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Tabb, Charles, parish of St Andrew, Norwich, cm (1830). [Poll bk]

Tabor, —, 28 King St, Golden Sq., London, carver (1826–27). [D]

Tabor, John, address unrecorded, upholder (1709). Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 6 April 1709. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tabor, John, near ‘White Horse Inn’, Fleet St, London, u (d. 1725). Death reported in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Tabor, Robert, address unrecorded, upholder (1747–54). Son of Edward Tabor, baymaker of Bromtree (Braintree?), Essex. App. to Samuel Sleigh on 1 October 1747, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 5 December 1754. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tacchi, Anthony, Bedford, carver, gilder and paper hanger (1830–39). Trading at High St in 1830 and St John St, 1839. Barometer recorded bearing name of Anthony Tacchi [D].

Tadman, Henry, Hull, Yorks., cm and u (1826–42). Addresses given at 14 New Dock St in 1826; 22 Anne St, Osborne St, 1831–34 and 1838–40; and 22 Myton St in 1835. [D]

Tagg, Charles, Abingdon, Berks., cm (1768). [Poll bk]

Tagg, Charles, Reading, Berks., u and cm (1780). Declared bankrupt, Leicester Journal, 1 January 1780. Polled in September of that year.

Tagg, Thomas, 163 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London, cm and undertaker (1807–11). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 1 January 1807 for £350 on two houses in Globe Fields, Bethnal Green, in the tenure of John Saunders & Thornton, weavers. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 438, ref. 798465]

Tagge, Henry Cowell, Norwich, u (d.1783). Will proved at Norwich in 1783. [Norfolk Record Soc., index of wills]

Tagge, William Little, Walsingham, Norfolk, u (d.1791). Will proved at Norwich in 1791. [Norfolk Record Soc., index of wills]

Tagger, Benjamin, Norwich, carver and gilder (1776). Insured his house for £200 in 1776. [GL, Sun MS vol. 249, p. 532]

Tailor (or Taylor), Thomas, Staindrop, near Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, cm (1824–29). Children bapt. between 1824– 29. [Bowes Museum, PR (bapt.)]

Tailor, William, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1821). [PR (bapt.)]

Tailors, Mrs, address unrecorded. Named in the accounts of Earl Fitzwalter of Moulsham Hall on 11 September 1725 supplying ‘a little screen and Tea-board’ costing £1 12s. [A. C. Edwards, The Accounts of Benjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwalter, p. 100]

Tait, George, New Round Ct, Strand, London, cm (1774–75). Polled at Westminster in 1774. Insured his house for £300 in 1775. [GL, Sun MS vol. 242, p. 73] See John Tait at this address.

Tait(t), Gordon, address unrecorded, u (1774). Worked at Panshanger, Herts., receiving £1 7s 6d on 25 January, and £24 12s 10d and £5 13s 6d in February 1774. [Herts. RO, D/ EP A16, pp. 64–65, 74] Possibly Gordon & Taitt.

Tait(t), John and Richard, Swallow St, London. See Gordon & Taitt.

Tait, John, New Round Ct, Strand, London, cm (1784). [D] See George Tait at this address; also John Gordon & John and Richard Taitt.

Tait, Margaret, 41 Cornhill, London, perfumer and cm (?). Printing machine recorded in private possession bearing label which states: ‘Supplies Merchants, Captains and Country Traders on the most reasonable terms. N.B. An elegant assortment of pocket-books, Ladies and Gentlemen's Dressing-Cases, etc., writing desks & copying machines manufactured and sold wholesale and retail.’ [V&A archives]

Tait(t), Richard, 92 Jermyn St, London, upholder, cm and undertaker (1786–1827). Recorded at no. 93, 1786–87. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 28 January 1786 for £1,000 including £650 on utensils etc.; on 10 February 1787 for £2,300 on household goods, utensils and stock in workshop; and on 23 April 1810 for £3,000 on stock, utensils and goods in trust in his house, warehouse and workshops, all adjoining. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 335, p. 354; vol. 342, ref. 527536; vol. 453, ref. 844639] Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. In the first half of 1791 Taitt supplied items to Gertrude, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, probably for her house at 112 Pall Mall. He charged £2 8s for four ‘horse’ bedsteads with sacking bottoms, and £1 18s for ‘a black dy'd rush bottom cottage armchair with a footboard & 2 poles with strong iron staples’. [Bedford Office, London] In 1793 he provided curtains for John Pinney of Bristol, at a cost of £43 4s. [Bristol Univ. Lib., J. Pinney's private cash bk] Named in the Royal Household Accounts in 1794 supplying a wardrobe, carpets, upholstery, curtains and pier tables for Prince Edward's apartments at St James's Palace; and in 1810, a bedstead, carpets, fabrics and a dressing glass for Col. Taylor and Mr Nicholls's rooms at Buckingham House. [PRO, LC11/4, 7–11; GCM; Fastnedge, Sheraton Furniture] See John Gordon & John and Richard Taitt.

Tait, William, Newmarket, Suffolk, u and cm (1830–39). [D]

Taite, Allen, 29 Charles St, Hampstead Rd, London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Talbert, —, 22 Harcourt St, New Rd, Marylebone, London, u etc. (1826–27). [D]

Talbor, Edward, 24 Bridge House Pl., Newington Causeway, London, u (1826–27). [D]

Talbot, John, Newark, Notts., cm (1793–1822). Listed at Bargate in 1819 and Castle-gate, also as an u, in 1822. [D]

Talbot, Joseph, Gill's Yd, Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorks., cm (1822). [D]

Talbot, Joshua & Crump, Thomas, 6 Duke St, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, upholders (1785). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 31 December 1785 on utensils, stock and goods in trust in their warehouses at the Old Playhouse in Portugal St, Lincoln's Inn Fields. [GL, Sun MS vol. 335, p. 129]

Talbot, William, Wisbech, Cambs., cm (1798–d. 1806). Death reported in Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 1 March 1806. [D]

Talbot, William, High St, Gateshead, Co. Durham, cm and joiner (1834). [D]

Talbott, John, Winburn (Wimborne), Dorset, joiner, cm and dealer in earthenware (1776). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1776 for £200 of which utensils and stock accounted for £150. [GL, Sun MS vol. 248, p. 499]

Talintyre, (or Tallentire), William, 2 Pudding Chare, Newcastle, picture cleaner, picture frame and looking-glass manufacturer (1827–38). [D]

Tall, James, Cambridge, u and cm (1781–88). App. to Edward York, u and cm of Cambridge, on 5 January 1781 for £10. Admitted freeman on 8 January 1788. [Cambridge Corp. common day bk]

Tall, James, Gainsborough, Lincs., joiner, cm and u (1816). App. to William Rollett of Gainsborough in March 1816. [Hull app. reg.]

Tallack, William, Norwich, cm (1810–36). Recorded in St Clement's parish in 1812 and Robinson's Yd, Coslany St in 1836. Son of John Tallock, weaver; admitted freeman on 12 May 1810. [D; Norwich freemen reg. and poll bks]

Tallant, James, Watlington, Oxon., chairmaker (1824). Recorded as participant in a conveyance for a property in South Weston to be converted into a chapel or meeting house for the Society of Methodists. [Oxford RO, Bi II/i/9]

Tallantire, Jonathan, Workington, Cumb., cm and/or joiner (1834). [D]

Tallantire, Thomas, 51 Long Lane, Smithfield, London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Tallentire, John, Harrington, Workington, Cumb., joiner and/ or cm (1829). [D]

Talputt, Joshua, 115 Long Acre, London, u (1809–11). [D] See Joshua Tolput(t).

Taman, William, St Clement's, Oxford, cm and u (1830). [D]

Tamset, John, Rye, Sussex, cm, auctioneer and sworn appraiser (1798). [D]

Tandell, Samuel. See Charles Rand.

Tandy, Charles, Edward St, Woolwich, London, cm and u (1832–39). Recorded as C. S. Tandy at no. 4 in 1838. [D]

Tandy, Edward, Edward St, Woolwich, London, cm (1823–24). [D]

Tandy, Robert, Edward St, Woolwich, London, cm (1826–27). [D]

Tanfield, William, Northallerton, Yorks., cm and u (1828–29). [D]

Tankard, William, Liverpool, u (1819–39). Addresses given at 17 Milton St in 1821; Hanley St with shop at 9 Roe St in 1829; no. 8 in 1834; no. 9, 1835–37; 13 Rowe St and 3 Bevington Bush in 1839. Marriage at Chester to Miss Ellen Walker of Liverpool reported in Liverpool Mercury, 22 October 1819. [D]

Tankard, William, St John's parish, Lewes, Sussex, cm (1826). [Poll bk]

Tanley, G. B., address unrecorded. Stamp found on a set of Regency dining chairs with curved top-rails, pierced interlaced splats inlaid with ebony lines, leather upholstered seats, and supported on sabre legs. [Christie's, 27 November 1975, lot 7, illus.]

Tann, Mary, 50 Lower Sloane St, Chelsea, London, cm and u (1823). [D]

Tann, William, Byard Lane, Nottingham, cm (1835). [D]

Tanner, —, Worcester St, Birmingham, cabinet and upholstery manufacturer, undertaker. Trade card, c. 1820s, is similar in design to that of Freame of Worcester, showing windows, draped pelmet, and Neo-classical sofa. [Heal Coll., BM] Possibly Richard Tanner of Worcester St.

Tanner, Benjamin, 12 Friar St, Worcester, cm and u (1822). [D]

Tanner, Hannah, Kymbrose, Gloucester, cm and u (1822). [D]

Tanner, Jane, Snowhill, Birmingham, u (1822–28). Listed at no. 98 in 1822 and no. 126 in 1828. [D]

Tanner, Richard, 96 Dale End, Birmingham, upholder, appraiser and undertaker (1800). [D]

Tanner, Richard, Worcester St, Birmingham, cm and u (1816). [D] Possibly Tanner, —.

Tanner, Thomas, Gloucester, cm (1829). Child bapt. at St Nicholas's Church in 1829. [PR (bapt.)]

Tanner, Thomas Alexander, 34 Edgbaston St, Birmingham, cm, u and broker (1828–30). [D]

Tanner, Thomas, 176 High St, Deritend, Birmingham, chairmaker (1839). [D]

Tantum, Joseph, Gravel Lane, Houndsditch, London, cm (1719–d. 1743). In 1719 Francis Richardson, a Philadelphia goldsmith, recorded in his account book the purchase of ‘20 Looking Glasses’ from Tantum. [Winterthur, Delaware, Downs MS Lib.] Death of ‘Mr. Joseph Tantum, a wealthy cabinet maker, one of the People call'd Quakers’, at his house in Houndsditch, reported in London Evening Post, 9–11 August 1743. Notice given in Daily Advertiser, 27 March 1744 of sale of his entire stock in trade, ‘consisting of very neat Bookcases, Walnut-Tree and Mahogany Buroes, a large Pier Glass in a carv'd gold Frame, Sconces ditto, Mahogany card and other Tables, double Chest of Drawers…’; catalogues to be had from ‘Mr. Smith's, Upholder, at the Chair in Fleet Street’. Tantum & Walker were listed at Cheapside in The Complete Guide to … London, 1749. [D; Wills, Looking-Glasses]

Tape, John, Exeter, Devon, carver and gilder (1814–16). Trading at Guinea St in 1814 and Waterbeer St in 1816. Daughter Charlotte bapt. at St Mary Major on 27 November 1814, and son John on 28 January 1816. [PR (bapt.)]

Taplen, John & William, High St, Portsmouth, Hants., upholders and cm (1805–08). [D]

Tapley, William, 12 Seymour Pl., Camden Town, London, cm (1835). [D]

Tappenden, Rd, 5 Gray's Inn Lane, London, looking-glass and picture frame maker (1835–39). [D]

Tappey, Albert & Alfred, 13 Upper York St, London, carver and gilder (1839). [D]

Taprell, Stephen & Holland, William, London, cm, u, chair and sofa manufacturers (c. 1803–35) succeeded by Taprell, Holland & Son (1835–43). This firm trading as Holland and Sons after 1843 (sometimes after 1846 as William Holland and Sons) became one of the greatest furnishing firms of the Victorian period and was active until 1942. Taprell is recorded at St James's, Westminster, 1806–07; 25 Gt Pulteney St, 1815–26 and also at 19 Mary-le-Bonne St, 1817–51 with manufactory at 6 Silver St, 1826–43. He is probably the Stephen Taperell who subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. [D] On 4 December 1806 he took app. named James Potter jnr for seven years for £48. [PRO, IR 1/40]. Stephen Taprell, the senior partner, remained actively in business until his partner William Holland took over in 1843. Little is known about Taprell, but the existence of a deed relating to land in Chelsea purchased by Henry Holland the architect and his cousin Richard Holland, lodged in the V&A among other documents relating entirely to the furnishing firm, points to family connexion between William Holland and Henry, the Regency architect. Book I of the Holland Records reveals much evidence of a close business relationship between the Taprell-Holland partnership and a prosperous building and timber firm: Copland, Rowles and Holland. In that firm, Alexander Copland was a successful builder who had been trained by Richard Holland; Henry Rowles was Henry Holland's nephew and the third partner was originally the architect himself.

It seems not unlikely that out of the speculative development of Hans Town, East Chelsea between the 1770s and 1790s by Henry Holland (d. 1806) and his master builder father, Henry Holland snr (d. 1785), came the evolution of the building and timber firm, Copland, Rowles and Holland. As that firm had its own brickworks, sawpits and building tradesmen, it would have been in its own interest to foster a related cabinet making business. The closeness of the relationship is suggested by a later note of 1826 in which a payment of £156 18s 6d was made to Taprell and Holland ‘by timber from Messrs Copland, Rowles and Holland’. The need for a furnishing firm may have become apparent when that building firm developed the Albany in 1803–04 as residential chambers for wealthy men who did not require large town houses. One was Henry Holland's bachelor son Henry, who occupied chambers in Albany for many years. The special connection between the building and furnishing firms is further emphasised by the evidence of a bill of 1825 for Taprell-Holland furniture supplied to L. Holland, the architect's second son, Col. Launcelot Holland, being met by a credit of timber from Messrs Copland and Co.

