The Trinity House petitions
Subtitle: a calendar of the records of the Corporation of Trinity House, London in the library of the Society of Genealogists.
Publisher: The Society
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: England -- Genealogy.
Description: Trinity House was responsible for the supervision of lighthouses round the English coast, and also distributed charitable funds to disabled seamen and their families. Most of the papers are Petitions for aid, submitted by the seaman or, often, his widow. Other papers include Apprenticeship Indentures of seamen, and a collection of Miscellaneous papers, consisting mainly of marriage and baptismal certificates. The papers cover families from all over the United Kingdom.
Notes: Includes index.