The History of Lincoln Waites
Archived Documents and Books Consulted
All items listed on this page are held at the County Repository, Lincolnshire Archives, St Rumbold Street, Lincoln, LN2 5AB, England. Telephone (01522) 526204.
Chamberlains' Rolls
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 35/ 1834-1835
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 78/ 1833-1834
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 153/ 1832-1833
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 72/ 1831-1832
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 79/ 1830-1831
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 1829-1830 [not consulted - missing]
- Chamberlains' Rolls: ??/ 1828-1829
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 75/ 1827-18228
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 63/1826-18227
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 34/ 1825-18226
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 77/ 1824-1825
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 74/ 1823-1824
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 36/ 1822-1823
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 73/ 1821-1822
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 68/ 1820-1821
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 65/ 1819-1820
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 24/ 1818-1817
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 70/ 1817-1818
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 64/ 1815-1816
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 26/ 1812-1813
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 67/ 1811-1812
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 66/ 1810-1811
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 23/ 1809-1810
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 80/ 1808-1809
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 27/ 1807-1808
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 127/ 1806-1807
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 56/ 1805-1806
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 81/ 1804-1805
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 95/ 1803-1804
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 126/ 1802-1803
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 38/ 1801-1802
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 82 & 156/ 1800-1801
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 120/ 1799-1800
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 121/ 1798-1799
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 96/ 1797-1798
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 122/ 1796-1797
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 119/ 1795-1796
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 124/ 1794-1795
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 118/ 1793-1794
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 125/ 1792-1793
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 128/ 1791-1792
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 91/ 1790-1791
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 90 & 50/ 1789-1790
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 12/ 1788-1789
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 183/ 1787-1788
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 61/ 1786-1787
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 71/ 1785-1786
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 117/ 1784-1785
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 39/ 1783-1784
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 100/ 1782-1783
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 108/ 1781-1782
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 123/ 1780-1781
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 89/ 1779-1780
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 107/ 1778-1779
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 22/ 1777-1778
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 169/ 1776-1777
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 106/ 1775-1776
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 94/ 1774-1775
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 105/ 1773-1774
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 88/ 1772-1773
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 104/ 1771-1772
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 103/ 1770-1771
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 8/ 1769-1770
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 140/ 1768-1769
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 5/ 1766-1767
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 6/ 1765-1766
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 4/ 1764-1765
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 16/ 1763-1764
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 13/ 1762-1763
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 14/ 1761-1762
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 17/ 1760-1761
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 15/ 1759-1760
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 19/ 1758-1759
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 18/ 1757-1758
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 139/ 1756-1757
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 21/ 1755-1756
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 20/ 1754-1755
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 109/ 1753-1754
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 7/ 1752-1753
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 2/ 1751-1752
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 113/ 1750-1751
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 146/ 1749-1750
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 110/ 1748-1749
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 136/ 1747-1748
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 11/ 1746-1747
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 116/ 1745-1746
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 135/ 1744-1745
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 1/ 1743-1744
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 138/ 1742-1743
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 59/ 1741-1742
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 132/ 1740-1741
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 147/ 1739-1740
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 48/ 1738-1739
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 148/ 1737-1738
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 62/ 1736-1737
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 54/ 1735-1736
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 58/ 1734-1735
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 149/ 1733-1734
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 69/ 1732-1733
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 60/ 1731-1732
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 55/ 1730-1731
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 141/ 1729-1730
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 115/ 1728-1729
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 133/ 1727-1728
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 112/ 1726-1727
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 111/ 1725-1726
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 131/ 1724-1725
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 114/ 1723-1724
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 137/ 1721-1722
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 134/ 1720-1721
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 142/ 1719-1720
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 102/ 1718-1719
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 99/ 1717-1718
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 145/ 1716-1717
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 144/ 1715-1716
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 129/ 1714-1715
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 92/ 1713-1714
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 101/ 1712-1713
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 98/ 1711-1712
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 93/ 1710-1711
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 97/ 1709-1710
- 1703-1709 - missing
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 53/ 1702-1703
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 130/ 1701-1702
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 52/ 1700-1701
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 51/ 1699-1700
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 152/ 1698-1699
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 30/ 1697-1698
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 154/ 1696-1697
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 57/ 1695-1696
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 31/ 1694-1695
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 155/ 1693-1694
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 49/ 1692-1693
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 29/ 1691-1692
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 37/ 1690-1691
- 1686-1690 - missing
- Chamberlains' Rolls: 150/ 1685-1686
- Prior to 1685 - missing
Lincoln City Account Books
- Abstract of Mayors' Accounts 1831 - 1834: L1/6/13
- Accounts of Chamberlains: L1/4/3/1
- Accounts of Chamberlains: L1/4/3/2
- Accounts of Chamberlains: L1/4/3/3
- Accounts of Chamberlains: L1/4/3/4
- Accounts of Samuel Lyon, Town Clerk 1785: L1/6/6(a) and (b)
- Corporation Cash Book of John Hayward 1816-1818: L1/4/6
- Mayors' Accounts 1764-1787: L1/4/1/1
- Mayors' Accounts 1788-1812: L1/4/1/2
- Mayors' Accounts 1812-1821: L1/4/1/3
- Mayors' Accounts 1821-1835: L1/4/1/4
- Mayors' Accounts 1809-1835: L1/4/2
Minute Books
The City Council Minute Books contain quite a few references to Waits, but you do need to take your time and read everything in order to uncover their secrets.
