List of freemen of the City of Gloucester explained

This is a list of the freemen of the City of Gloucester.^[1]

17th-century

• 1653 - Robert Payne, member of Parliament.
• 1658 - Ralph Wallis, nonconformist pamphleteer, known as "the Cobler of Gloucester".

18th-century

• 1762 - Benjamin Hyett.^[2]
• 1782 - John Phillpotts, land agent.
• 1789 - George Worrall Counsel, lawyer and antiquarian.^[3]

19th-century

• 1835 - George Viner Ellis, anatomist.^[4]

Further reading

• Langley-Smith, W. (1902) The Freemen of the City of Gloucester and the Corporation: A short history.
• Anon. (1950) "The Freemen of Gloucester": An Account of the Chartered Freemen of the City of Gloucester.
• Ripley, Peter, & John Jurica (Ed.) (1991) A Calendar of the Registers of the Freemen of the City of Gloucester 1641-1838. Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society.

External links

• http://www.gloucesterfreemenandwomen.co.uk/
• https://www.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/directory/listing/chartered-freemen-women-of-the-city-of-gloucester
• https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/4ed3ea9f-cc89-41ae-a5b4-c0660027dba0

Notes and References

1. https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/12190/26-freemen-of-gloucester.pdf Freemen of Gloucester.
2. Ripley, Peter, & John Jurica (Ed.) (1991) A Calendar of the Registers of the Freemen of the City of Gloucester 1641-1838. Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. p. 136.
3. Ripley & Jurica, p. 170.
4. Ripley & Jurica, p. 257.