"Inholder"

[arkay]

Does anyone know what an "inholder" is/was? 

Thanks, and Happy New Year!

Arkay

[bekahsgran]

Hi Arkay
Inholder
Noun: Inhabitant

Anne

[Jane Eden]

Hi Arkay

Could be Innholder: Inn keeper

Ref:A dictionary of old trades, titles and occupations C Waters Countryside Books 2002

Jane 

[arkay]

Thanks for your replies, Anne and Jane.  As an occupation, "inhabitant" doesn't seem quite right, but perhaps it could be inn keeper.  (I think I've found one of my ancestors on the list of Freeholders, Ashton-under-Lyne Parish 1776, and he and several others are "inholders".)

Arkay

[behindthefrogs]

inholder- a freeholder who inhabited the property.

 This is consistent with the US term "inholding" which is piece of land on which the owner lived.

[arkay]

Hi Froggie,

Thanks for the explanation. 

Arkay

[meloury]

The enlcosed may help. My great great grandfather was a Beadle at the Innholders Hall at College St. City of London , George Harding.

Martin Eloury

[arkay]

Hi Martin,

Thanks very much for that.  It looks like I'm back to "Innkeeper" or "Hosteller", after all.  That makes more sense in the context of "Freeholder".  I think they must have just misspelt the word, leaving out one N.  But now I'm intrigued - what was a "Beadle"?!

I appreciate your help.

Arkay

[meloury]

Each City Livery Company has it "Beadle", a general factotum to the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants, and the liason officer between them and the rest of the Company. He is the Clerk's right hand man and a useful intermediary between him and the public. On state occasions he carries a mace and leads the Master Wardens in procession. He is sometimes reguarded as  a sort of sergeant-major.

Info received years ago. Must have a further look into this side of my family again, as have let the Harding research slip a bit. Thanks for reminding me

thanks Martin