From: tony@proctor_NoMore_SPAM.net   
      
   On 12/04/2019 17:23, Ian Goddard wrote:   
   > On 12/04/19 13:52, Tony Proctor wrote:   
   >> I came across this phrase ("Index of Parents and Masters"), and associated   
   prefixes "p. to ..." and "p. of ...", in a document of 18th Century   
   >> Freemen of the city of Leicester.   
   >>   
   >> The usage is clearly not that of present-day "parents", and appears to be   
   related to apprenticeships.   
   >>   
   >> Can someone enlighten me of whether this was an accepted usage at that   
   time, whether how it might have differed from "master"?   
   >   
   > Could "parent" be used when a child was apprenticed to their own father (or   
   to mother if that happened)?   
   >   
   > Ian   
      
   There was no surname correspondence, Ian. That's why I was confused by the   
   usage.   
      
   Tony   
      
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