Lives
Biographies Compiled using London Lives
London Lives contains enough documentary material to reconstruct the lives, or significant portions of the lives, of hundreds of thousands of Londoners who lived in the eighteenth century, including both plebeians and the officers who manned the institutions of government and social welfare.
You can access the lives by clicking either on the keywords you are interested in, or on individual names using the alphabetical index below.
Keywords
- Alehouse
- Alias
- Alibi
- Appeal
- Apprentice
- Arson
- Assault
- Assizes
- Bail
- Baker
- BankOfEngland
- BastardChild
- Beadle
- Beggar
- BethnalGreenParish
- Bigamy
- BillOfExchange
- BillSticker
- BowStreetRunners
- Branded
- BridewellApprentice
- Burglary
- BurnedAtTheStake
- CasualPauper
- Charity
- Child
- Coachmaker
- Coachman
- Coining
- ContractWorkhouse
- Cooper
- CopesMadhouse
- Craftsman
- CriminalFamily
- Daughter
- DeathSentence
- Debtor
- DesertedByHusband
- DomesticViolence
- Drunkenness
- EngineKeeper
- Examination
- Executed
- Family
- Farmer
- FatherBastardChild
- FirstFleet
- FishWoman
- Fisherman
- Footpad
- Forgery
- Foundling
- FoundlingHospital
- Gang
- GeneralRelease
- Gentleman
- German
- GordonRiots
- GrandJury
- GrandJuryClerk
- GuysHospital
- Gypsies
- HardLabourOnHulks
- HighTreason
- HighwayRobbery
- Hospital
- HouseOfCorrection
- Hoxton
- Huguenot
- Ill-health
- Imprisonment
- Infanticide
- Insane
- Irish
- Jewish
- JohnFielding
- JonathanWild
- JuvenileCrime
- JuvenileThief
- KingsEvidence
- Kingston
- Laundress
- LetterWriting
- Lighterman
- LordMayor
- Mariner
- MotherBastardChild
- Murder
- Mutiny
- Navy
- Newgate
- NursingCare
- OldBailey
- Orphan
- OssulstoneHundred
- Pardon
- ParishApprentice
- ParishNurse
- Pauper
- PauperChild
- PauperFarm
- PauperPensioner
- Pawnbroker
- Pensioner
- Perjury
- Petition
- Petitioner
- PettyTreason
- Pickpocket
- PiousPerjury
- PleadingTheBelly
- Printer
- PromissoryNote
- Prostitute
- QuitClaim
- ReceivingStolenGoods
- Recognizance
- ReformationOfManners
- RefusalToPlead
- Removal
- ReturnFromTransportation
- Reward
- RichardBirch
- Riot
- Robbery
- SentenceRespited
- Servant
- SettlementDisputed
- Sextoness
- Ship
- Shoemaker
- Shoplifting
- Silk
- Socinian
- Solicitor
- Southwark
- SpanishMerchant
- StAndrewHolborn
- StBartholomewsHospital
- StBotolph
- StClementDanes
- StDionis
- StMartinsInTheFields
- StPaulsSchool
- Stepney
- StreetSeller
- Suicide
- Surrey
- Tailor
- Theft
- Thief-taker
- Tinker
- Tradesman
- Transportation
- Treason
- Vagrant
- VestryClerk
- VexatiousProsecution
- Victim
- Vintner
- Waiter
- Wales
- War
- Watchmaker
- Waterman
- Whipping
- Widow
- Wife
- WifeMurder
- WilliamGarrow
- Workhouse
- WorkhouseInmate
Lives A-Z
- ABCDEGHJKLMNPRSTUVWY
- ⇑ A
- Robert Abel, b. 1767
- Parmenas Adcock, b. 1774
- Percy Allen, fl. 1720-1723
- Quilt Arnold, 1687-c.1726
- Roderick Awdry, c. 1698-1714
- ⇑ B
- Samuel Badham, 1692-1740
- Michael Baker, b. 1682
- George Barrington 1755-1804
- Mary Bell, b. 1774
- Elizabeth Bennett, fl. 1765-1792
- John Bevan, fl. 1763-1784
- William Blewit d. 1726
- Sarah Bowyer, fl.1766-1783
- Elizabeth Bridgen, fl. 1750-1773
- Mary Broadbent, fl. 1726-1777
- Edward Burnworth alias Frazier, d. 1726
- ⇑ C
- James Carse, b. 1758
- George Clegg, fl. 1773-1787
- James Cluff, c. 1698-1729
- George Cock, b. 1720
- John Conway, fl. 1775-1786
- Isabella Cousins, b. 1765
- ⇑ D
- Peter De Lafontaine, fl. 1746-1762
- Charlotte Dionis, b. 1761
- Timothy Dionis, 1704-1765
- ⇑ E
- Mary Ellenor, 1684-1708
- ⇑ G
- Sarah Gale, b. 1767
- John Gower, c. 1658-1684
- Joseph Guyant, c. 1738-72
- Shadrach Guy, c. 1693-1715
- ⇑ H
- David Hart d. 1783
- Mary Harvey, fl. 1727-1733
- Nathaniel Hawes, c. 1701-1721
- Repentance Hedges, d. 1730
- Richard Hedges, d. 1716
- Rachel Herbert, b. c. 1716
- Edward Hill fl. 1744-1749
- Joyce Hodgkins, c. 1672-1714
- Louis Houssart, c. 1684-1724
- Mabel Hughes c.1678-1755
- Ann Hurlock, 1736-1760
- ⇑ J
- William Jobbins, 1769-1790
- Catherine Jones, fl. 1757-1783
- ⇑ K
- Paul Patrick Kearney, fl.1727-1771
- Edward Kirk, fl. 1684
- Mary Knight, c.1685-1716
- ⇑ L
- Margaret Larney, c. 1724-1758
- Garret Lawler, 1725-1751
- Christopher Leonard, fl. 1721-1726
- George Lovell, alias Gypsy George, c. 1742-1772
- ⇑ M
- Priscilla Mahon alias Trilcourt, c. 1716-1741
- Sarah Malcolm, 1710-1733
- William Marjoram, fl. 1726
- Philip James May, fl. 1762-1788
- ⇑ N
- Mary Nichols, alias Trolly Lolly, c. 1685-1715
- ⇑ P
- John Page fl. 1742-1757
- Sarah Parker, fl. 1748-1769
- Mary Partridge b. 1764
- Sarah Pilch fl. 1793-1818
- Christopher Plumley d. 1780
- Sophia Pringle, c.1767-1787
- ⇑ R
- John Rann, d. 1774
- ⇑ S
- Alexander Scott, b. 1747
- John Simpson, fl. 1748-1754
- Ann Somerville, fl. 1790-1796
- Francis David Stirn, 1735-1760
- ⇑ T
- Mary Talbot, c. 1766-1791
- William Tidd, c. 1729-50
- John Trantum or Trantrum, 1701-1721
- Richard Trantum or Trantham, 1698-1723
- ⇑ U
- William Udall, 1716-1739
- ⇑ V
- Daniel Vaughan, c. 1692-1716
- Jane Vobe, b. 1775
- Thomas Vobe, b. 1767
- ⇑ W
- Charlotte Walker, c. 1754-1806
- Mary Wills fl. 1775-1784
- ⇑ Y
- Elizabeth Yexley, d. 1769
If you are just getting started you may wish to consult the Historical Background Pages and Research Guides provided; and review the descriptions of the individual Document Types.
For a detailed reading list, see the London Lives Bibliography.