Stephen Taprell died in 1847 aged 73 and was buried in the Holland family vault in Kensal Green Cemetery. A man of some substance, he had owned several properties including 29 Hertford St, 24 Chester Terr. and houses in Maida Vale and Tunbridge Wells. His estate was valued at £3,157. The esteem in which he was held by the Holland family is shown by the fact that William Holland's second son James, who was the senior partner of the firm from 1851–72, named his first two sons Stephen Taprell and George Taprell (Holland). By 1824 Taprell and Holland had achieved a reputation which led to their earliest known major commission, the furnishing of the Athenaeum, 1824–38. [Furn. Hist., 1970] Little more is known of the firm's activities in the period up to 1840 except that they supplied furniture to seven other clubs and some items to Arundel Castle, Harewood House and Ickworth.

Having worked alongside the prestigious firm of Thomas Dowbiggin on their first royal commission at Osborne House and elsewhere from 1845, Holland and Sons took over his premises at 23 Mount St in 1851 and his business in 1853. [Colvin; Burlington, November 1969; E. Joy, Holland and Sons: A Victorian Furnishing Firm, unpublished typescript in V&A archives; Holland records 1824–1942, 235 volumes in above dept (years 1826–35 missing)]
THE UNION CLUB, London, 1823, dining chairs and dinner tables. [Furn. Hist., 1970] THE ATHENAEUM, London, 1824–38. Before the Athenaeum club house, designed by Decimus Burton, was ready in 1830 Taprell and Holland supplied to the Club's temporary quarters at 12 Waterloo Pl. in 1824 ‘20 dinner tables and 5 dozen chairs of the same pattern and price as those supplied to the Union Club’ and lent other needed items. Burton, working in close association with the Club, provided drawings for some fittingly Grecian style furniture and supervised its production by Taprell and Holland. They continued to supply this and their own stock productions until 1830 and again later, as the Club's needs grew, to a final total of £6,700. The firm's records of the period 1826–35 have been lost but a list of the Athenaeum's furniture is available in the Club's Inventory of 1831. Holland's listings of the pre-1826 furniture suggest characteristic Regency forms. There are dining tables ‘on pillars and 3 claws each’, Pembroke tables with turned legs, ‘sofa tables on Grecian stands’, circular tables on pillars and triangular bases; chairs are: ‘stained rosewood with tablet tops and caned seats’, ‘gondola chairs with cushions in blue leather’, ‘mahogany with tablet tops, seats French stuffed’, ‘zebra wood chairs with scroll over tops, loose seats French stuff'd w/t best hair covered in crimson and drabstripe’ and Grecian couches are specified ‘with squabs and bolsters’.
Much furniture was designed specificially for the principal reception rooms where much still remains along with replacements and later additions. A good deal of stock furniture was also supplied for servants’ bedrooms. Taprell and Holland also made a gallery, to Burton's design, for the library in 1832 and in 1835 they supplied furniture and worked to convert the Map Room into a second library. [Athenaeum Inventory Book, 1830–39; Furn. Hist., 1970; Holland Records Book, I, 1824–26, p. 56 etc.; Book II 1835– 39, pp. 12, 318; Humphrey Ward, History of the Athenaeum 1824–1925, 1926; H. Clifford Smith, An Inventory and Valuation of the Furniture etc. of the Athenaeum, 1939, typescripts in Libraries of the Athenaeum and V&A]
ICKWORTH, Suffolk, 1826–27: Pair of X frame chairs in East Corridor. [Nat. Trust Guide, 1981, p. 16]
ARUNDEL CASTLE, c. 1839–42; Tapule (sic) Holland and Son supplied a ‘Mahogany Foldg. Top Tea Table’ to Viscount Fitzalan for £2 8s. [Arundel Castle Records, A2095]
The papers of James Brogden, MP, record payments to Taprell & Holland in 1820 of £2 for a ‘Mahog. Trafalgar Chair w.^t Roll over Tablet Top, Rounded sides loose seat Stuff^d. w.^t best Hair finish in Red Morrocco leather & brass molding’ A note on the reverse of the bill reads: ‘The former Chairs were charged covered in Hair seating w.^t brass moldings @ 37/. Covering in Red Morrocco leather extra 2/9. The full charge of chair 39/9’.
A Regency rosewood writing table recorded with rounded rectangular top and two drawers in a plain frieze framed by scrolled volutes on panelled trestle ends, bar supports and turned feet; stencilled ‘From Tapwell, Holland & Sons, Upholsterers &c., Gt. Pulteney St., Golden Sq., London’. [Christie's, 27 January 1983, lot 147] They left Gt Pulteney St in 1826.
ALL SOULS COLLEGE, Oxford, c.1840: A set of 25 single and 2 arm chairs in heavy mahogany with carved ribbons and two little shields on top rails, backs and seats stuffed and buttoned, turned legs carved with pendant leaves. [Label seen but now missing]
The dates and letters in brackets below refer to volumes of Holland Records in the V&A.
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CLUB (1835–40, O–S; 1846–47, H–Q)
REFORM CLUB (1835–40, O–S; 1843–45, O–T)
UNITED SERVICE CLUB (1836–39, T–Z)
BRITISH MUSEUM (1839–42, A–F)
ARTHURS CLUB (1839–42, A–F)
CLARENCE CLUB (1839–42, A–F)
ALBION CLUB (1839–42, A–F) P.A.

Tapscott, G., 29 Old Town St, Plymouth, Devon, cm (1830). [D]

Tapscott, Henry, Ditton St, Ilminster, Som., cm and agent to Norwich Union Fire and Life Assurance Co. (1840). [D]

Tapster, Stephen, near Boston Rd, Sleaford, Lincs., joiner, builder and cm (1826–40). Small mahogany writing table on turned legs, c.1840, recorded with pictorial maker's label which reads: ‘S. Tapster, Builder, Cabinet Maker, Undertaker, Upholsterer, Paper hanger, Sleaford.’ [D]

Tar, George, Bath, Som., u (d.1811). Death on 14 January 1811 reported in Gents Mag.

Tara, Innocent, Upgate, Louth, Lincs., carver and gilder (1819–31). [D]

Tarbett, John, 36 Red Lion St, Holborn, London, cm (1805– 07). [D]

Tarbuck, Henry, Liverpool, cm (1777–80). Trading at 74 Stanley St in 1777. Admitted freeman on 13 September 1780. [D; Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tarleton, Robert, Liverpool, cm (1784–1812). Admitted freeman in 1784. His son, William Tarleton, cm, petitioned freedom on birthright in 1812. [Liverpool freemen's committee bk]

Tarleton, William, 95 Copperas Hill and Gt Homer Buildings, Gt Homer St, Liverpool, cm (1812). Admitted freeman on 12 October 1812 as son of Robert Tarleton, cm. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tarn, William, London, freeman turner, cm (1773–1802). Recorded at Aldersgate St in 1773; with Joseph Tarn at 28 London Wall, 1791–98; and as Tarn & Son there, 1791–1802. In 1773 employed fifteen non-freemen for six weeks. William and Joseph took out a Sun Insurance policy on 1 January 1791 for £900 of which £800 accounted for utensils and stock. Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. [D; GL, City Licence bks, vol. 8; GL, Sun MS vol. 374, ref. 578096]

Tarone, A. & C., 7 Greville St, London, looking-glass maker (1802–19). [D; Goodison, Barometers]

Tarone & Co., 39 Charles St, Hatton Gdn, London, picture and looking-glass frame makers (1839). [D]

Taroni & Luzaghi, 9 City Rd, London, looking-glass manufacturers (1829). [D]

Tarplee, William, 303 Cheapside, Birmingham, chairmaker (1835). [D]

Tarrant, John, London, upholstery and cabinet ware-rooms (1807–11). Trading at corner of Bethlem Wall, 28 Little Moorfields in 1807, and 28 Little Moorgate in 1809. [D]

Tarrant, John, Prince George St, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hants., cm and u (1823–39). Recorded at no.8, 1823–30. [D]

Tarrant, William, London, cm (1806–31). [Colchester poll bks]

Tarrey, Thomas, Market Rasen, Lincs., joiner, cm and builder (1817). App. to William Rollet of Gainsborough, Lincs., in August 1817. [Hull app. reg.]

Tarrone, John B., 20 Goulden's Buildings, Leeds, Yorks., carver, gilder, weather glass, thermometer and barometer manufacturer (1830). [D]

Tarry, George, London, upholder (1704–37). Recorded ‘at the Golden Ball in… Lyon Mkt. near White Cross St. in the parish of St. Giles Without Cripplegate’ in 1713. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 7 March 1704/05. Took apps named William Milward, 1722–30, and Henry Sandwell, 1730–37. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 12 February 1713 on his goods. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records; GL, Sun MS vol. 2, p. 189] Probably George Terry of Whitecross St.

Tarte, Frederick James L., St Andrew's Hill and East Pottergate, Norwich, carver and gilder (1839). [D]

Tasker, Charles M., Chester, cm (1812–40). Trading at Duke St in 1819; Thomas Buildings in 1819; Foregate St in 1826; and Queen St in 1840. Admitted freeman on 15 October 1813. [D; Chester freemen rolls and poll bks]

Tasker, Edward M., Thomas Buildings, Chester, cm (1818–19). [Poll bks]

Tasker, George, 11 Castle Ct, Strand, London, cm and u (1827–29). [D]

Tasker, Robert, London, cm (1805–14). Recorded at 7 King St, Lambeth, 1805–07; and 4 Hare Row, Cambridge Heath, Hackney Rd on 9 June 1814, when he took out a Sun Insurance policy for £300 on five adjoining houses in Grove Rd, Cambridge Heath. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 461, ref. 895142]

Tasker, T., Lancaster, furniture painter, gilder and japanner (1815–23). [Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow records]

Tasker, William, High St, Banbury, Oxon., looking-glass, barometer and thermometer maker (1813–53). [Goodison, Barometers]

Tasscher, Robert, London, joiner and cm (1768). Petitioned freedom on servitude in 1768. [Liverpool freemen's committe bk]

Tat(h)am (Tatan or Tattem), Henry, Stamford, Lincs., cm and u (1772–1808). App. to John Cobb of London, and admitted freeman of Stamford in 1772. In that year he did fealty for a tenement in Butcher Row. His Rococo trade card gives address at ‘The Corner of Butcher Row’, and trade as cm, upholder and appraiser ‘From Mr. Cobb's London’, supplying ‘Furniture made in the French mode, or any other Taste. Variegated with different Kind of Wood as well executed as in London & on as reasonable terms.’ Card shows a china cabinet, French chair, ornate bed and serpentinefronted desk in the Chippendale style. [Heal Coll., BM] Took apps named John Dawkins for £30 on 1 June 1774; Thomas Boyden on 25 March 1781; James Cerrol for £40 on 15 June 1781; and William Barton from 1 May 1808. A Sun Insurance policy in his name, dated 1777, is for £1,000 on Stamford Town Hall, and he was both Alderman and Mayor of Stamford in 1792. In May 1804 as Alderman, his estimate of £2,200 for building the New Shambles at Stamford was rejected, and he promptly resigned from the committee dealing with this work. Henry Tatham's name appears regularly in the Burghley Estate Day Books between 1773 and 1793, when the 9th Earl of Exeter died. Payments are recorded for goods, mahogany and upholsterer's work and also for work as an architect and builder. His label is recorded on a Pembroke table at Burghley, of ambitious design in marquetry, with an overall trellis pattern ‘in the French mode’, and carried out mainly in walnut and tulipwood, with free use of ebonized work at edges. Another Pembroke table at Burghley, without a trade label, is clearly from the same workshop, with ebonized work and veneer in parti-coloured wood in complicated patterns, rectangular on the top and herring-boned on the legs. Of Tatam's building work, only his house at Barnhill is now identifiable, built between 1797–1802. He is probably the H. Tatham who subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. [D; Stamford Town Hall Bk, 2A/1/4; GL, Sun MS vol. 262, p. 158; C. Life, 3 May 1973, p. 1236] He is likely to be the Tatam, u, named in the account book of Sir Gilbert Heathcote for Normanton Hall, Rutland, between 1797 and 1805 receiving payments totalling £101 19s 4d for ‘jobs at Normanton’, goods and upholstery. [Lincoln RO, 3 ANC 6/24–25]

Tatam, Thomas, York, carver and gilder (1762). Son of John Tatam, clerk, of Whaplode, Lincs. App. to William Marshall, carver and gilder, on 6 May 1762. [York app. reg.]

Tate, —, Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records in 1796 working on a desk and a bookcase. [Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow vol. 344/97, p. 1259]

Tate, Adam, Oakwellgate-east-chair, Gateshead, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1795–1801). [D]

Tate, Alexander, 52 Broad St, Worcester, cm and u (1835). [D]

Tate, Alexander, High St, Hampstead, London, u (1838). [D]

Tate, David, Baxter Gate, Whitby, Yorks., cm (1828–29). [D]

Tate, George, Groat Mkt, Newcastle, joiner and cm (1811). [D]

Tate, George, Carolgate, Retford, Notts., cm (1835). [D]

Tate, J., London, cm (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Tate, John, York, cm (1743–74). Polled of Tanner Row in 1758 and Aldwark in 1774. Son of Thomas Tate, yeoman of Bramham. App. to Thomas Mann, cm and joiner, on 17 September 1743, and admitted freeman as joiner in 1752. [York app. reg., freemen rolls and poll bks]

Tate, John, Walker's Ct, Knave Acre, London, bedstead maker (1774). [Poll bk]

Tate, John, Pilgrim St, Newcastle, cm (1784–1834). [D] Advertised in Newcastle Courant, 8 May 1784, that he had ‘moved from his situation at the foot of Pilgrim-street, to a house a little above, on the opposite side of the same street, formerly known by the sign of the Queen's Head, and lately occupied by Mr. Charles Turner…’. Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. Notice in Durham County Advertiser, 2 September 1815 read: ‘J. TATE, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, declining the Cabinet Business, is now selling off his valuable stock of MAHOGONY consisting of the most rare & curious flecked woods; very fine broad Table Wood; with every other description equally good. Also a quantity of ready made Furniture of the best workmanship.’ Still recorded in directories, however, in 1834.

