The Trinity House petitions

Trinity House was responsible for the supervision of lighthouses round the English coast, and also distributed charitable funds to disabled seamen and their families. Most of the papers are Petitions for aid, submitted by the seaman or, often, his widow. Other papers include Apprenticeship Indentures of seamen, and a collection of Miscellaneous papers, consisting mainly of marriage and baptismal certificates. The papers cover families from all over the United Kingdom.