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British Patent Applications
(from the 'Alphabetical Index of Patentees of Inventions' published by the British Patent Office.)

The index covers the period from when patents were first realised right up to the present day, i.e. from 2nd March 1617 (14 James I) to present. The first patent application by a Jacomb however was in 1825. Further information about obtaining full details of patent applications may be found at the British Patent Office website.

Please note: The following table lists applications only, not patents actually granted. These applications may or may not have resulted in a patent being granted.

As of 28/05/2003 this index covers Jacomb patent applications made between 1617 and 1964. The years 1916 and 1919 have not currently been checked. Click on a patent subject where linked for further information on that patent application.

The Index above was transcribed by Matthew Jacomb from a copy of the British Patent Office's microfiched Index of Patentees in the Harris Reference Library, Preston. Jacomb.com asserts no claim over the accuracy or completeness of these records or their trancriptions.

Honours

British Knighthoods conferred upon Jacombs upto 1906
(from the book 'The Knights of England' by William A. Shaw, published by the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, London: 1906.)

The 1906 book The Knights of England by William A. Shaw is, by its own title, 'a complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors; Incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland, compiled by G. D. Burtchaell'.

The book - in two volumes - has been published by the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood in London, the department of the Lord Chancellor's office which authorises knighthoods and so this book can be seen as authoritative and official. It should be noted that the book covers knighthoods conferred only up to 1906.

There are no records in the book of any Jacombs having been knighted before 1906.
All conceivable phonetic variants and spellings of the name have been checked.

British Honours and Awards to Jacombs, 1900-1955
(Published in Honours supplements of 'The London Gazette')

An O.B.E., Military Division

The London Gazette, being the official newspaper of the government, publicly announces the conferring of honours upon subjects by the British establishment. The table below details the honours received by Jacombs in the first 55 years of the 20th century. Honours may have been conferred upons Jacombs before this period however the searchable online archive of the Gazette does not extend to earlier editions at present.

Types of Honours & Awards which are announced in the London Gazette include, but are not limited to the following: Victoria Cross, Military Medal, Knighthood, M.B.E. etc.

Please note: The London Gazette publishes honours in supplements to regular editions of the paper. These supplements are published only occasionally. The date in the first column is the date an issue of the Gazette was published. The supplement to that issue may not necessarily have been published on the same date but a few days later. The date in the first column should not be read as the date on which the announcement of honours was made - one should refer directly to the supplement itself for this detail.
The first two entries were published in The Times newspaper the day after it says they were published in The London Gazette. The original London Gazette articles have not been checked and are not on their website, suggesting the articles were in the main body of the paper and not in a dedicated honours supplement.

The London Gazette
In supplement to:	Name	Honour		Citation etc.
Published in The Times of 25 Feb. 1911	Frederick Bernard JACOMB Assistant Technical Director of the Basins Conversion Works, Egyptian Ministry of Public Works		Imperial Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class	In recognition of valuable services rendered.
Published in The Times of 14 Feb. 1912	George Percy Jacomb-Hood, Esq.		Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Fourth Class (M.V.O.)	(Appointment took effect from 4th February 1912.)
Issue 31043 of 29 Nov. 1918. Page 43 of 88	Lt. Charles Reginald JACOMB 1/16th Bn., Lond. R.		Military Cross	He took command of the remains of three companies and set a fine example to all throughout the day and night, moving about over the open ground, which was swept by the machine-gun fire of the enemy, with a coolness and disregard of danger which was worthy of great praise.
Issue 31271 of 4 Apr. 1919. Page 31 of 112	Frederick Bernard JACOMB Director of Works, Irrigation Department, Egyptian Ministry of Public Works		Order of the Nile, Fourth Class	In recognition of valuable services rendered.
Issue 36033 of 28 May 1943 Page 7 of 60	Captain Humphrey Benson JACOMB Royal Navy (Retired)		Additional Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E., Military Division)	- - -
Issue 36904 of 19 Jan. 1945. Page 3 of 4	Miss Mary JACOMB Manageress of the Corner Club and Hostel, Cairo		British Empire Medal, Civil Division	For services to the Forces and in connection with Military operations in the Middle East.
Issue 37347 of 9 Nov. 1945. Page 1 of 2	Flight Lieutenant Antony James JACOMB-HOOD (135501) R.A.F.V.R., 47 Sqn.		Distinguished Flying Cross	- - -
Issue 38929 of 2 Jun. 1950. Page 6 of 34	Commander William Wykeham JACOMB Royal Navy (Retired)		Ordinary Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E., Military Division)	- - -
Issue 40497 of 3 Jun. 1955. Page 19 of 40	Frederick Bernard JACOMB, Esq., J.P. Chairman, Martley Rural District Council		Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E., Civil Division)	- - -

The records above were transcribed by Matthew Jacomb from (unless noted) the London Gazette's online archive of Honours supplements at the London Gazette website. Jacomb.com asserts no claim over the accuracy or completeness of these records or their trancriptions.

Records of those who have received knighthoods and other Orders of Chivalry are held by the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Its records are not online but the Chancery can be contacted at:

The Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St James Palace
London
SW1A 1BH

City of London Freedom Admissions (from the 'Alphabets of Freedom Admissions' (14 volumes) in the Corporation of London Record Office.)

An example of the certificate received by Freemen of the City of London

Individuals have been granted the Freedom of the City of London for centuries to enable them to carry out their trades within the City of London. They first had to be a freeman of a City livery company before they could be granted the Freedom of the City of London. The Guildhall Library in London holds the records of the majority of London livery companies and their freedom admissions. The Corporation of London Record Office (CLRO) holds the records of admissions to the Freedom of the City of London. City freedom records are incomplete prior to 1681, but from 1681 to 1940 records are comprehensive, consisting of 3,500 monthly bundles of documents. These admission documents are arranged by the month the individual became free and are indexed in the Alphabets of Freedom Admissions (CLRO ref. CF 28/1-14) from which the records below have been extracted. They include how the individual was admitted to the freedom: 'S' - by servitude (having completed an apprenticeship); 'P' - by patrimony (being the child of a freeman); 'R' - by redemption (by purchasing the freedom).

The Index above was transcribed by Matthew Jacomb from the Alphabets of Freedom Admissions in the Corporation of London Record Office, London. Jacomb.com asserts no claim over the accuracy or completeness of these records or their trancriptions.

Boyd's Burial Index, 1538-1853
(from Boyd's Burial Index in the Guildhall Library, London)

Boyd's Burial Index records nearly 250,000 burials that took place within the London metropolis between the years 1538 and 1853. It was compiled by the late Percival Boyd and completed in the 1930s and records the burials mainly of adult men. It contains a fraction of the total burials made in London over the 300 coverage period, but does present a useful and easily checkable resource for finding London folk's burials.

The Index above was transcribed by Matthew Jacomb from a microfilmed copy of Boyd's Burial Index in the Guildhall Library, London. Jacomb.com asserts no claim over the accuracy or completeness of these records or their trancriptions.