Tate, John, Groat Mkt, Newcastle, cm and furniture broker (1834–38). Listed at no. 48 in 1838. [D]

Tate, John, Honley, Huddersfield, Yorks., cm (1834). [D]

Tate, Peter, Newcastle, cm and furniture broker (1834). [D]

Tate, Richard Seddon, 10 Hart St, Liverpool, cm (1796). Admitted freeman on 27 May 1796, on servitude to John Parry. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tate, Richard, 39 Islington, Liverpool, cm (1823). [D]

Tate, Thomas, Curwen St, Workington, Cumb., joiner and/or cm (1829–34). [D]

Tate, Thomas, High St, Bognor, Sussex, cm, u, undertaker, appraiser and broker (1832–45). [D]

Tate, William, 5 Fleur-de-luce St, Norton Falgate, London, cm (1782–90). Trading as mahogany dealer in 1790. [D]

Tateson, John, Market Rasen, Lincs., joiner, cm and builder (1822–26). Trading at Queen St in 1826. [D]

Tatham, George, London, cm and upholder (1829–39). Recorded at 13 Theobalds Rd in 1829 and 115 High Holborn, 1835–39. [D]

Tatham, J., address unrecorded, u (1789). In the first volume of Henry Holland's accounts for work done to his order at Woburn Abbey, 1787–89, Tatham is shown to have received £1 16s ‘for upholsterer's work’, but no details are given. [Bedford Office, London]

Tatham, Robert, Spring Gdns, Lancaster, chairmaker (1834). [D]

Tatham, Thomas, see Marsh & Tatham.

Tatham, Thomas, Lancaster, cm (1789–90). [Lancaster freemen rolls; Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow records]

Tatham, Thomas, 20 Cadogan Pl., Sloane St, London, upholder and undertaker (1817). [D]

Tatham & Bailey, Tatham, Bailey & Saunders, see George Elward & William Marsh.

Tat(t)nall, John, London, upholder (1707–40). Recorded at Ironmonger Lane, Cheapside, 1711–40. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 26 January 1707/08, and master in 1735. Took app. named Edward Good in 1723. Took out Hand in Hand Insurance policies on 7 April 1711 for £400 on a house in Ironmonger Lane, ‘3rd house southwards from Church Alley’, and £100 on a house in Barkers [?] Lane, St Giles-in-the-Fields; on 4 July 1718 for £400 on his house in Ironmonger Lane; and on 3 June 1720 for £100 on a house in Parcess [?] Lane, St Giles. Heal records him in contemporary newspapers and insurance co. records, 1722–40. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records; GL, Hand in Hand MS vol. 8, refs 21323–24; vol. 19, p. 3; vol. 22, p. 72] Father of:

Tatnall, William, London, upholder (1738–81). Recorded in Ironmonger Lane, 1772–81. Son of John Tatnall, freeman upholder of London. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by patrimony on 2 February 1738/39. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tattersal, —, Pontefract, Yorks., cm (1797–98). [D]

Tattersall, John, Haslingden, Lancs., cm and joiner (1822–24). Listed as John snr in George St, 1824, also as house builder and timber merchant. [D]

Tattersil, Thomas & John, Marsden Sq., Haslingden, Lancs., joiners and cm (1828). [D]

Tattersil, Thomas, Pleasant St, Haslingden, Lancs., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Tatum, Thomas, 3 Bird St, Grosvenor Sq., London, cm (1805– 07). [D]

Taunton, Jacob, Downton, Wilts., chairmaker (1742–93). Son of Jacob Taunton. App. to Richard Honeywell, chairmaker of Downton, Wilts., on 22 March 1742–43 by common indenture and counterpart for five years for £6. [D; Wilts. Apps and their Masters] Probably the Taunton, chairmaker, named in the accounts for Longford Castle, Wilts. receiving £2 14s in 1785, and £10 in 1801. [V&A archives]

Tavell, Charles, St Laurence parish, Ipswich, Suffolk, u (1798). [Suffolk RO, calendar of marriage licence bonds, FAA: 50/2/ 111, p. 209]

Tawney, Robert, Oxford, cm, joiner and carpenter (1748–51). Agreed to complete the presses and bookcases in the gallery of the Codrington Library, All Souls’ College, for £372 in 1748, on the failure of Jeremiah Franklin to do so. Recorded in the All Souls’ College accounts in 1751 as ‘Tawney the Carpenter’ receiving £159. [All Souls’ College MS DD, a.257]

Tayler (or Taylor), —, address unrecorded, cm and u (1804– 26). Named in the account books of 2nd and 3rd Lords Braybrooke for Audley End, Essex, Billingbear, Berks., or their London house. As a cm he received £4 6s 6d in June 1804, and in August 1804, £6 7s 6d. As an u, he was paid varying amounts between 1804–26, the maximum being £55 17s 6d. [Essex RO, D/DBy/A357; A376]

Tayler, James, 20 Lower Brook St, Grosvenor Sq., London, u and cm (1835–39). [D]

Tayler, Joseph, 30 Dunnings Alley, Bishopsgate Without, London, cm and u (1827–28). [D]

Tayler, L., 17 Little New St, Shoe Lane, London, carver and gilder (1820). [D] Possibly Lewis Taylor.

Tayloer, Hector, 21 Cable St, Manchester, chairmaker (1813). [D]

Taylor, —, address unrecorded. Supplied two dressing glasses costing £1 16s to Lord Monson on 22 May 1763. [Lincoln RO, Monson 10, 1/A/5]

Taylor, —, East Smithfield, London, cm (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Taylor, —, address unrecorded, u (c.1823–34). Named in the accounts of Charles William Vane, Marquess of Londonderry, for furniture supplied for Wynyard Park, Co. Durham. [Durham RO, Londonderry papers, D/LO/E 492]

Taylor, —, address unrecorded. In 1838 supplied ‘new furniture’ for Stafford House, London, costing £39. [Staffs. RO, D593/R/1/26/8]

Taylor, Acten, Dean Ct, Swan St, Manchester, chairmaker (1817). [D]

Taylor, Ann, Liverpool, u (1807–39). Addresses given at 2 Green Lane in 1807; 13 Dance St in 1810; no. 16 in 1811; 4 Harford St in 1813; no. 8 in 1814; 2 Pleasant St, 1818–37; and no. 3 in 1839. [D]

Taylor, Benjamin & Sons, London, cm and u, chairmaker and undertaker (1805–40). Addresses given at 58 Kent St, Southwark, 1805–23; no. 81 in 1817; Gt Dover St, Southwark, 1821–beyond 1840; Roebuck Pl., Gt Dover St, 1823–29; nos 67 and 68, 1835–39, and no. 6 in 1839. Recorded also at King William St in 1837; and 167 Gt Dover St until 1873. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 23 December 1820 for £1,000 on house and warehouse in Gt Dover St, ‘unfinished intended for his occupation’; and as James Benjamin Taylor, u and cm, Gt Dover St, on 24 October 1821, for £2,850 including £1,000 on house, warehouse and workshop, and £1,500 on stock, utensils, goods and glass stock. Recorded as the maker of chairs in private possession, with slim turned back supports and legs, upholstered oval back panel and seat. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 485, ref. 972505; vol. 486, ref. 985043; V&A archives]

Taylor, Benjamin, Guisborough, Yorks., joiner and cm (1823– 40). Recorded at Westgate, 1829–40 and listed as Benjamin jnr in 1840. [D]

Taylor, Brian, Bridge St, Manchester, cm and u (1832–34). Recorded at no. 57, 1832–33 and no. 59 in 1834. [D]

Taylor, Burder, near St. Alkmund's Church, Derby, carver (1756). Advertised in Derby Mercury, 26 November3 December 1756, that he ‘Carves all Manner of Housework in wood or stone; as Frontispieces, Doorcases, Chimney Pieces, Looking Glass, or Picture Frames, Table Frames &c. And all Sorts of Ornaments for Furniture in the Modern, Chinese, French, or Gothick Taste’. Other Derby cm and joiners had workshops near St Alkmund's churchyard.

Taylor, C., address unrecorded. Name found on close cupboard, c.1660, of unusually small dimensions. [Antique Dealer's and Collector's Guide, May 1976, p. 11]

Taylor, Charles, Norwich, upholder (1800–08). Recorded at St Andrew's parish in 1800; 44 London Lane, 1801–02; 13 Queen St, c.1803 and Queen St in 1808. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 25 December 1800 for £600 on stock and utensils in his new house and shop communicating. Former app. of Thomas and Charles Taylor, Henry Utting, u, admitted freeman on 24 February 1801. [D; Norwich freemen reg.; GL, Sun MS vol. 37, ref. 713105]

Taylor, Charles, 27 Basnett St, Liverpool, cm and upholder (1821–24). Sale of stock on declining business ‘on account of ill health’ advertised in Liverpool Mercury, 14 May 1824. Stock consisted of ‘Brussels & superfine Kidderminster & Venetian carpets, London Oil Cloths of various widths, Imperial Hearth Ruggs, Druggets, Bed Furniture, Morines, Fringes, Bell Pulls, Bed Ticking, about 350 dozen of glazed and plain Paper, with Suitable Borders, an elegant large-sized Cheval Glass, in rosewood Frame, Chimney, Pier & Dressing Ditto, Capital Wardrobe, well-made Side-board, handsome Pier Table, Pillar & Claw, Pembroke, Chamber, Card & Work Tables, Circular & straight front Chests of Drawers, Black Hair Sofas, sets of Trafalgar & other Chairs, Four-post & camp Bedsteads, Tea Caddies, Clothes Horses, Wine Cooler, Bedsteps, Music Stools, Easy Chair, Dressing Tables, Bason Stands etc.’ [D]

Taylor, Daniel, London, cm (1790–1813). Trading at Shakespeare Walk, 1790–93; 126 Pearl Row, Blackfriars Rd, 1805–07; and 3 Pear Tree Row, Lambeth Marsh, 1805–13. [D] See David Taylor at 22 Shakespeare Walk.

Taylor, David, Swan Yd, Wardour St, London, cm (1775). Insured utensils, stock and goods for £400 in 1775. [GL, Sun MS vol. 243, p. 543]

Taylor, David, Ratcliff Highway, London, cm (1782–85). Recorded at no. 115 in 1782 and no. 75 in 1785. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1782 for £100 of which utensils and stock accounted for £60; and on 1 November 1785 for £150 on household goods and £150 on utensils etc. [GL, Sun MS vol. 304, p. 482; vol. 333, p. 332]

Taylor, David, 22 Shakespeare Walk, London, cm (1792–1807). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 12 July 1807 for £1,600 including £200 on workshops and warehouses, and £1,050 on utensils and stock. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 388, p. 235] See Daniel Taylor at Shakespeare Walk.

Taylor, David, Windsor, Berks., cm (1794–1806). [Poll bks]

Taylor, David F., Sandwich, Kent, cm (1798). [D]

Taylor, David, Nottingham, cm (1802–12). App. to William Taylor in 1802, and named in the burgess roll, 1812. [Nottingham app. list]

Taylor, David jnr, Wellclose Sq., London, cm (1809–16). Trading at no. 38, 1809–11 and no. 37 in 1816. [D]

Taylor, David, Whitechapel Rd, London, cm (1810–16). Recorded at no. 417 in 1810 and no. 147, 1811–16. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 16 July 1810 for £700 including £600 on stock and utensils; and on 19 September 1811 and 4 November 1812 for £2,400 including £900 on stock and utensils, and £500 on workshop and sheds. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 452, ref. 845499; vol. 455, ref. 860405; vol. 457, ref. 875490]

Taylor, David, 14 Wardour St, Soho, London, cm, u and chairmaker (1809–23). Took out Sun Insurance policies on 29 December 1809 for £800 of which £500 accounted for stock, utensils and goods in trust; and on 8 June 1812 for £1,500, including £300 on his house and workshop, £770 on stock, utensils and goods in trust; £30 on those in workshop behind a house at 13 Wardour St; and £200 on those in open yard. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 448, ref. 839165; vol. 459, ref. 871089] Submitted bill to Mrs Leigh dated 19 March–14 June 1813 and totalling £9. Items included laying a carpet, putting up a bed and window curtains, scraping, polishing and mending coromandel chairs, supplying a ‘new green window blind’, and cleaning a bed and curtains from bugs. [Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Leigh receipts, DR 18/5] Supplied items to Earl Breadalbane of Taymouth Castle, Perth, 1813–15. His account of 1813 lists several pieces of highly ornate furniture such as ‘a very fine Mahogany cabinet Richly ornamented w. front & ends of Angular Pilasters with French Antique heads, Therms, Friezes in brass well chases, gilt & Richly coloured & Rich framed to enclose entablature’, costing £99 12s. He charged £42 16s for a ‘Very Fine Mahogany Meuble for books, Surmounted with Rich Carved trusses to the underpart with ebony ornaments, fluted pilasters & ebony counter flutes, Ebony beads & moulding & terminations with ebony balustrade to shelves.’ An elaborate buhl inkstand cost £49 6s, and he charged £92 12s 6d for a ‘Very Rich Cabinet of King & tulip wood in feather bands & panels, Serpentine front & ends with French wrought feet & ornament in brass. Richly gilt and coloured & highly chased & pilasters of dolphins & dragons surmounted with a cabinet of 2 French fancy Supporters of brass highly chased & Richly gilt & coloured, a balustrade of tulip wood & brass ornament finished to Match the Rest’. A ‘Fine Rosewood table’, with Kingwood feather banding and Buhl-work cost £43 12s; ‘A very Rich florid Gothic clock case’ with buhl, ebony and brass-work, £106 12s; and ‘A pr. of very elegant encoignures of tulip & Kingwood & very Richly ornamented’ with brasswork and ‘2 porcelain entablatures let in with a Mosaic border …’ cost £90 14s 6d. In 1814 Taylor provided ‘a fine Meuble for books & china’, at £48 12s for the Earl of Breadalbane's house in Park Lane. In 1815 he made for Taymouth Castle ‘2 Magnificent cabinets to Design £580 [?] Ebony pedestal for a clock with buhl friezes & shaft on 4 sides with bronzed ornaments & trusses — to design £65.8.6.’. A long letter from Taylor to the Earl, dated 9 August 1815, explains how to steady a three-sectioned buhl cabinet sent to the Earl. He also requests payment, and describes all the expense, workmanship and materials involved in making the cabinet. [Scottish RO, GD 112/20/4/12/15–8; GD 112/20/ Box 1/Bundle 33/10] Successor to John Taylor at 14 Wardour St.