- Entries of the Common Council: L1/1/1/3 (1565-1599)
- Minutes of the Common Council: L1/1/1/6 (1655-1710)
- Minutes of the Common Council: L1/1/1/7 (1710-1800)
- Minutes of the Common Council: L1/1/1/8 (1800-1835)
- Minutes of the Common Council: L1/1/1/9 (1836-1847)
- Minutes of the Common Council: L1/1/1/10 (1848-1865)
- Extract of Minutes of Various Sub-Committees: L1/1/8/1 (1856-1857)
Miscellaneous City Council Books and Documents
- Archivist's Report 18, 1st April 1966 - 31st March 1967 (Lincolnshire Archive Committee)
- Badges of Waits 1852: Lincoln City Parcels, Box 43 (missing)
- Catalogue of Mayors and Officers: LCC/5011
- City of Lincoln List of Books belonging to the Mayor & Corporation, now preserved in the Muniment Room. Published 1904.
- Declarations of Officers 1835-1857: L1/5/7/1-4
- Duties & Salaries of the Subordinate Officers of the Corporation [c.1855]
- Enrolment and Franchisement (of Freemen): L1/5/4/1 & 2
- His Majesties Reception 13 July 1642: LCL/5016
- Lincoln City Accounts 1809- : L1/4/2
- Lincoln City Book of Transcripts of Letters: L1/6/2
- Lincoln City Parcels/Box 75/1770-1771 - Bills and Receipts
- Lincoln City Parcels/83/24: Ward Lists
- Lincoln City Parcels/169/43: Agreement of 1852 with Selby Dickinson regarding the Waits Badge and Chain
- Lincoln Register of Apprentices, 1642-1763: L1/5/2
- Lincoln City Parcels/Misc Papers 1850-1877/169/Box 43
- Orders for Payment 1845 - 1854: L1/4/5/1
- Orders for Payment 1854 - 1866: L1/4/5/2
- Register of Papists: L1/5/22
- Result of the Election of a Coroner, 1827: Hill/41/5/10
Accounts of Private Households
- Jarvis (Estate and Domestic) Accounts c1783-1813: 111/A/4/2/3
- Monson Household Accounts 1767-1772: MON/10/1/A/3
- Yarborough Household Accounts 1794-1795: YARB 7/1/3
Conveyances and Leases
- Lease - George Kerton, 5 March 1760: AS 1/55
- Lease and Release - Selby Dickinson and William Burley, 1826. Hill/7/15 & 16
Guild Manuscripts and Documents
- Cordwainers MS 5009
Monumental Inscriptions
- MI. Lincoln - St Martin. No.57.
- MI. Lincoln - St Michael on the Mount. No.37.
Wills
- The Will of Ann Frawley [possibly Trawley?], 7 August 1790: Hill 42/4/30
- The Will of Selby Dickinson: Wills/1858, page 475 [This is a book of handwritten copies of Wills.]
Documents not classified above
- Curtois Family Pedigree: DIXON 15/1 (Vol.48)
- Indenture of Apprenticeship (John Ashley): MISC DEP 483/1
- Militia Commission, 1792: MISC DEP 211
- St Martin's Parish Register - regarding John Ashley: MISC DEP 483/2
- 'The corporation of Lincoln: Civic insignia', The Manuscripts of Lincoln, Bury St. Edmunds etc.: Fourteenth report, Appendix; part VIII (1895)
Other Documents consulted but discarded for lack of relevance
- Abstracts of Orders of City Council 1855-1860: L1/1/5
- Account of an Auction Sale c.1750: L1/3/9 (Previously "Lincoln Books XXIV")
- Book of the Alderman's Club (founded in 1752) 1806-1810: L1/5/13
- Canwick Enclosure Award 1788: L1/5/19
- Corporation Sales 1852: Lincoln City Parcels/Misc Papers 1850-1877/169/box 43/
- Deposition made by Thomas Smith, 1813: BB/3/A/2/1/17/22-23
- Duties & Salaries of the Subordinate Officers of the Corporation (n.d. but c.1855)
- Index of the names of Tradesmen and others in Lincolnshire (c.1850): L1/1/3/6
- Invoice for Virginals and Hoyboy, 1612: Inv 112A-131 (Grantham)
- Letter to Col. Sibthorpe from his sister: 2SIB 4137
- Photograph Album: DON/571
- Printed Music 2TGH: 1/31/5/19
- Receipt for Blue Livery: 1-Dixon/21/3/3/10
- Sheriffs' Expenses 1772-1773: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 40
- Sheriffs' Expenses 1785-1786: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 42
- Sheriffs' Expenses 1779-1780: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 41
- Sheriffs' Expenses 1790-1791: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 47
- Sheriffs' Expenses 1793-1794: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 44
- Sheriffs' Expenses 1794-1795: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 46
- Sheriffs' Expenses 1796-1797: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 45
- Sheriffs' Expenses 1799-1800: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 43
- Table of tolls for livestock at fairs (n.d.): Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 32
- Table of tolls for livestock at fairs (n.d.): Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 33
- Visitation of Grammar School 1747: Lincoln City Rolls and Parcels/Roll 3
- Will of Jane Dickinson. Sister of Henry Dickinson: Wills/1865.
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