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Codes used in this document:
a = apprentice to (between 2 names)
s = son of (between 2 names)
f.s. = freeman's son (before a name)
m = musket (before a name; I don't know what this refers to)
p = pike (before a name; I don't know what this refers to)
r = respited, stopped (after a name)

Occupations (after a name):
barber = barber, surgeon, wax & tallow chandler
glazier = glazier & painter
skinner = skinner & glover
waller = waller, bricklayer, and plaisterer

Xpofer = an old spelling of the name Christopher

Volume III: The Register of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne from the Corporation Guild
and Admission Books Chiefly of the Seventeenth Century, edited by Madelaine Hope Dodds (pub. 1923)

#2970	Nov. 14, 1644	m. Chrir Wanles			glazier
#1565	Guild, 22 April 1650	John Wannles	a	George Milbourne	skinner
#1565	Guild, 22 April 1650	Moses Crissum	a	Xpofer Wanlesse	glazier
#3785	Guild, 11 Oct.1652	John Wanles			skinner
#3945	1657 (prob. 1658)	John Wanles			waller
#4080	1660	Cuthbert Wanless			glazier
#5770	1681	John Wandles			waller
#6215	1684	Jno Wanles			smith
#8450	2 Oct.1708	f.s. John	s	John Wanlas	waller
#8365	27 Oct. 1710	Wm. Wanlas	a	Hen Potts	cooper

Volume VI: The Register of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne from the Corporation Guild
and Admission Books Chiefly of the Eighteenth Century, edited by A.M. Oliver (pub. 1926)

	Thos. Wanlass	a	Robt. Robson	smith (r)	note 1
___ Mar. 16	Matt. Wanlass.	waller			note 2
1722 Mar. 30	Matthew Wanles	s	John	waller
	Tho. Wanlas	a	smith		note 2
1772 Nov. 2	John Wanlass	s	Thomas	smith
1764 Guild, 8 Oct.	John Wanlass	smith
1768 Guild, 11 April	Thomas Wandliss	a	Thomas Grey	waller	Jan.17, 1769
1768 Guild, 10 Oct.	John Wanless	a	James Newton	barber	Oct.14, 1774
1772 Guild, 27 April	Thomas Wandless	a	Ralph Smith	slater (r)
24 April 1775	William Wandless	a	George Scaif	slater (r)
1781 Guild, 23 April	Joseph Galloway	a	Thomas Wandless	waller	Jan. 14, 1781

note 1: year not shown, but surrounding records are for 1720
note 2: year not shown in my copy; can probably be found in original

Volume VIII Index of Wills, etc., in the Probate Registry, Durham and from other sources 1540-1599, edited by H.M. Wood (1928).
#1584 Wanlys, John p Lumley; 1583/4 Feb. 15, John Wanlis bur. [Chester-le-Street Regs.]

Volume IX A Volume of Miscellanea: The Register of the Ballast Hills cemetery
Ann Wandles, infant

Copied from the above sources in the LDS library in Salt Lake City by Gloria Heitsman; Wanlesses extracted and typed by Gladys Wanless; formatted by Holly Cochran.

London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1925 (ancestry.com)

15 Jan 1793, in the 33rd year of the reign of King George III
Sanderson Mayor
This day Mrs. Elizabeth Hooper, widow of Mr. John Hooper late clerk to the sitting Justices at Guildhall, presents unto the court John Wanless to be made a free of this city as the first of two granted unto her by this court the fifteenth day of January 1793 for the purposes in the Order mentioned. It is ordered that the said John Wanless be admitted into the freedom of this city by redemption in the company of Plaisterers, paying unto W. Chamberlain for this city the sum of 46 shillings and 8 pence .
N.B. If this order is not executed in 3 months, it is void.
"Haberdasher" is written at the bottom and circled.
Along the side is written sideways "Son of Benjamin, of Alford, Lincolnshire, surgeon".
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[Some notes about this document from Holly: First, John had to be at least 21 to be a freedman. Second, normally freedman status would mean he had completed his apprenticeship, but in this case, he is a freedman by "redemption", which means he purchased his position in the livery company from a Corporation officer (Mrs. Hooper, who would have inherited her deceased husband's status) who had been granted a limited number of positions to "present", often as a reward for services rendered. Perhaps John was already a haberdasher when he arrived in London; perhaps he had already completed his apprenticeship in Lincoln, or perhaps he never served a formal apprenticeship. The livery company one joined (in this case, the Plaisterers) was one of about 100 established companies, of which some were easier and cheaper to join than others, so by the early 1800s the company one joined often bore no relationship to one's occupation. We are lucky the clerk wrote "haberdasher" at the bottom, or we might have assumed John was a plaisterer (plasterer).]