Taylor, David, 26 Berners St, London, cm and u (1821–37). Took out Sun Insurance policies on 18 October 1821 for £4,650 including £1,600 on stock and utensils and £600 on workshop with stock and utensils; on 6 November 1822 for £5,200 including £2,600 on house and workshops and £2,100 on stock and utensils; and on 30 October 1823 for £6,600, £2,950 on utensils and stock. In 1832 Taylor supplied to Hopetoun House, Lothian, a large conversation couch costing £15, and ‘2 Grecian one arm corner chairs’, £14 14s. In 1837 he charged £46 19s for ‘a large hunter chair; a large tub chair; a side couch’ and ‘an angular ottoman’. Taylor & Co. of 26 Berners St worked at Panshanger, Herts. in 1833, charging £27 4s 5d for repairs, regilding, and a mahogany dressing table; and in 1835, £9 2s for items including a ‘low seated Double … chair Fautueil (Large) Stuffed back’ [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 488, ref. 983859; vol. 493, ref. 997359; vol. 498, ref. 1008799; Scottish RO, Hopetoun Bundles 253–54; Herts. RO, Panshanger papers, Box 56]

Taylor, David, 6 Wellington Pl., Albany Rd, London, u (1835– 39). [D]

Taylor, Edward, Liverpool, cm (1780–1818). Trading at 6 Lower Myrtle St in 1818. Petitioned freedom on servitude to James Robinson in 1780, paying 6s 8d, and admitted freeman on 11 September. [D; Liverpool freemen's committee bk and reg.]

Taylor, Edward William Whinfield, Liverpool, cm (1835). App. to William John Roberts in 1835. [Liverpool app. enrolment bk]

Taylor, Edward, Back Lane, Kirkham, Lancs., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Taylor, Elias, address unrecorded, upholder (1725–46). Son of Elias Taylor, shoemaker of Canterbury, Kent. App. to Jeremiah Peell on 22 February 1725, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 21 October 1746. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, George, Wem, Salop, chairmaker (1729). Took app. named Puliston in 1729. [S of G, app. index]

Taylor, George, address unrecorded, upholder (1735–49). Son of George Taylor, baker of Ipswich, Suffolk. App. to James Bull on 8 May 1735, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 29 June 1749. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, George, North Scarle, Lincs., chairmaker (1764). Married on 19 July 1764. [Lincoln RO, marriage bonds]

Taylor, George, 156 St John's St, Smithfield, London, cm and upholder (1774–77). [D]

Taylor, George, London, cm (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Taylor, George, Liverpool, cm (1810–37). Addresses given at Primrose Hill in 1810; 10 New Fontenoy St in 1811; 49 Fontenoy St in 1813; no. 52 in 1816; no. 57 in 1827; and 7 Jervis St in 1837. [D]

Taylo(e)r, George, Manchester and Salford, cm, u and chairmaker (1808–40). Recorded at 32 Allum St, Manchester in 1808; Dean's Pl., Shudehill in 1813; 75 Chapel St, Salford, 1815–22; 8 Ridgefield, 1824–33 and 7 Ridgefield, 1836–40. [D]

Taylor, George, Exeter, Devon, cm (1814–36). Children bapt. at St Sidwell's Church: Henry Septimus on 8 December 1814; Charles Vaughan on 23 August 1818; George Henry on 11 March 1829; Emily Frances on 24 April 1831; Frederick on 4 August 1833; and Henry on 22 January 1836. [PR (bapt.)] Possible confusion with:

Taylor, George, Exeter, Devon, u (1827–38). Recorded at Castle St, c.1827–34, and 9 Paris St in 1838. Marriage to Miss Simpson, dressmaker, reported in The Alfred, 3 July 1827. Advertised house for sale at Higher Summerland Pl. in Exeter Flying Post, 15 May 1828; and one at Stafford Terr., Heavitree, on 13 March 1834. Listed as voter in Exeter election, 1832. [D]

Taylor, George, Gainsborough, Lincs., chairmaker (1826–31). Trading at Casket Lane in 1826 and Beastmarket in 1831. [D]

Taylor, George, Yarm, Yorks., joiner and cm (1827–28). [D]

Taylor, George, 229 Whitechapel Rd, London, cm, u and chairmaker (1827–28). [D]

Taylor, George, 227 Shoreditch, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Taylor, George, 5 Bury St, Bloomsbury, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Taylor, George, 50 Tottenham Ct Rd, London, cm, u and fret cutter (1839). [D]

Taylor, Grove(s), 29 Gt Prescot St, Goodman's Fields, London, cm and u (1822–28). [D]

Taylor, Henry, Pulteney St, Windmill St, London, cm (1777). Insured his house for £100 in 1777. [GL, Sun MS vol. 257, p. 283]

Taylor, Hynmers (or Henmers), London, later America, cm and u (1746–94). Recorded at ‘The Crown & Cushion’, over against Lord Monson's, Piccadilly, 1758–72; 5 Piccadilly, 1768–73; in America, 1775–76 and 1787, but also recorded at Portland St, Oxford Rd, 1778–81, and Oxford Rd, 1786 and 1794. Probably two related tradesmen of the same name are concerned here. A Taylor, upholder ‘opposite Lord Monson's, Piccadilly’, is named in Public Advertiser, 25 January 1759. Billhead gives address at ‘The Crown & Cushion’ by St James's Church. [Heal] Son of Randolph Taylor of London. App. to Samuel Severn on 7 August 1746, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 9 May 1754. Named in the accounts for Croome Court, Worcs. in 1760 receiving £7 7s for ‘A very fine mahogany desk’. [V&A archives] Declared bankrupt, Gents Mag., August 1772. Recorded as working in America by 31 May 1775 when he advertised in Penn'a Journal, as ‘HYNS TAYLOR, Upholder, Late of St. James, London, Takes this method of informing his friends, and the public, that he had engaged a House in Front-street, between Market and Arch streets, the right hand corner of the passage leading to the Old Ferry, where he proposes to make up all kind of Household Furniture, after the most fashionable taste, and upon reasonable terms. To be Sold, a genteel four post Bed with very fine flowered cotton furniture, fringes and ornamented with a cornice.’ Advertised again in Penn'a Evening Post, 26 March 1776 and as H. & Amelia Taylor in Penn'a Packet, 17 April 1787. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, Isaac, Moorfields, London, upholder (1781). Took app. named Isaac Vizard in 1781. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, J. R., 76 Judd St, Brunswick Sq., London, u etc. (1814– 15). [D]

Taylor, J., Plough Ct, London, carver and gilder (1825). [D]

Taylor, J. & Major, S., Poole, Dorset, u (1837). Declared bankrupt, Exeter Flying Post, 26 June 1837.

Taylor, James, Bristol, cm (1761–84). Recorded at St Stephen's parish in 1774; Clare St, 1775–84; and no. 5 in 1775. Pencilled inscription on top of a mahogany bureau bookcase reads: ‘James Taylor & S. Davis Day 1st March 1761.’ [D; poll bk; Bristol Art Gallery, research file]

Taylor, James, Nottingham, joiner and cm (1778). Took app. named George England in 1778. [Nottingham app. list]

Taylor, James & William, Nottingham, cm (1781). Insured utensils and stock for £200 in 1781. [GL, Sun MS vol. 289, p. 508]

Taylor, James, Queen St, London, carver and gilder (1784–85). Recorded at no. 4 on 12 March 1785 when he took out a Sun Insurance policy for £100 on household goods and wearing apparel. [Poll bk; GL, Sun MS vol. 327, p. 376]

Taylor, James, 44 Hoxton Sq., London, looking-glass manufacturer (1804). [D]

Taylor, James, Liverpool, cm (1803–12). App. to Thomas Savage Tyrer in 1803, and petitioned freedom on servitude in 1812, paying 6s 8d. Admitted freeman on 7 October 1812. [Liverpool freemen's committee bk and reg.]

Taylor, James, Exeter, Devon, carver and gilder (1803–37). Named in the Exeter Militia list, 1803, and in Exeter Pocket Journal, at Cathedral Yd in 1816; High St, 1822; Fore St, 1825–32; New Bridge St, 1834; and Fore St, 1836–37. Son Henry bapt. at St Martin's Church on 21 April 1813. Listed in The Alfred, 13 June 1826 as in Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors. [D; PR (bapt.)]

Taylor, James, 34 Fetter Lane, Holborn, London, carver and gilder (1817–20). [D]

Taylor, James, Wallgate, Wigan, Lancs., carver and gilder (1828–34). [D]

Taylor, Jms, 29 Bedford Ct, Covent Gdn, London, u (1835). [D]

Taylor, James, 4 Gt Earl St, Seven Dials, London, turner and gilder (1835). [D]

Taylor, James, Northgate, Louth, Lincs., cm and joiner (1835). [D]

Taylor, James, Broad St, King's Lynn, Norfolk, cm (1839). [D]

Taylor, John, address unrecorded, upholder (1704/05–12). Took app. named Thomas Taylor, 1704/05–12. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, John, address unrecorded, upholder (1713). Son of Richard Taylor, freeman upholder of London; admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by redemption on 2 December 1713. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, John, Maidstone, Kent, u (1711–15). Took apps named Hunter in 1711 and Brothers in 1715. [S of G, app. index]

Taylor, John, Colchester, Essex, chairmaker (d.1721). Probate dated 1721. [Wills at Chelmsford]

Taylor, John, Oxford, upholder (1734). [Maidstone poll bk]

Taylor, John, Stepney, London, cm (1759). Took app. named Berry in 1759. [S of G, app. index]

Taylor, John, London, upholder (1757–81). Recorded at Cannon St, 1778–81. Son of John Taylor of St Clement Danes, Westminster. App. to John Slater, skinner, on 6 September 1757, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 4 October 1764. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, John, late of King St, St Ann's, Soho, London, cm (1761). Discharge from Debtors’ Prison reported in London Gazette, 13 April 1761.

Taylor, John, Broad St, Ratcliff, London, u (1766). Declared bankrupt, Gents Mag., May 1766.

Taylor, John, Rochester, Kent, carver (1771–80). [Poll bks]

Taylor, John, 14 Wardour St, London, cm and broker (1774– 1807). Polled at Westminster in 1774. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 29 December 1785 for £120 on utensils, stock and goods in trust, and £100 on his house. Succeeded by David Taylor at this address. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 334, p. 29]

Taylor, John, 8 Bentinck St, near Broad St, London, cm (1778). Insured his house for £200 in 1778. [GL, Sun MS vol. 262, p. 464]

Taylor, John, near the Church in Limehouse, London, cm (1778). Insured utensils, stock and goods for £100 in 1778. [GL, Sun MS vol. 265, p. 86]

Taylor, John, Lancaster, cm (1783–84). [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Taylor, John, Manchester, joiner and cm (1788–1804). Addresses given at Shude Hill in 1788; 17 Swan St in 1794; 28 Gt Newton St in 1802 and no. 343 in 1804. [D]

Taylor, John, London, cm (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Taylor, John, York. In March 1796 supplied a new deal table costing 10s to the Retreat Quaker Asylum at York. Another bill of May 1796 was for simple furniture totalling £1 1s 3d. [Borthwick Inst., York, Retreat MS. H/1]

Taylor, John, Colchester, Essex, carpenter, cm and u (b.1775–d.1845). Trading in High St, c.1805–39, at no. 40 in 1812. [D] John Taylor, carpenter, polled in 1796; cm in 1806 and 1812; alderman in 1820, 1830 and 1831. Advertised in Ipswich Journal, 14 November 1812 that he was auctioning the contents of Crescent House, Lexden, listing the best furnishings ‘all new within the last sixteen months’. Trade label inscribed ‘J. TAYLOR, Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer, APPRAISER & AUCTIONEER, No. 27 High Street, Colchester’ recorded on an early 19th-century chiffonier at Colchester Museum. Card shows a double chair, chair and bookcase surrounded by draped curtains. [235.1974] Label also found on a clothes press sold at Sudbury, 1979; and on a circular table and a Pembroke table in the Colchester Museum. [318.1965] Label giving address at 40 High St recorded on a mahogany bow-fronted chest of drawers in private ownership. Card shows eagle perched on draped curtain, with sofa, chair, bookcase, bed post and hangings. Label of J. Taylor, cm, u, appraiser and auctioneer, 27 Fish St, Colchester, recorded on a Gothic rosewood glazed bookcase. [V&A archives] John Taylor died on Christmas Day 1845, aged 70.

Taylor, John, London, cm (1806). [Colchester poll bk]

Taylor, John, Oswestry, Salop, cm (1797–98). Trading with Richard Taylor in 1798. [D]

Taylor, John, Lancaster and Preston, Lancs., chairmaker (1801–17). Admitted freeman, 1801–02, when stated ‘of Preston’. Trading at Lord St, Preston, 1816–17. [D; Lancaster freemen rolls]

Taylor, John, Skerton, Lancaster, cm (1822–25). [D]

Taylor, John, London, carpenter and cm, u (1805–37). Recorded at 19 Denmark St, 1805–35; no. 8 in 1825; as I. Taylor at no. 19, 1826–27, and 29 Bedford St, Covent Gdn, 1837. [D]

Taylor, John, Rochdale, Lancs., cm (1814–34). Recorded at Cheetham St, c.1814–18 and Entwistle Pl., 1828–34. [D]

Taylor, John, Chester, cm (1818–19). Polled of Princess St in 1818 and of Foregate St in 1819. Son of John Taylor, cooper; admitted freeman on 8 January 1818. [Chester freemen rolls]

Taylor, John, Northgate St, Gloucester, cm, u and chairmaker (1820–30). Children bapt. at St Michael's Church in 1821, 1823, 1828 and 1830. [D; PR (bapt.)]

