The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London

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The Registers of apprentices were for a long period kept in Latin, e.g.:

28th July, 1658. Mathew Moy fil̃l̃ M.M. nuper de com̃ Staford vintener̊ defunct: põ: se ap̃p. Tho. Pace Watchmaker pro 7 annis a die dãt.

The following is an example of a boy being bound to a freewoman of the Company.

23rd June, 1658. Daniel Alderson fil̃l̃ Jacobi A. nuper Civ. et B. S. Londini defunct põ: se ap̃p. matri suo Katherine Alderson pro 8 annis a die dãt.

And here is an instance of a girl, the daughter of a “gentleman,” being bound to a Barber-Surgeon and to his wife.

18th December, 1660. Katharina Bowghy fiɫ. Georgii B. de Addley in com̃ Stafford gent. defunct põ: se ap̃p W^mo Bennett B.C. et Marthæ uxori ejus pro 7 annis a die dãt.

FREEMEN.