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John Darby...Freedom of the City Admision Papers 1681-1930
« on: Saturday 18 February 23 03:01 GMT (UK) »
Hello to all you knowledgeable people.

My 4xGGrandfather, John Darby has this form saying his son, John is born in wedlock and as such has Freedom of the City Admission Papers.

Can anyone explain this to me please?

As an Aussie I have not seen this before.

Thank you so much
Chris
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Re: John Darby...Freedom of the City Admision Papers 1681-1930
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 18 February 23 08:21 GMT (UK) »
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: John Darby...Freedom of the City Admision Papers 1681-1930
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 18 February 23 08:35 GMT (UK) »
Oooookaaay!?

Thank you Girl Guide for that.

So this family were in Pitney and I believe the father also had freedom of the city.
Question...would they have been liverymen? From Somerset?
As far as I know, they were farmers.
John Darby was the name.

Cheers,
Chris
Berg - Uppsala, Sweden
Bissett - Scotland
Butler - Yorkshire
Butt - Dorset
Butterworth - Yorkshire
Cave - Somerset
Darby - Somerset
Grierson - Scotland
Kruger/Krueger - Prussia, Germany
Lecher - Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany
Levick - Nottinghamshire, UK
Molde - Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark/Germany
Oram - Wiltshire & Somerset, UK
Randell - Devon, UK
Savren - Dorset, UK
Weilbach - Denmark & South Africa
Williams - Cornwall, UK

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Re: John Darby...Freedom of the City Admision Papers 1681-1930
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 18 February 23 08:59 GMT (UK) »
It looks as though the father was a "joyner", modern spelling would be joiner, i.e. carpenter.  One has to assume that the son chose to be a farmer.  There is no mention on the certificate of what John junior's occupation was.

A little snippet of information:-

The original three routes to the freedom, via the livery companies, still exist. An individual can become a freeman of a livery company by servitude (apprenticeship), patrimony (either parent being a member of that livery company), or redemption (general admission, the criteria varying by livery company).

So it looks as though if the father was a Freeman a son could also become one.
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire


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Re: John Darby...Freedom of the City Admision Papers 1681-1930
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 18 February 23 09:08 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou Girl Guide for your help.

We colonials are a bit foggy!

Cheers,
Chris
Berg - Uppsala, Sweden
Bissett - Scotland
Butler - Yorkshire
Butt - Dorset
Butterworth - Yorkshire
Cave - Somerset
Darby - Somerset
Grierson - Scotland
Kruger/Krueger - Prussia, Germany
Lecher - Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany
Levick - Nottinghamshire, UK
Molde - Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark/Germany
Oram - Wiltshire & Somerset, UK
Randell - Devon, UK
Savren - Dorset, UK
Weilbach - Denmark & South Africa
Williams - Cornwall, UK