Taylor, John, Bedford Ct, Covent Gdn, London, u and furniture designer (1821–29). Recorded at no. 16 in 1824, no. 14, 1826–27 and at 16 Bedford St in 1829. At one time employed in the firm of Oakley, and later had his own business. Published an octavo volume of engraved designs of sofas and chairs from 16 Bedford Ct, c.1822. Several of his designs are shown in Ackermann's Repository of Arts between 1821–24, including a drawing room sofa and two chairs, July– December 1824. Receipted a bill for £51 11s 3d to the churchwardens of Mickleham, Surrey, for work done when the church was enlarged and refurbished in 1823. [D; Heal; E. T. Joy, English Furniture, 1800–1851; Surrey RO, (G), PSH/MIC/-/-]

Taylor, John, Hawes, Yorks., joiner and cm (1823). [D]

Taylor, John, York, cm, upholder and undertaker (1823–37). Trading at Peter St, 1823–c.1830, and 12 High Ousegate, 1830–34. [D] Five Library bookcases from Sewerby House, Yorks, now at The Bayle, Bridlington, c.1830 are labelled ‘Taylors … No. 12 High Ousegate, York’.

Taylor, John, York, cm (1825). Son of William Taylor, butcher of Heslington, York; app. to Edward Steward & Arthur Shores, cm, on 4 August 1825. [York app. reg.]

Taylor, John, Grantham, Lincs., turner and chairmaker (1826– 41). Listed at Swinegate in 1826, Manford Rd in 1835 and Manthorpe Rd in 1841. Aged 55 at the time of the 1841 Census. Windsor chairs recorded bearing the stamp of ‘J. TAYLOR, GRANTHAM’, on top of seat toward back. [D; Furn. Hist., 1978, pl. 49C and D]

Taylor, John, Exeter, Devon, carver (1827–34). Addresses given at George's Sq., Stepcote Hill, 1827–29; 60 High St in 1831; Gandy St in 1833; and Bartholomew Yd in 1834. Daughters bapt. at St George's Church: Fanny Maria on 7 October 1827, and Selina on 14 January 1829. [Exeter Pocket Journal; PR (bapt.)]

Taylor, John, Staindrop, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1827–34). [D]

Taylor, John, Liverpool, cm (1829–35). Trading at 6 Rupert St in 1829 and 13 Greetham St in 1835. [D]

Taylor, John H., Radford, Notts., joiner and cm (1832). [D]

Taylor, John, Goosepool, Louth, Lincs., cm and joiner (1835). [D]

Taylor, John, 22 Broad St, King's Lynn, Norfolk, cm (1836–39). [D] See Joseph Taylor at this address.

Taylor, John, 29 Charles St, Hull, Yorks., cm (1838). [D]

Taylor, John, Lancaster, cm (1838). Admitted freeman on 28 July 1838. [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Taylor, John, 31 Gt Ancoats St, Manchester, cm (1838–39). [D]

Taylor, (Major), John, Church St, Greenwich, London, cm (1839). [D]

Taylor, John, Spital, Cheshire, u (1839). Admitted freeman on 30 July 1839. [Chester freemen rolls]

Taylor, Jonathan, Lancaster, cm (1826–32). Admitted freeman, 1826–27. Named in the Gillow records in 1827 and 1832. [Lancaster freemen rolls; Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow]

Taylor, (or Tayler), Joseph, London, upholder and cm (1771– 86). Trading as Tayler & Wright at 157 Fenchurch St, 1772– 77; alone there, 1777–84, and at Fishmonger Alley, Fenchurch St in 1786. Trade card of Tayler & Wright, cm, u and appraisers at their carpet warehouse, 157 Fenchurch St, states that the firm succeeded Mr Chesson, who is William Chesson, u at this address, 1753–74. [Heal Coll., BM] Joseph Taylor was the son of J. Taylor of St James's, Westminster, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by redemption in December 1771. Took app. named John Kemp, 1783–85. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1777 for £400 on his house; in 1778 and 1780 for £2,000 including £1,400 on utensils and stock; and in 1782 for £800 and £300 on houses. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records; GL, Sun MS vol. 254, p. 83; vol. 269, p. 105; vol. 283, p. 59; vol. 299, p. 223, vol. 306, p. 41] See Chesson & Bathurst.

Taylor, Joseph, 28 Poultry, London, upholder and cm (1778). [D]

Taylor, Joseph, All Saints, Oxford, cm (1798–1802). [D; poll bk]

Taylor, Joseph, 8 Sun St, Bishopsgate, London, cm (1809). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 18 December 1809 for £100 of which £30 accounted for tools in workshop nearby. [GL, Sun MS vol. 446, ref. 139051 or 839051] See Joshua and Matthew Taylor at 8 Sun St.

Taylor, Joseph, Pool Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., chairmaker, turner etc. (1818). [D]

Taylor, Joseph, Haydon Sq., Minories, London, cm and upholder (1820–21). Recorded at no. 43 in 1821. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 8 November 1820 for £800 of which £300 accounted for stock, utensils, goods in trust and stock of glass; and on 19 December 1821 for £500, £350 on stock, utensils and glass in house, offices and workshop in Sugar Loaf Ct, Goodman's Yd. [GL, Sun MS vol. 487, ref. 972856; vol. 491, ref. 987256] See Joshua Taylor at this address.

Taylor, Joseph, King's Lynn, Norfolk, cm and u (1822–39). Trading at High St in 1822 and 22 Broad St in 1839. [D] See John Taylor at 22 Broad St.

Taylor, Joseph, Birmingham, cm and u (1828–30). Trading at 29 Paradise St in 1828 and 135 Snowhill in 1830. [D]

Taylor, Joseph, 7 Swindon Pl., Cheltenham, Glos., cm and u (1830). [D]

Taylor, Joseph, West Auckland, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, cm and/or joiner (1834). [D]

Taylor, Joseph & George, Shelley, Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, Yorks., joiners and cm (1834). [D]

Taylor, Joseph, Wednesbury, Staffs., cm (1839). [D]

Taylor, Joshua, Haydon Sq., Minories, London, cm, u and undertaker (1822–39). Recorded at no. 43, 1822–23; no. 4, 1823–25; no. 42, 1827–35; and 42 Bishopsgate Within and Haydon Sq. in 1837. Two trade cards survive with address at 42 Haydon Sq. One reads: ‘Joshua Taylor & Sons, Auctioneers & Valuers, HOUSE & ESTATE AGENTS, FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS’; the other, perhaps later, reads: ‘JOSHUA TAYLOR & SONS, Cabinet Manufacturers & Upholsterers, AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS, FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS, TO HER MAJESTY'S HON^BLE BOARD OF ORDNANCE’, surmounted by the Royal Arms. [D; GL, trade card coll.; E. T. Joy, English Furniture, 1800–1851, p. 219, illus.] See Joseph Taylor at this address.

Taylor (or Tayler), Joshua, London, cm and u (1826–35). Recorded at 25 Bolingbroke Row, Walworth, 1826–35, and also 8 Sun St and 3 Dunnings Alley, Bishopsgate in 1835. [D] See Joseph and Matthew Taylor at 8 Sun St.

Taylor, Lewis, 20 Cloak Lane, London, carver and gilder (1839). [D] Probably L. Tayler.

Taylor (or Tayler), Matthew, London, cm, u, chair, sofa and bedstead maker, undertaker (1805–35). Trading at 9 Little Cheapside, Sun St, 1805–07; 9 Long Alley, Moorfields, with workshop at 8 Sun St in 1809; and 8 Sun St, Bishopsgate Without, 1811–35. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1809 for £300 on workshop and stock at 8 Sun St; and on 10 February 1814 for £800 on stock and utensils, £200 on warehouse, £100 on workshop at Dunnings Alley, Bishopsgate, and £400 on stock and utensils there and in open yard. Undated bill head with address at 8 Sun St is in GL trade card coll. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 446, ref. 830903; vol. 463, ref. 891175]

Taylor, Matthew, Otley, Yorks., joiner and/or cm (1834). [D]

Taylor, Michael, Pool Dam, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., chairmaker (1822). [D]

Taylor, Micah, Sheffield, Yorks., cm (1780). Insured his house for £100 in 1780. [GL, Sun MS vol. 283, p. 555]

Taylor, Nathaniel, Earsham St, Bungay, Suffolk, u and cm (1824–39). [D]

Taylor, O., Clarke St, Bury, Lancs., joiner and/or cm (1816–17). [D]

Taylor, Peter, Stoke, Staffs., cm and u (1818–28). Recorded at Market Pl., 1818–23 and Cliff Bank in 1828. [D]

Taylor, Peter, Great Dunmow, Essex, cm (1823–27). [D]

Taylor, Peter, Gt Homer St, Liverpool, joiner and cm (1837– 39). Trading at no. 48 in 1837 and no. 62 in 1839. [D]

Taylor, Ralph, Lincoln, cm and u (1822–35). Trading at ‘Bail’ in 1822 and Castle Hill, 1826–35. [D]

Taylor, Richard, London, upholder (1713). His son, John Taylor, admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. in 1713. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, Richard, address unknown. In 1749 app. to John Richardson, cm of New-Helvit (New Elvet), Durham, for a premium of £10 under the Sons of the Clergy scheme. [General Advertiser, 17 April 1749]

Taylor, Richard, Oswestry, Salop, cm (1797). [D]

Taylor, Richard, Chester, cm (1802). Son of John Taylor, cooper of Chester. Admitted freeman on 8 January 1802. [Chester freemen rolls]

Taylor, Richard, Bristol, carver and gilder (1822–23). Trading at 8 St Stephen's St in 1822 and 7 Steep St, St Michael's, 1823. [D]

Taylor, Richard, Dudley, Worcs., cm and u (1838–40). Trading at Queen's Cross in 1840. [D]

Taylor, Robert, Market St, St James's, London, cm and broker (1775–81). Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1775 for £700 of which £500 accounted for utensils, stock and goods; and in 1781 for £300 on his house. [GL, Sun MS vol. 239, p. 622; vol. 292, p. 614]

Taylor, Robert, Denmark St, St Giles, London, cm (1789). [Bailey's list of bankrupts]

Taylor, Robert snr, Worcester, upholder (1747–61). His firstborn son, Robert Taylor jnr, upholder, admitted freeman on 28 March 1761. [Worcester freemen rolls and poll bk]

Taylor, Robert snr, Exeter, Devon, cm (b.1744–d.1826). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1777 for £500 of which £450 accounted for stock and utensils. Listed in Exeter Pocket Journal, 1791 and 1796; and in election squibs, 1816. Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. R. Taylor & Son advertised in Western Luminary, 31 August 1819 stating: ‘Extensive stock of cabinet furniture to be sold at reduced prices until the unmanufactured stock is disposed of, they being about to decline the Manufactory of Cabinet Furniture. A large stock of well-seasoned mahogany to be disposed of. The upholstery business will be continued as usual in all its branches together with the chair & sofa manufactory, carpets, paper hangings, Bedding, an assortment of furniture, prints & moreens, glasses etc.’. R. Taylor jnr took over his father's business in 1821. Death of Robert Taylor snr at St Sidwell's, Exeter, aged 82, reported in The Alfred, 22 August 1826. [GL, Sun MS vol. 258, p. 497] Probable confusion with:

Taylor, Robert jnr, Exeter, Devon, cm and u, undertaker and auctioneer (1814–37). Addresses given at St Sidwell's, 1814– 17; 16 St Sidwell's, at the corner of Castle St, 1821–26; 254 High St, 1822–37; and 253 Fore St, 1823–30. R. Taylor jnr, cm, listed in election squibs, 1816. His son, Charles William, was bapt. at St Sidwell's on 29 November 1814, and son Robert on 10 November 1817. Announced in Exeter Flying Post, 4 October 1821, that the partnership with his father was dissolved, and he was taking over the business. Advertised stock of well-manufactured goods of the best quality, and well-seasoned mahogany. Robert Taylor jnr's election as one of the ‘Forty Guardians of the Poor for the North-Ward of this City’ reported in Exeter Flying Post, 14 June 1821. Acted as agent in sale of furniture of Mrs Cooke, advertising in the same paper on 17 June 1824. Announced on 30 March 1826 that ‘he is about to DISPOSE of the whole of his Extensive STOCK of FLOOR and STAIR CARPETS; consisting of above TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED YARDS of BRUSSELS, superfine KIDDERMINSTER, and VENETIANS, and a large Assortment of HEARTH RUGS … Also a Large quantity of FLOOR CLOTHS and LONDON PAPER HANGINGS and BORDERS, on the same Low Terms … N.B. the UPHOLSTERY, CABINET and CHAIR BUSINESS, carried on as usual, of the best Materials and Workmanship.’ Announced sale of the whole of his stock, and his premises to let on 26 May 1836. Stock consisted of ‘CABINET and UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE’, floor coverings, glasses and paper hangings, mahogany and rosewoood timber. Still listed in directories, 1837. [D; PR (bapt.)]

