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Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Registers of Licences to pass beyond the seas
Catalogue reference: E 157
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E 157
These records consist mainly of two types of register: those of soldiers taking the statutory oath of allegiance under the Act of 1609 before going to serve in the Low Countries between 1613 and 1633; and those of licences to persons going to...
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E 157
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Registers of Licences to pass beyond the seas
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Date (When the record was created)
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1573-1677
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records consist mainly of two types of register: those of soldiers taking the statutory oath of allegiance under the Act of 1609 before going to serve in the Low Countries between 1613 and 1633; and those of licences to persons going to Europe, chiefly to Holland but also Scotland and Ireland, in the period 1573-1677.
There are also several registers of passengers to New England, Barbados and other colonies between 1634 and 1639, with one of 1677. There is also a blank licence of the reign of Elizabeth I. The entries in the registers generally include date, name and destination.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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33 volume(s)
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Entries relating to the American colonies have been transcribed in J C Hotten, Lists of persons emigrating to America, 1600-1660 (London, 1874) Details of emigrants to North America are also entered in P W Coldham, The complete book of emigrants, 1607-1660 (1987) See also, P W Filby, Passenger and immigration lists index (1981)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6602/
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