Search through 99,098 occupational records of The Company of Watermen and Lightermen for the period 1688-2010. The collection includes records from the Corporation of Trinity House, Thomas Doggett coat and badge race and binding and reassignment records from The Company.
Search through 99,098 occupational records of The Company of Watermen and Lightermen for the period 1688-2010. The collection includes records from the Corporation of Trinity House, Thomas Doggett coat and badge race and binding and reassignment records from The Company.
This collection comprises the following records:
1692-1949
82,238 records of apprentice binding books, which include details of each apprentice's binding to his master.
1688-1908
A list of apprentices who were reassigned from one master to another 12,410 records, including information about both masters and apprentices.
1715-2015
A record of all known competitors who rowed in the annual Thomas Doggett Coat & Badge race 1715-2010 4,402 records.
1829-1864
A register of licences granted to ex-mariners to work as watermen on the River Thames 1829-1864 90 records.
These records are licensed from local specialist Rob Cottrell.