Taylor, Robert, Uttoxeter, Staffs., clock-case maker and cm (1818–35). Recorded at Church St, 1828–35. [D]

Taylor, Robert, Finkle St, Stockton-upon-Tees, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1827–32). [D]

Taylor, Sam., 20 Laystock St, London, carver and gilder (1809–11). [D]

Taylor, Samuel, 34 Lees St, Gt Ancoats St, Manchester, u (1817). [D]

Taylor, Samuel, Derby Lane, Coventry, Warks., chairmaker (1822). [D]

Taylor, Samuel, New Rd, Woolwich, London, carver and gilder, plumber and painter (1826–27). [D]

Taylor, Samuel, Bermondsey, London, chair and sofa manufacturer (1829–39). Trading at 21 Grange Rd in 1829 and 7 Bermondsey New Rd in 1839. [D]

Taylor, Samuel, 14 Cow Green, Halifax, Yorks., u (1837). [D]

Taylor, Saul, 139 Kent St, Southwark, London, chair and sofa manufacturer (1826). [D]

Taylor, T., Atherstone Warks., chairmaker (1796). [D]

Taylor, T., Market Drayton, Salop, chairmaker (1797). [D]

Taylor, T., White Cloth Hall, Leeds, Yorks., carver and gilder (1798). [D]

Taylor, Thomas, address unrecorded, upholder (1704–12). Son of John Taylor, freeman upholder of London. App. to his father on 7 February 1704/05, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 9 October 1712. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Taylor, Thomas, Maidstone, Kent, u (1725–27). Took app. named Swinock in 1725. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 10 April 1727 for £500. [S of G, app. index; GL, Sun MS vol. 23, p. 538]

Taylor, Thomas, Ileats (or Keats?) Cabing, Huntingdon. On 11 June 1745 supplied the Duke of Gordon with ‘A Larg Cabineat’ costing £7 7s; a chest at £1 18s; a dressing box, £1 1s; and a writing box, £1 1s. He also charged for carriage between London and York. [Scottish RO, GD44/51/299/2]

Taylor, Thomas, St Andrew's parish, Worcester, chairmaker (1747). [Poll bk]

Taylor, Thomas, Nottingham, carver (1757). Will dated 16 August 1757. [Notts. RO, probate records]

Taylor, Thomas, Nantwich, Cheshire, chairmaker (1761–d.1813). Married on 28 Jun 1761. Son Thomas bapt. on 31 October 1784. Daughter buried on 19 June 1789. Died on 13 December 1813, and buried on 25 January 1814. [Chester RO, PR]

Taylor, Thomas, 25 Hosier Lane, London, gilder (1783). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1783 for £200 of which £100 accounted for utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 314, p. 146]

Taylor, Thomas Paston, Norwich, upholder (1786–1808). Listed in poll bks 1786–1806. Trading at 4 Pottergate St, 1801–02 and Bridewell Alley, c.1803–08. A former app. of Thomas and Charles Taylor, Henry Utting, u, was admitted freeman on 24 February 1801. [D; Norwich freemen reg. and poll bks]

Taylor, Thomas, 74 Pitt St, with warehouse at Lydia Ann St, Duke St, Liverpool, bed and mattress maker (1803). [D]

Taylor, Thomas, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorks., cm, joiner and u (1817–37). Addresses given at Low Rd, 1834–37 and Society St in 1837. [D]

Taylor, Thomas, Liverpool, u (1827–37). Trading at 6 Comus St in 1827; 19 Richmond Row in 1829; and 6 Myrtle St and 19 Hill St, 1835–37. [D]

Taylor, Thomas, Dog Lane, Coventry, Warks., chairmaker (1828). [D]

Taylor, Thomas, 3 Mason St, Manchester, cm (1834–39). Recorded also at no. 5 in 1838. [D]

Taylor, Thomas, Walsall, Staffs., cm (1828–35). Listed at Digbeth in 1828 and Ablewell St, 1830–35. [D]

Taylor, Thomas, Wednesbury, Staffs., cm (1839). [D]

Taylor, Thomas, Liverpool, cm (1838). App. to William John Roberts in 1838. [Liverpool app. enrolment bk]

Taylor, Thomas, Stalbridge, Dorset, joiner and cm (1840). [D]

Taylor, W., New Cut, Blackfriars Rd, London, u (1809–11). [D]

Taylor, Warnford, 21 Mercer St, Long Acre, London, carver, gilder and grocer (1782). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1782 for £200 of which utensils, stock and goods accounted for £100. [GL, Sun MS vol. 304, p. 555]

Taylor, William, Lancaster. App. to R. Coulstone in 1758. [Lancaster app. reg.]

Taylor, William, Derby, carver (1775). [Poll bk]

Taylor, William, Nottingham, joiner and cm (1785–1802). Trading at Long Row in 1799. Took apps named William Woolley in 1785, Henry Richardson in 1787 and David Taylor in 1802. Signed the Nottingham Cabinet and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices, 1791, on behalf of the masters. [D; Nottingham app. list]

Taylor, William, Cable St, Liverpool, carver (1787). [D]

Taylor, William, 23 Upper East Smithfield, London, upholder (1792). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 8 June 1792 for £300 incuding £250 on stock and utensils. [GL, Sun MS vol. 387, ref. 601147]

Taylor, William F., Uttoxeter, Staffs., carver (1798). [D]

Taylor, William, 6 Little Windmill St, Golden Sq., London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Taylor, William, Lancaster, cm (1803–12). App. to R. Mashiter in 1803 and admitted freeman, 1811–12. [Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Taylor, William, Staindrop, near Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, cm (1815–27). Daughter bapt. on 2 July 1815. [D; Bowes Museum, transcript of PR (bapt.)]

Taylor, William Smith, St Ebbe's, Oxford, cm, u and appraiser (1817–30). Married Maria Freeman of Oxford at St Ebbe's on 20 May 1817. Listed at St Ebe's [sic] Lane in 1823 and St Mary Magdalen's, 1830. [D; Bodleian index of Oxf. marriage bonds]

Taylor, William, Liverpool, u and cm (1820–39). Addresses given at 1 Ironmonger Lane in 1824; 40–41 Seel St, 1827–35; also 25 Pool Lane in 1827; with yard at 15 Grenville St in 1834; 47 Seel St, also 23 Greek St and 2 Grenville St in 1837; and 64 Seel St in 1839. App. to George Philander Lyon in 1820, and admitted freeman on servitude paying 6s 8d in 1830. [D; Liverpool app. enrolment bk and freemen's committee bk] Possibly two tradesmen of the same name.

Taylor, William, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., chairmaker (1822–30). [D; poll bks]

Taylor, William, Newcastle, cm and furniture broker (1824–34). Trading at Dog-bank, 1824–34. [D]

Taylor, William, 26 Low Friar St, Newcastle, u (1827). [D]

Taylor, William, Back Bondgate, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1827–34). [D]

Taylor, William, London, bedstead maker (1829–39). Trading at 16 Bath St, City Rd in 1829; and 6 Back Rd, St George's Path, in 1839. [D]

Taylor, William, Westgate, Mansfield, Notts., joiner and cm (1822–41). [D]

Taylor, William, Chapel Town, Halifax, Yorks., cm (1837). [D]

Taylor, William, Wray's Ct, Cambridge, cm and u (1837–47). [Poll bks]

Taylor, William, Holderness Ct, Witham, Hull, Yorks., cm (1838–39). [D]

Taylor, William, 15 Boar St, Gravel Lane, Southwark, London, chair and sofa maker (1839). [D]

Taylor & Jenkinson, Halifax, Yorks., cm (1834). [D]

Taylor & Son, Nottingham, cm, joiners and carpenters (1784). Advertised for craftsmen in Nottingham Journal, 31 July 1784. See Hallam & Pidlock.

Taylor & Sons, Gt Dover St, London, cm. Name and address stamped on early 19th-century mahogany bookcase in the library at Moor House, Herts. Over 24 feet long, it must have been made for its position, extending the north wall of the library. The bookcase is unusual since the doors to its latticefronted shelves have no stiles, necessitating an elaborate arrangement of hinges. [C. Life, 2 February 1956, pp. 206–07, pl. 6]

Taylor & Utting, Bridewell Alley, Norwich, u (1810). [D]

Taylor & Walton, 110 Fenchurch St, London, u, cm, auctioneers and appraisers (1820–25). [D] Succeeded by Taylor & Fisher.

Taylour, John, 7 Hatton Wall, Hatton Gdn, London, upholder and undertaker (1817). [D]

Teague, J., Falm[outh], Cornwall. Pencilled inscription on back board of X-banded mahogany serpentine chest of drawers formerly in possession of Avon Antiques, Bradford-uponAvon, reads: ‘J. Teague Falm 1779’. Probably:

Teague, John, Truro, Cornwall, cm (1760s–89). Several children of John and Mary Teague were bapt. at St Mary's, Truro, in the 1760s and 1770s. Square chest of drawers with brushing slide, is signed ‘John Teague, Truro, August 1770’. ‘John Teague, of the parish of St Clements, Cornwall, Cabinet-Maker’ made his will on 20 June 1789. [Cornwall RO, probate records]

Teal, —, Pontefract, Yorks., cm (1797–98). [D]

Teal, James, Pontefract, Yorks., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Teal, John, Cottingham, near Hull, Yorks., cm (1807). App. to Thomas Ross in December 1807. [Hull app. reg.]

Teale, John, Shipley, Yorks., cm (1822). [D]

Teale, John, Leeds, Yorks., u and cm (1834–39). Recorded at 16 Lowerhead Row, 1834–37. Trading until 1851, and succeeded by John Richard Teale. [D] Successor to:

Teale, Josiah, Leeds, Yorks., cm and u (1791–1830). Referred to in Industries of Yorkshire, Historical Publishing Co., 1888, as founder of the firm. Signed the Leeds Cabinet and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices, 1791, as a journeyman cm. Advertised in Leeds Intelligencer, 9 December 1811, that he had recently made alterations to his premises in order to keep ‘an extensive assortment of all kinds of Cabinet Goods … Ladies’ work-boxes etc.’ Trading as Jos. Teale & Son, 1816– 30, and listed at 30 Lowerhead Row, 1816–17, at no. 16, 1826–30. Teal & Sons, Leeds, subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. [D]

Teale, Thomas, 14 Nile St, North Street, Leeds, Yorks., cm (1822). [D]

Te(a)rnl(e)y, —, 1 Garden Row, near the Obelisk, Lambeth, London, chairmaker (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, and named in his list of master cabinet makers, 1803.

Teasdale, Robert, Lancaster and London, cm (1785–1807). App. to William Blackburn in 1785, and admitted freeman, 1806–07, when stated ‘of London’. [Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Teasdale, William, 12 Lancaster St, Burton Cresc., London, carver (1835). [D]

Teasdale, Webb & Co., 29 Gracechurch St, London, wholesale u (1777–84). [D] See Webb & Lawford.

Teasell, Henry, Upper Main St, Totnes, Devon, cm (1830). [D]

Teasell, Joseph, Totnes, Devon, cm (1823–24). [D]

Tebbott, Robert, London, Carpenter to His Majesty, undertaker, joiner, auctioneer and appraiser (b.1782–d.1850). Recorded at Sheet St, Windsor, 1824–30. Listed in the fifth hall book of the borough of New Windsor, 1828–52, as Bailiff, 1815–17, Chamberlain of the Poor, 1817–18, Alderman in 1827, and Mayor, 1828–29 and 1842–43. [D] Carried out mostly jobbing work and backstairs furniture at Windsor Castle, 1831–41. In 1832 he supplied twenty deal table tops for temporary tables, costing £55, and twenty deal sideboard tops at £42 15s. He also provided drawers and racks for storing furniture, deal tables for the Silver Pantry and the Coal Porter's Room, and deal stools for the Steward's Room in June 1836. [PRO, LC11/77, 92 and 95; Windsor RA, Box 1, items 2 and 17 (estimates)]

Teesdale, Joseph, Boston, Lincs., cm (1761). Took app. named Lincoln in 1761. [S of G, app. index]

Telfer (or Telfor), John, Clipstone St, Marylebone, London, cm and pianoforte maker (1804–11). Recorded at no. 25 in 1804 and 1809–11; and no. 35, 1805–07. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 28 August 1804 for £100 on household goods, and £50 on a private house at 7 Ogle St nearby. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 431, ref. 764736]

Telling, Thomas, London, carver, gilder and frame maker (1790–1809). Trading at 13 Piccadilly, 1790–93, and Bridge Rd, Lambeth in 1809. [D]

Tempany, J. or G. (?), 35 Union St, Middlx Hospital, London, carver (1835). [D]

Temperley, John & Ralph, Haydon Bridge, Northumb., joiner and/or cm (1834). [D]

Temperton, Edward, Owston, Lincs., cm and joiner (1835). [D]

Tempest, John, Leeds, Yorks., u (1771). Delivered ‘sundry Goods … as per bill £144.18.0’ to Harewood House on 16 November 1771. [Furn. Hist., 1973]

Temple, J., 15 Upper St Martin's Lane, London, bedstead and mattress maker (1820). [D]

Temple, Jacob, London, bedstead and chair manufacturer, u, cm and broker of household goods (1817–39). Recorded at 241 Whitechapel Rd, 1817–28; 8 Bedford Pl., Commercial Rd, 1826–28; and 1 Doran's Row, Commercial Rd in 1839. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 1 November 1821 for £1,400 on his house and goods; and on 20 March 1823 for £700 on his new dwelling house only. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 487, ref. 985211; vol. 492, ref. 1003198] See T. & J. Temple and Temple & Hancock.

Temple, Jeremiah, Fisher Gdns, Knaresborough, Yorks., joiner, cm and builder (1828–29). [D]

Temple, Jeremiah, Southgate St, Hartlepool, Co. Durham, joiner and/or cm (1834). [D]

Temple, John, London, bedstead and mattress maker, u (1816– 23). Addresses given at 17 Little Alie St, Goodman's Fields, 1816–17; 14 and 15 Bloomsbury Mkt, 1820–21; no. 15, 1822–23. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 11 March 1822 for £600 on his house; and on 12 February 1823 for £400 including £200 on stock and utensils in his house. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 490, ref. 989826; vol. 489, ref. 1001432]

Temple, T. & J., 241 Whitechapel, London, bedstead manufacturers (1813). [D] See Jacob Temple and Temple & Hancock.

Temple, Thomas, London, carver and gilder (1820–39). Recorded at Clipstone St, Fitzroy Sq. in 1820, and 50 Gt Titchfield St, 1820–39). [D] Possibly the Thomas Temple, picture framer, mentioned in the Chatsworth furnishing accounts, 1820–34.

