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From: "John Russell" <>
Subject: [COVENTRY-L] COVENTRY U/K New book on 1833/5
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:36:16 -0000


I know most of the readers are from over the Big Pond !, but my 1st attempt at writing
about my city ( Coventry of course the home of the motor car and jet engine ).

"A Collection from Coventry's Past"
Freeman,Suitors & Precepts
Well over 9,000 people from the period 1833 to 1835.

>From the following sources;

COURT LEET SUITORS
Once a year a rate was collected from the householder in each Ward , lucky for us these
records are still
available and make a good record of the number of Head of house within each Ward.
This was NOT a census as we know it, but can be a aide to finding that "Missing
Person".

PRECEPTS
These are the old type "Warrants" for a persons arrest or sale of Chattels and sometimes
a list of the people who where the Jurors of the Trial .
These records have the information of just how much in debt they were, and to who they
owed the money !.

FREEMEN
These are from the 1834 Voters List .

DUPLICATION of ENTRIES
If the same surname and Christian name appear in more than on entry ;
Court Leet + Voter (Freeman) + Trade + Perseps ( BA/E/K/13/ files) .

This could mean either the same person entered 2, 3 or 4 times or different people with
the same names.
Further research is required to clarify any entry, the information within is meant as a
starting point to look
even deeper into a persons records, and to assist the researcher by listing some of many
records held in both
the Coventry Achieves and the Local Studies Section of Coventry Library.

WHY 1833/4
Civil registration started in England , so its the starting point for some and the end
for others .
The first FULL census was just over 7 years away, so most of people appearing within
this book should be in the 1841 census.

These records are available in the following formats;
ISBM 1 902898 001 A4 sized printed book @ £5.00p.
ISBM 1 902898 002 3.5" disc in Microsoft Works 4.0 format. *
ISBM 1 902898 003 3.5" disc in Microsoft Works 3.0 format. *
ISBM 1 902898 004 3.5" disc in Text (DOS) format. *
ISBM 1 902898 005 3.5" disc in Microsoft Works 3.0 MAC format. *
(Items marked * can be sent via E-mail on receipt of payment)
Disc's are supplied @ £3.00p each without pictures, these are 50p extra.
Postage book = USA £3, AU & NZ £3.50p, U.K. £1
Disc= USA £1.10p, AU £1 .20p, NZ £1.20p
Order from
John Russell 5 Chepstow Close, Willenhall, Coventry, CV3 3HG.

More information on http://www.cwn.org.uk/index.html
orhttp://www.cwn.org.uk/heritage/family-history/john-russell/990221-1833-35.htm

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