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London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930 database id 2052
I know a number of questions have been asked before about this dataset and there's lots of info online about what freedom of the city means, but I'm having trouble reconciling what a particular record is supposed to represent with what the record appears to say.
The record in question is for John DARLING, son of Ambrose DARLING of Wantage, apprenticed as a carman to the widow Mary YOUNG. The document is clearly dated 1692. There is also something written on the back but I can't make head or tail of anything other than the reference ELJW/145/127.
Does the 1692 date relate to John having completed his apprenticeship at some point prior to the date of the document and being made free (which is what the title of the dataset suggests) or is it the date he was apprenticed in the first place (which is what the document suggests). Given what to modern eyes looks like a fairly unique father's name you'd think it shouldn't be difficult to work out who the document relates to - think again!
Perhaps someone who's managed to positively identify a uniquely named ancestor within this dataset could enlighten me.
If it helps and it's allowed I'll post a link to the record.
Jane :-)
ALLEN
BARR, BARRATT, BERRY, BRADLEY,BRAMLEY,BRISTOW,BROWN,BUGBIRD,BUTLER
CAIN,CARR,CHAPMAN,CHARLES,CH*LTON,CHESTER,COCKETT
COLLASON,COLLYER,CORKERY
DARLING, DENYER,DICKERSON,DOLLING,DURBAN
FARMER,FURNELL
GIBSON,GILES,GROOMBRIDGE
HALL,HAMBIDGE,HARMES,HART,HICKS,HILL,HOLLOWAY
JACKSON
K*AT*S
LANCASTER,LINTON
MCDONALD,MCFADEN,MEARS,MILLARD
NICOLAS,NOAK,NORTH
PARFIT,PORTER
RIPPINGALE,ROBINS
SEARLE,SPENCER,STEDHAM
TYLER,TILLY,TUCKWELL
WADE,WAGER,WALKER,WATSON,WEBB,WITHRINGTON,WOOD