Hello,
I hope someone can help me make sense of the Binding records I've found for Robert SOPER at findmypast. He appears in two records as being bound 04 May 1733 at Twickenham. One (Source: Binding Records 1692-1949) shows Master Thomas Soper and a free date of 18 April 1760. The other (Source: Reassignments 1688-1908) shows Master William Wadbrook and that he was bound to 26 May 1737. I would assume that the second record is the original given the 1737 end date, but why is it in Reassignments? Re the other record, doesn't a free date of 1760 make for an awfully long apprenticeship?
Sorry if I am being dense here; I would appreciate any insight please!
(I originally posted this as a reply under 'Occupation Interests', but am not sure if that will generate responses. Apologies for the double posting)
thankyou