Temple, William, 18 Grafton St, Soho, London, bedstead and mattress maker (1820–29). [D]

Temple & Hancock, 241 Whitechapel, London, bedstead manufacturers (1816–25). [D] See Jacob and T. & J. Hancock.

Tempson, J., Milk St, Shrewsbury, Salop, cm (1786). [D]

Tenlan, Samuel, 22 Nelson St, Greenwich, London, cm and u (1832–34). [D]

Tennant, James, Lancaster, cm (1828–39). App. to L. Redmayne in 1828 and admitted freeman, 1836–37. Named in the Gillow records, 1832–39. [Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls; Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow]

Tennant, Thomas, Long Lane, London, chairmaker (1732). An advertisement in Daily Post, 26 October 1732 announced ‘all the rich Stock in Trade of Mr. Thomas Tennant an eminent wholesale Dealer in all manner of Household Furniture’ (warehouses in Long-Lane) were to be sold during the Winter Season at Surman's Great House in Soho. A list of furniture is cited. [D; Conn., February 1933, pp. 90–93]

Tennant, Thomas, Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records, 1814–38. [Westminster Ref. Lib.]

Tennercliffe, Joseph, York, u (1825). Of Clifton, app. to William Smith, u and cm, 28 February 1825. [York app. reg.]

Tentham, Thomas, 136 Strand, London, carver and gilder (1794). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 29 May 1794 for £750 including his house and two stables. [GL, Sun MS vol. 401, ref. 628512]

Terret(t) (or Terratt), Jos., Josh., or Joseph, Gt Suffolk St, Southwark, London, cm, u and undertaker (1820–39). Recorded at no. 10, 1820–28; no. 129 in 1829; no. 7 in 1835; and no. 11 in 1839. [D]

Terrey, Timothy, 30 Grafton St East, Fitzroy Sq., London, u (1824). Recorded in George IV's accounts on 29 November 1824 receiving £42 for a mahogany library chair ‘recently invented, by being constructed on metallic springs, Handsomely carved and polished, Mounted on French castors, covered with purple morocco, and embellished with Golden Borders.’ [Windsor RA 25393; 35584]

Terry, Edward, Kent, cm (1779–96). Of Sandwich, declared bankrupt, Gents Mag., March 1779. Polled at Canterbury of Faversham in 1790 and of Sandwich in 1796.

Terry (or Tarry), George, Whitecross St, London, upholder (1724–34). [Poll bks] See George Tarry.

Terry, George, London, carver and gilder (1826–39). Addresses given at 16 New St, Webber St, New Cut in 1826; and 37 Webber Row, Blackfriars Rd, 1835–37. [D]

Terry, Henry, address unrecorded, upholder (1713). Son of Henry Terry of Horsebridge, Southampton, Hants.; app. to William Simmons, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 13 January 1713. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Terry, Henry, London, cm and upholder (1765–d.1804). Trading at 16 Ave-Maria Lane, Ludgate St, 1778–99. Son of John Terry, butcher of Wrotham, Kent. App. to Joseph Merryman on 5 December 1765, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 6 October 1773. Took app. named Henry Gee, 1790–1803. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Terry, Robert, Bethel St, Norwich, u and paper hanger (1822). [D]

Terry, T., 18 Upper Rathbone Pl., Fitzroy Sq., London, u etc. (1820). [D]

Terry, Thomas, Davygate, York, carver, gilder and lookingglass maker (1830–40). Trading at 8 Davygate in 1830, Davygate in 1838 and 43 Goodramgate in 1840. [D]

Terry, William, Kirkgate, Wakefield, Yorks., carver and gilder (1830–37). Trading at Pincheon St in 1837. [D]

Terveld, Pet., 6 Worcester St, Southwark, London, carver and gilder (1826). [D]

Tervella, James, 6 Worcester St, Southwark, London, carver and gilder (1826–27). [D]

Tesdale, Benjamin & Co., London. In 1709 supplied the Duke of Montrose with a mohair bed, chairs, stools and curtains, at a total cost of £40 16s. Mohair was provided by John Prudom & Co. [Scottish RO, GD 220/6/1122/3]

Testi, A., 30 Leather Lane, London, looking-glass maker (1804). [D]

Testi, Joseph, 10 Leather Lane, Holborn, London, looking-glass and barometer maker (1822). [Goodison, Barometers]

Teulon, Samuel, London St, Greenwich, London, cm and auctioneer (1823–39). [D]

Tew, Joseph, Penkhull St, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., cm (1822–23). [D]

Tew, William, Park St, Warwick, cm (1831). [Poll bk]

Thacker, Benoni (or Bonomi), St Paul's, Covent Gdn, London, cm and carpenter (1726–62). Employed by Sir William Chambers in making furniture for Carrington House, Whitehall, and elsewhere. As a carpenter, subscribed to the first edition of Chippendale's Director, 1754. Took apps named Thomas Osborne in 1753 for £20, Sam Foyster in 1760 for £31 10s and Fran Englehart in 1762 for £31 10s. [DEF; Heal; V&A archives]

Thacker, Phillip, address unrecorded, upholder (1700). Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 7 August 1700. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Thacker, William, 29 Mount St, Grosvenor Sq., London, cm (1809–11). [D]

Thackery, James, 25 Thayer St, Manchester Sq., London, upholder and undertaker (1817). [D] See John Thackray.

Thackray, —, address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Thackray, James, Leeds, Yorks., cm (1817–22). Addresses given at 106 Kirkgate, 1817; Wright's Yd, York St, 1818–20; and Church Lane, 1822. [D] See Joseph Thackray.

Thackray, John, Laizenby Ct, London, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Thackray, John, 25 Thayer St, Manchester Sq., London, u (1819–25). [D] See James Thackery.

Thackray, Joseph, 106 Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorks., cm (1828–30). [D] See James Thackray.

Thackray, William, 30 South Molton St, London, broker and u (1805–07). [D]

Thackthwaite, —, St James's, London, cm (1757). Took app. named Bailey in 1757. [S of G, app. index]

Thack(th)waite (or Thacwait), Daniel and William, Westminster, London, cm (1740–49). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 8 April 1740 for £300. [GL, Sun MS vol. 54, p. 428] Both polled at Westminster, of Marshall St, in 1749.

Thack(th)waite (or Thatch(th)waite), Michael, Marylebone St, Golden Sq., London, cm and upholder (1754–95). Recorded at ‘The Easy Chair’, Marylebone St in 1767; and 7 Marylebone St, 1774–94 as Thackthwaite & Son, 1791–95. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 20 June 1792 for £1,200, including £1,000 on his house in Hanover Sq. in tenure of a Mrs Walter, and £200 on buildings adjoining. [D; poll bks; GL, Sun MS vol. 388, p. 122] On 5 February 1767 receipted a bill to Sir Gilbert Heathcote for a mahogany bookshelf costing 14s. Receipt is on the back of his Rococo trade card which shows a Chinese Chippendale-style upholstered armchair, and gives address at ‘The Easy Chair’. Card states that he ‘Makes & Sells all Sorts of Cabinet Work, Chair Work, & Upholstry Work in General, at Reasonable Rates. N.B. Funerals Perform'd both Public & Private, in a Decent Manner.’ [Lincoln RO, 2 ANC 12/D/26] Supplied furniture for the State Bedroom at Erddig, Clywd, c.1775. [C. Life, 6 April 1978, p. 909] In July–August 1786 he inventoried the household furniture of the late Edward, Lord Leigh, at Stoneleigh, Warks., and supplied furniture to Mrs Leigh. His bill, dated 9 June-31 August 1786, totalled £30 16s 4½d, and included ‘a Moho^y. Bason Stand with a drawer’, ‘an Elbow Chair Matted Seat Dyed Black’, and ‘a Moho^y. Convenient Corner Chair, Seat Cover'd with Sattin horse hair Brass nailed’, with ‘White Stone Pan’. He also provided a card rack, a mahogany stand for a screen, ‘Wainscot Window Blinds’, a ‘5 foot Wainscot Bedstead on 3 Wheel Casters, Moho^y. feet Posts …’; and fine cotton and lace bed furniture and window curtains, and blankets. He charged for ‘Repairing the Paper on the Staircase and Passage’, ‘Cleaning Down and Sizing the Wall’, and ‘Colouring the Wall on staircase and Passage Twice over in Virditor Blue.’ [Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Leigh receipts, DR 18/4/69; 18/5; Stoneleigh sales cat., Christie's, 15–16 October 1981, lot 150] Possibly the Thackthwayt, cm of Marylebone St, near Piccadilly, who as an agent announced in Public Advertiser, 16 August 1754, sale of ‘An extraordinary good front for a Shop, consisting of strong outside shutters with compass ends and Modillion Cornice, with Mahogany sashes with Crown Glass. A Press which has been used by a Goldsmith for Plate … and several other Fitments of a Shop.’

Thackwray, Joseph, Harrogate, Yorks., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Thairlwall, George, Hull, Yorks., joiner and cm (1817). App. to Edward Dickon in May 1817. [Hull app. reg.]

Thames, William, Church Fields, Greenwich, London, cm (1826). [D]

Tharp, —, at the end of Dover St, Piccadilly, London, u (1720). Named in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Tharrat(t), Thomas, London, cm, u, undertaker and chairmaker (1793–1839). Addresses given at 16 Sheppard St, Hanover Sq., 1805–07; 17 Shepherd St, Hanover Sq./Oxford St, 1809–17; 17 High St, St Giles, Bloomsbury, 1827–29; 21 Queen St, Soho, in 1835; and Rose St, Soho, in 1839. Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. [D]

Thatcher, Henry, 3 South Molton St, Bond St, London, cm (1829). [D]

Thatcher, Joseph, 3 St James's Ct, Bristol, cm (1775). [D]

Thatcher, William, 49 Frith St, Soho, London, cm (1793). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 12 January 1793 for £200 including £30 on utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 392, p. 151]

Thaw, Henry, 2 Bath Pl., New Rd, London, u (1835). [D]

Theaker, Joseph, Leeds, Yorks., cm, upholder and music teacher (1791–1830). Recorded at St Peter's Sq. with workshop at High Ct Lane in 1791; Kirkgate from 1792–1830, with warehouse at Boar Lane in 1813; 107 Kirkgate in 1814; no. 106 in 1816–17; no. 44, 1826–30; and 59 Chatham St in 1830. As Joseph snr advertised in Leeds Intelligencer, 20 September and 4 October 1791. Announced in Leeds Mercury, 16 June 1792, his removal from St Peter's Sq. to Kirkgate, stating: ‘Harpsichords & Pianofortes repaired & tuned. Pictures neatly framed, Maps Mounted, & Rooms carefully Papered. A neat assortment of Looking-Glasses in Gilt & Mahogany Frames, Tea-Trays, Caddies, etc.’ In February, March and June 1795 announced in Leeds Mercury, that he taught music, adding: ‘The Cabinet & Upholstery Business carried on as usual’. Notice given in same paper on 4 December 1814 of his removal to the corner of Bank St, Boar Lane, where his warehouse was. [D; Furn. Hist., 1971]

Theakston(e), Christopher, Doncaster, Yorks., carver (1773–74). Polled at York in 1774. Named in the Harewood MS on 17 June 1773 receiving payments for carving feet and pedestals of five mahogany tea tables made by John Walker, a local joiner. A payment was made to Walker on 14 January 1774 for ‘4 Mahogany Tea Tables’ costing £3 18s; and another to Christopher Theakstone was for ‘Carving work done at Harewood House for Edwin Lascelles Esq.’, detailed as: ‘Carving a Set of Feet for round table with Lion feet’, 18s; ‘A Do with Eagles feet & the Mouldings enriched’, £1 10s; ‘A Do with Scrole foot a rafled leaf and Moudings enriched’, £1 5s; ‘A Do with plain Scrole foot & the Moudings enriches’, 10s; and ‘A Do with Eagles feet & the Mouldings enriched’, £1 10s. The first, second and fifth on this list correspond to items sold at Christie's, 1 April 1976, lots 47–49; the third and fourth remain at Harewood. Two full-size working drawings which correspond almost exactly to the two tables still at Harewood in 1976 are almost certainly by Chippendale. [Leeds archives dept, Harewood MS 513; Furn. Hist., 1973, pl. 11A and B; I. Hall, ‘Newly discovered Chippendale drawings relating to Harewood’, LAC, No. 69, 1971; Beard, Georgian Craftsmen]

Thentsi, —, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. The Duchess of Northumberland visited his establishment, c.1766, and noted the price of certain wares. [C. Gilbert, Chippendale, p. 153]

Thewler, Samuel, Liverpool, cm (1761). Admitted freeman on 29 January 1761. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Thickpenny, Thomas, Leicester, joiner and turner (1721). App. to Jos. Smith, and admitted freeman in 1721. Took several apps [Leicester freemen rolls]

Thimbleby, James, 23 Long Alley, Finsbury, London, carver (1835). [D]

Thirkettle, Henry, Harleston, Norfolk, carpenter and chairmaker (1830). [D]

Thirkettle (or Thurkettle), Nathaniel Palmer, Norfolk, cm (1807–31). Polled at Gt Yarmouth, of there, in 1807 and 1812; and of Norwich, 1820–31.

Thirkettle (or Thurkettle), William D., Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, cm (1826–31). [Poll bks]

Thir(l)well, Robert, 13 Groat Mkt, Newcastle, cm and furniture broker (1834). [D]

Thirnbeck, Richard, Philadelphia, Sheffield, Yorks., cm (1822). [D]

Thirtle (or Thurtle), John, Magdalen St, Norwich, carver and gilder (1822–39). [D; poll bk] See Thomas Thurtle.

Thistleton, Daniel, Liverpool, u (1822). App. to Bartholomew Tyrer in 1822. [Liverpool app. enrolment bk]

Thomas, —, Carpenter St, near Berkley Sq., London, cm (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Thomas, —, address unrecorded, upholder (1807–09). Carried out upholstery work at Gorhambury, St Albans, Herts., receiving payments totalling £506 11s between 11 July 1807 and 2 April 1819. [Herts. RO, Gorhambury account bks XI 77 and 81]

Thomas, —, Liverpool, cm and joiner (1820). Notice concerning dividends on bankruptcy given in Liverpool Mercury, 17 March 1820.

