Apprenticeship Disputes in the Lord Mayor’s Court of London 1573-1723

Dataset

Description

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The data extracts the principal information from the surviving papers in the archive of the Lord Mayor’s Court. This includes the names of apprentices (their parents, geographical origins), masters (their company and trade), the reasons for the dispute and the result of the case. Many cases include the residential address of apprentice or master.
Date made available12 Aug 2019
PublisherUK Data Service
Temporal coverage1573 - 1723
Geographical coverageUK

Keywords

  • labour relations/conflict
  • law, crime and legal systems
  • social stratification and groupings
  • history

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