West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 Record, Marriage for John Ramskill & Mary Gill

Burgesses Rolls
In the Burgesses Rolls in Hull there is an entry No 649 dated 28 November 1803. It is an apprentice indenture that says: "Indenture dated 20 September 1802 for seven years between Richard West of Knottingley a Carpenter and Burgess, and John Ramskill of Beal. Witnessed by Richard West and Richard Firth." Before 1835 the qualification for admission as a Burgess (or Freeman) was by gift, purchase, patrimony (handed down from father) or a seven year apprenticeship to a Freeman. Richard West had become a Freeman on 3 April 1798 by virtue of his apprenticeship to William Sharp, so consequently any apprentice then serving his time with Richard West was entitled to the same privilege of becoming a Freeman or Burgess of the City of Kingston upon Hull. John Ramskill was admitted a Burgess 5 October 1812.
John Ramskill was a ships carpenter