Royal Military Asylum

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Came across these five Sheffield related records from RMA Site. Apprenticeship, including date.

James Burnley Brooks, discharged 18/11/1851, apprenticed (at 14) to James Brooks, Pen knife maker, Upper Allen Street

John Fisher, discharged 9/8/1838, apprenticed (at 14) to John Gray, Scissors maker, Scotland Street

Ann Corker, discharged 21/9/1826, apprenticed (at 13) to Mrs Byrne, as Servant, Cross Lines Square, Sheffield

George Wilkinson, discharged 27/10/1816, apprenticed (aged 13 years, 11 months) to Mr Timothy Hancock, Pen knife cutler, South Street, Sheffield Park

Solomon Cowen, discharged 24/9/1813, apprenticed (at 14) to Edward Sylvester, Cutler, Cross Row, St Mary's

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Cross Lines Square ??

Cross Row ??

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http://www.rma-searcher.co.uk/Chelsea/RPDF...20indenture.pdf

Hancock is mentioned on http://www.sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk/

Timothy Hancock, Penknife manufacturer Duke Street, Park (Baine's 1822)

Timothy Hancock pen knife manufacturer Rough Bank, Park (White's 1833)