FREEMEN of FOLKESTONE



Freedom of the Borough meant that a man could ply his trade freely in the town. A non freeman was fined if they traded within the town. Freedom of the Borough could be obtained by: being a son of a freeman, apprenticed to a freeman or married to the daughter of a freeman.

Below is list of some early Freemen and Jurats

DATE NAME POSITION  
1539 BAKER Thomas Jurat  
1655 CHAPMAN Stephen Jurat  
1712 CORNISH John Elected Common Councilman  
1708 - 1712 CORNISH John Freeman via marriage to Amy LADD daughter of Gibbon
1690 CORNISH Thomas Freeman via marriage to Margaret HALL daughter of William
1696 ELGAR John Freeman via father Thomas ELGAR
1713 ELGAR John Jnr Freeman via father John ELGAR
1670 ELGAR Thomas Elected Common Councilman  
1715 FEARNE Francis Freeman via apprenticeship as a carpenter
1693 FEARNE John Freeman bought Freeman status
1705 GITTINS Leonard Freeman  
1697 GITTINS Thomas Freeman via marriage. Father-in-Law William MARSH
1674 -1689 GITTINS Thomas Snr Freeman  
1705 HALL Dan Jnr Freeman  
1710 HALL Danile Freeman bought Freeman status
1705 HALL J Snr Freeman  
1691 HALL John Freeman  
1696 HARTNET Edward Freeman via apprenticeship to Thomas MARSH
1697 HARVEY Solomon Freeman via marriage. Father-in-law William MARSH
1599 HARVY Thomas Jurat  
1697 HUNT Stephen Freeman via marriage. Father-in-Law William MARSH
1675 MARSH Hamond Freeman  
1697 MARSH John Freeman via father William MARSH
1675 MARSH Lawrence Freeman  
1674 MARSH Robert Freeman  
1670 MARSH Robert Snr Elected Common Councilman  
1705 MARSH Stephen Freeman  
1708 MARSH Stephen Freeman via father Stephen MARSH
1696 MARSH Stephen Snr Freeman via father Robert MARSH
1709 MARSH Stephen Snr Elected Common Councilman  
1705 MARSH Thomas Freeman  
1674 MARSH Thomas Jnr Freeman  
1679 MARSH Thomas Jnr Elected Common Councilman  
1675 MARSH William Freeman  
1697 MARSH William Freeman via father William MARSH
1705 MILTON Ingram Freeman  
1705 MILTON James Freeman  
1705 MILTON Wm Jnr Freeman  
1705 MILTON Wm Snr Freeman  
1599 PHILPOTT Henry Jurat  
1605 PHILPOTT Thomas Jurat  
1696 POPE Edward Freeman via apprenticeship to Lawrence MARSH
1712 POPE William Freeman  
1546 UDEN John Jurat and Freeman Admitted on payment of 1/-
1655 WINTER Israel Jurat