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Title: 1829 Directory - what does F and C signify after persons name?
Post by: morris.merryweather on Tuesday 15 April 25 19:30 BST (UK)
See image - from Pigotts 1829 Directory of Derbyshire.
Any idea's what the F and C indicates after certain names? Can't see a key in the directory.
F appears after some farmers but also after other trades, so I don't think it is F for Farmer.
Title: Re: 1829 Directory - what does F and C signify after persons name?
Post by: Viktoria on Tuesday 15 April 25 19:39 BST (UK)
Wonder if it could be,C for Cottager and F for Farmer or Freeman , both terms used to describe the social standing of country people .
Viktoria.
Title: Re: 1829 Directory - what does F and C signify after persons name?
Post by: Bookbox on Tuesday 15 April 25 19:47 BST (UK)
It will probably be Freeholder and Copyholder.
(It will surely be explained somewhere in the Directory - either in the Introduction, or at the beginning of the listings, or at the end of the listings.)
Title: Re: 1829 Directory - what does F and C signify after persons name?
Post by: KGarrad on Tuesday 15 April 25 20:23 BST (UK)
See here for Copyhold:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,248750

It's in the Rootschat Lexicon, which can be found in the Reference Library, Link at bottom of page.
Title: Re: 1829 Directory - what does F and C signify after persons name?
Post by: morris.merryweather on Tuesday 15 April 25 21:04 BST (UK)
Quote from: Bookbox on Tuesday 15 April 25 19:47 BST (UK)
It will probably be Freeholder and Copyholder.
(It will surely be explained somewhere in the Directory - either in the Introduction, or at the beginning of the listings, or at the end of the listings.)

Finally found it at the back - Freeholders liable to serve on Juries, and Copyholders.