William Henry Wanless, son of John Wanless late of Sion Square, Stepney, mariner, deceased, is apprenticed to Cornelius Rich, citizen and Stationer of London, for 7 years, to learn his Art.
4 Feb in the 52nd year of the reign of George III, 1812
Signed by Cornelius Rich.
[indexed Wanley at Ancestry.com]

Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811

29 Dec 1714 master Henry Wanless of Lincoln, barber & pearwigmaker, apprentice John son of Peter Haslewood, 24 June 1714, comon indenture & counter part, for 7 years

15 Aug 1716 master: Robert Robson of Newcastle, smith; apprentice: Tho. son of Ja. Wanlas of Gateshead, Durham, pipemaker, for 7 yrs from 19 Jan 1712

28 Aug 1718 master: Thomas Parcevall of Durham, weaver; apprentice: Jos. Wanlas, for 7 yrs from 8 Aug
[nearly everybody else on the page has the apprentice's father named but not this one!]

8 Mar 1720 master Hen. Wanless of Lincoln, barber, apprentice Tho. Pregion [or Preyion] for 7 yrs from 25 March next

10 Apr 1735 master: Robert Wilby of Boston in Lincoln, merser [mercer]; apprentice: Wm. Wanless son of John Wanless of Alford in Lincoln, gentleman, for 7 yrs from 13 Feb 1735

22 Sep 1735 master: George Gibson of the City of Lincoln, apothecary; apprentice: Benjamin son of John Wanless of Alford, gentleman, for 7 yrs from 1 March last

15 July 1751 master: James Crichton of Perth, baker; apprentice: Robert son of Robert Wanlass, for 4 yrs from 28 June 1751

14 Aug 1752 master Benjamin Wanless of Alford, Lincoln, apothecary, apprentice: Edward son of Edward Saltonstall

27 Oct 1757 master: Thomas Christopher of Portsea, shipwright; apprentice: William Wanless, for 7 yrs from 29 Aug 1757

21 Oct 1762 master: James Newton of Newcastle upon Tyne, barber & c; apprentice: John Wanless, for 7 yrs from 30 Aug 1762

20 June 1766 master: Ralph Smith of Newcastle upon Tyne, slater; apprentice: Thomas Wandlass for 7 yrs from 16 Jan 1766

23 July 1771 master: George Burn of Benton, smith; apprentice: Thomas Wanles, for 3-1/2 yrs from 19 June 1771

14 Feb 1774 master Thomas Wandless of Newcastle upon Tyne, bricklayer, apprentice Jos. Galloway, for 7 yrs from 6 Jan 1775

14 Jan 1777 master: George William Binkley of Kelso [Roxburghshire, Scotland], sadler; apprentice: John Wanless, for 5 yrs from 23 Dec 1776

25 Dec 1779 master William Young of Town Yetholm [Roxburghshire, Scotland], weaver; apprentice: James Wanless, for 3 yrs from 22 Nov 1779

4 Apr 1785 master: Francis Eden Sen'r of Newcastle upon Tyne, cabinet maker; apprentice: William Wanless, for 7 yrs from 28 Mar 1785

14 July 1786 master: William Bell, of Newcastle upon Tyne, carpenter; apprentice: John Wanless, for 7 yrs from 13 June 1786

11 Dec 1788 master: Edward Samuel Barnard, of St James Clerkenwell, taylor, apprentice: John Henry Wanless, for 7 yrs from this date

Record of Ellington Miners

Start date 22 Oct 1928: C. Wanless born 2 Feb 1869. Betty Pit. Casual laborer. Tally #2174. Lives 27 Long Row, Ashington. Previously employed at Ellington.

Start date 28 Dec 1928: as above, previously employed at Ellington.