Thank you everybody for your replies. Here is an update. I have found some "articles of clerkship" at Ancestry and at the National Archives. Under "FAIRLESS" Ancestry have three entries, all for Edward Thomas Fairless, son of the Edward of my interest. I don't have a sub to Ancestry so can only see the index entries. There is also one entry for FAIRLESS, for Edward Thomas 1793, at the National Archives but I would need to visit to see it. Edward Thomas was born abt 1777 so he must have been apprenticed when 16 or so. So far, it looks like there are no surviving papers for Edward b. abt 1738. His apprenticeship might have started about 1754 or so. He could only marry after completing his clerkship - he married Ann HUMPHRIES in Jun 1763. I'll keep digging! P.S. Jenny's post has just arrived. I'll send this anyway and then read her welcome post. Thanks Jenny! Regards Graham On 30/05/2013 7:31 a.m., Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi both > > One at least is available on Ancestry > > England and Wales, Law List, 1843 > > Probably to late for your needs > > No FAIRLESS listed > > There is also one at least on archive.org but although labelled 1841 its > actually 1907 > > There may be more under slightly different names > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >
Hi graham, sorry I haven't replied to your fairless discussion as I am away in Greece at the moment.. Hopefully I will be able to add some comments on my return.. Yours John ayton Sent from my iPad On 30 May 2013, at 00:11, "Graham & Christine Fairless" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you everybody for your replies. Here is an update. > > I have found some "articles of clerkship" at Ancestry and at the > National Archives. Under "FAIRLESS" Ancestry have three entries, all for > Edward Thomas Fairless, son of the Edward of my interest. I don't have a > sub to Ancestry so can only see the index entries. There is also one > entry for FAIRLESS, for Edward Thomas 1793, at the National Archives but > I would need to visit to see it. Edward Thomas was born abt 1777 so he > must have been apprenticed when 16 or so. > > So far, it looks like there are no surviving papers for Edward b. abt > 1738. His apprenticeship might have started about 1754 or so. He could > only marry after completing his clerkship - he married Ann HUMPHRIES in > Jun 1763. > > I'll keep digging! > > P.S. Jenny's post has just arrived. I'll send this anyway and then read > her welcome post. Thanks Jenny! > > Regards > Graham > > > On 30/05/2013 7:31 a.m., Nivard Ovington wrote: >> Hi both >> >> One at least is available on Ancestry >> >> England and Wales, Law List, 1843 >> >> Probably to late for your needs >> >> No FAIRLESS listed >> >> There is also one at least on archive.org but although labelled 1841 its >> actually 1907 >> >> There may be more under slightly different names >> >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > .. > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply...... Thank you! > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message