Books Section and Manuscripts Section reading room.

QUARTERAGE BOOKS:

Ms 8172 1632-43, (Yeomanry only; unindexed)
  1646-65  

COURT MINUTES:

Ms 8164/1-15 1682-1899 (All vols unindexed)

Last updated July 2007

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