Thomas, Alexander, 82 Upper East Smithfield, London, chairmaker (1778). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1778 for £200 of which utensils and stock accounted for £100. [GL, Sun MS vol. 265, p. 209]

Thomas, Alexander, near Bear Gate, Exeter, Devon, chairmaker (1787). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 7 March 1787 for £200 on household goods and stock etc. [GL, Sun MS vol. 344, p. 197]

Thomas, Alexander & William, 78 Fore St, Exeter, Devon, cm and chair manufacturers (1812–14). Advertised in Exeter Flying Post, 22 October 1812 that they had for sale ‘A Great Variety of dyed black Drawing-room Chairs with brass ornaments, of which article they were the first Manufacturers in this city; japan and burnish gold ditto; Library fouteuils, Chairs and Chair Loungers; Sofa and Sofa Beds, with all other articles in the above branches and of the newest patterns.’ Advertised again on 28 April 1814 their large assortment of cabinet and drawing-room chairs.

Thomas, Benjamin, 107 High St, Worcester, chairmaker (1835–40). [D]

Thomas, Charles, late of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, cm (1761). Discharge from Debtors’ Prison reported in London Gazette, 29 September 1761.

Thomas, Charles, 73 Church St, Manchester, cm (1840). [D]

Thomas, Edward, Bristol and Portsmouth, Hants., cm (1774–81). Polled at Bristol of there, parish of St James, in 1774; and of Portsmouth in 1781.

Thomas, Edward, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hants., cm (1784). [Bristol poll bk]

Thomas, Edward, 9 Spencer Buildings, Hunter St, Liverpool, cm (1834). [D]

Thomas, F., Rochester, Kent, cm (1806). [Poll bk]

Thomas, Frances, Halesowen, Salop, cm (c.1810–c.1830). Trading at Pekingham St, c.1830. Metal label of ‘F. THOMAS — CABINET MAKER — HALESOWEN’, recorded on a brass-inlaid mahogany armchair, c.1810, with upholstered seat, originally of black horsehair, rectangular back with horizontal splat surmounted by pierced squat vase between two scrolls; scrolling arms, and turned front legs. [D]

Thomas, Franklen Matthew, 147 High St, Rochester, Kent, cm and furniture broker (1824–34). [D]

Thomas, George, Chester, cm (1819–40). Trading at Wall St in 1819, Nicholas St in 1826, and King St in 1840. [D; poll bks]

Thomas, Henry, Castle Precincts, Bristol, cm (1774). [Poll bk]

Thomas, Henry Walter, North St, Wolverhampton, Staffs., cm and u (1822). [D] See W. H. Thomas of Wolverhampton.

Thomas, I., King's Rd, Chelsea, London, u (1826–27). [D]

Thomas, I. M., 2 Sussex St, Tottenham Ct Rd, London, cm (1835). [D]

Thomas, J., address unrecorded, cm and u (1806–08). Carried out work for the Dowager Lady Heathcote between 17 July 1806 and 9 May 1807, totalling £20 6s 6d. Work included making up and laying carpets, putting up curtains, cleaning and repairing furniture. He also charged for ‘Two Pair of Folding Doors fitted to the Book Cases in the Back Drawing Room the Frames Japanned Black & Yellow, Calico for the Pannels’; ‘A Pair of Spring Yellow Calico Blinds for the Dressing Room’; making up bed furniture of green morine, and providing ‘A Deal Frame for the top of the Bed’. He also supplied ‘4 Black Stained Chairs’, and ‘A Swing Dressing Glass in a Mahogany Frame’; and cut glass for a frame. [Lincoln RO, 2 ANC 12/D/39]

Thomas, James, late of Whitecross St, St Luke's London, grocer, oilman and cm (1755). Recorded in London Gazette, 27–31 May 1755 as a prisoner from debt.

Thomas, James, Holy Trinity, Exeter, Devon, carver (1803). [Exeter Militia list]

Thomas, James, 50 Spear St with house at 1 Thomas Ct, St George's Rd, Manchester, cm (1825). [D]

Thomas, James, York, cm (1828). Son of William Thomas. App. to John Taylor, cm, on 21 July 1828. [York app. reg.]

Thomas, James, 1 Commutation Row, Liverpool, cm and u (1837). [D]

Thomas, John, London, carver (1775–84). Recorded at Queen St, Seven Dials in 1775; and High Holborn, 1783–84, no. 153 in 1784. Insured houses for £300 in 1775, and for £600 in 1783. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 239, p. 495; vol. 317, p. 111]

Thomas, John C., address unrecorded. Pencilled inscription, ‘John C. Thomas creator of this work 4th day of May 1777 for Mr. Addam of the Adelfrey in the Strand, London’ found on a painted pinewood chimney piece in Hartwell House, Bucks., during renovation in 1958. [C. Life, 12 June 1958, E. Perry, ‘The Antique Dealers’ Fair’]

Thomas, John, Poland St, Oxford St, Golden Sq., London, cm (1790–93). [D]

Thomas, John, 4 Angel Porter Alley, Golden Lane, London, cm (1792). Insured his house for £100 and utensils, goods and stock for £20 on 10 September 1792. [GL, Sun MS vol. 388, p. 585]

Thomas, John, Bristol, knife-case maker and cm (1792–1801). Trading at Narrow Wine St, 1792–95, and Bush St, 1799– 1801. [D]

Thomas, John, Shrewsbury, Salop, cm (c.1796–1828). Listed as a cm and turner at St Alkmund's Sq., c.1796, and at Barker St, as a cm and u in 1828. [D]

Thomas, John, Gainsborough, Lincs., builder, cm and upholder (1805–08). [D]

Thomas, John, Truro, Cornwall, u and cm (1805–d. by 1822). Advertised in Royal Cornwall Gazette, 2 April 1808 giving address ‘Directly opposite Pearce's Hotel, 8 Lemon St.’ and offering thanks for ‘that distinguished patronage he has uniformly experienced since his first commencement in business’. Stated that he was ‘lately returned from London’, and having had the opportunity of ‘seeing the present mode of furnishing, he will be enabled in future to complete his orders in the furnishing in general, in the very first stile.’ He had also purchased paper, chintzes, carpeting, hearth rugs, drawing room and dining chairs etc. Announced in the same paper, 16 July 1808, that he had commenced business as an auctioneer; and on 25 April 1812 that he had again just returned from London ‘with an entire assortment of every article’ for his ‘Fashionable Upholstery & Cabinet Warehouse’, 8 Lemon St. ‘He most earnestly recommends his assortment of Mahogany, which from its superior quality & great variety, he has no doubt will give much satisfaction, having given that particular branch of his business the most attention, by selecting the very best woods the London markets would produce, & which will be manufactured by most approved workmen. Mahogany in Plank & Veneers. Bed Pillars etc. sold wholesale at the London Prices.’ Advertised similarly, still at Lemon St, on 10 April 1819. On 21 October 1815 he took two shares of £25 in the Truro Shipping Co. in order ‘to acquire vessels for the coasting trade’. His widow gave notice in Royal Cornwall Gazette, 16 March 1822, that the premises in Lemon St, ‘where the upholstery & Cabinet business had been carried on for the last 14 years with great success’, were to be let. [D; Cornwall RO, AD69]

Thomas, John, Chester, cm (1824–26). Recorded at Eastgate St in 1824 and Watergate St in 1826. Admitted freeman on 19 October 1824. [Chester freemen rolls and poll bk]

Thomas, John, Duke St, Chester, u (1828). [D]

Thomas, John, 19 Upper Thornhaugh St, Bedford Sq., London, cm (1829). [D]

Thomas, John, York, carver and gilder (1830). Son of Robert Thomas, stonemason. App. to Benjamin Evers, carver and gilder, on 8 April 1830. [York app. reg.]

Thomas, John, 99 Rea St, Birmingham, chairmaker (1835). [D]

Thomas, John, 24 Duckinfield St, Liverpool, cm (1837). [D]

Thomas, John Molesworth, 24 Bermondsey New Rd, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Thomas, Joseph, Shrewsbury, Salop, joiner and cm (1723). Took app. named Lomax in 1723. [S of G, app. index]

Thomas, Joseph, Charles St, Grosvenor Sq., London, cm and u (1800–17). Recorded at no. 13, 1800–07, and no. 15, 1809– 17. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 9 October 1800 for £200; on 1 August 1809 for £300 on household goods in ‘a cottage called Bellmans on the common’, Sunbury, Middlx, in tenure; and on 2 November 1812 for £4,000 on a house at 2 Albemarle St, Piccadilly. Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 419, ref. 706841; vol. 448, ref. 828899; vol. 459, ref. 875315]

Thomas, Joseph, Bristol, carver and gilder (1809–37). Trading as Thomas & Tucker at 32 Broadmead, 1809–16; alone there, 1817–24; no. 21 in 1825; no. 25 in 1827; no. 23, 1828–30; 15 Nelson St, 1831–34; and 15 All Saints’ St, 1835–37. [D]

Thomas, Joseph, Handbridge, Chester, chairmaker (1818–26). [D; poll bks]

Thomas, Joseph, Egerton St, Chester, cm (1826). Admitted freeman on 20 June 1826. [Chester freemen rolls]

Thomas, Joseph, 55 Thomas St, Shudehill, Manchester, chairmaker (1840). [D]

Thomas, M., 54 Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London, writing desk and dressing case maker (1829). [D]

Thomas, Mary, 2 York St, Milk St, Bristol, u (1833–40). [D]

Thomas, Nathaniel, King St, Manchester, u and cm (1828–36). Recorded at no. 47a in 1828–29; 47 in 1829; no. 68 in 1832–34; and 55 Back King St in 1836. Declared bankrupt, Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales, 7 February 1832. [D]

Thomas, R. W., 22 Dorrington St, Coldbath Fields, London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Thomas, Richard, Gainsborough, Lincs., joiner and cm (1779– 94). Insured his house for £100 in 1779. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 277, p. 205]

Thomas, Richard, South St, Exeter, Devon, cm and chairmaker (1819). Son Walter bapt. at St George's on 16 February 1819. [PR (bapt.)]

Thomas, Richard, King St, Truro, Cornwall, cm, u and undertaker (1824–d.1848). Recorded at no. 17, 1823–30. [D] In 1833 he received, with seven others, £300 as proceeds from the sale of land called the ‘Fairmantle’, Truro. It was stated that he was married to Elizabeth Ferris, daughter of Joseph Ferris, the Elder, Gent. of Truro. [Cornwall RO] His widow advertised in Royal Cornwall Gazette, 3 November 1848, offering thanks for ‘the constant support so largely afforded’ her late husband, and announcing her intention ‘to continue the business as heretofore in all its branches. Having had the almost entire management of it during her husband's illness for the last 6 years & assisted by able & experienced workmen, some of whom have been long on the establishment, she hopes by giving prompt attention, as hitherto, to all orders committed to her care, by using only the best materials & well-seasoned woods, her stock of which is unequalled in the county, & by moderate charges, to merit a continuation of that patronage so long enjoyed by her late husband.’

Thomas, Robert, Further Northgate St, Chester, cm (1784). [Poll bk]

Thomas, Robert, Wolverhampton, Staffs., upholder (1798). [D]

Thomas, Robert, Bristol, picture frame maker and printseller (c.1820–40). Trade card, c.1820 in style but backing a certificate dated 1861, reads: ‘Robert Thomas, Gilt-Fancy Wood Picture-Frame Manufacturer & printseller, 2 Tower Lane (2 doors from John St. BRISTOL’. Listed in directories at 10 Nicholas St, 1839–40.

Thomas, Rutt, 2 Clement's Lane, London, upholder (1782). [D]

Thomas, S., 147 High St, Rochester, Kent, cm (1839). [D]

Thomas, Samuel, Spitalfields, Liverpool, carver (1794–96). Recorded at back of 10 Spitalfields, Whitechapel in 1796. [D]

Thomas, Samuel, Plymouth, Devon, carver and gilder (1822–30). Trading at 3 Chapel St, Stonehouse, 1822–24, and 19 Market St, Devonport in 1830. [D]

Thomas, Susan S., 7 Canon St, Bristol, upholsteress (1828–29). [D]

Thomas, Thomas, St Sidwell's, Exeter, Devon, journeyman cm (1827). Notices in Exeter Flying Post, 10 May 1827 and 12 July 1827 concerned the committing of Thomas and his wife Eliza to the city prison, for trial at the Sessions, for having stolen from several linen drapers’ shops and pawn-brokers in Exeter. Eliza was pronounced guilty, but Thomas was acquitted, having received an excellent character from Charles Nolan.

Thomas, Thomas, 30 Marlborough St, Bristol, house and sign painter, furniture japanner (1823–24). [D]

Thomas, W. H., Wolverhampton, Staffs., cm and u (1818). [D] See Henry Walter Thomas of Wolverhampton.

Thomas, William, Ditch Side, St Bride's, London, cm (1715–22). Served as Scavenger at St Bride's in 1715; Questman in 1716; and fined for non-service in one office in 1722. [GL, MS 6561, p. 5]

Thomas, William, Plymouth, Devon, cm (1743). Took app. named Hoskins in 1743. [S of G, app. index]

Thomas, William, Greek St, Soho, London, cm and upholder (1777–96). Recorded at no. 17, 1784–93. Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1777 for £900 including £550 on utensils and stock. In 1796 receipted a bill for a ‘Japanned India Cabinet’ costing £4 4s supplied to the Hon. James Drummond of Perth. [D; poll bk; GL, Sun MS vol. 261, p. 353; Scottish RO, GD160/Box 46/Bundle 14] See Thomas & Flint and Thomas & Wallace.

Thomas, William, Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, Salop, cm (1796). [Shrewsbury burgess roll]

Thomas, William, St Austell, Cornwall, cm and post maker (1798). [D]

Thomas, William, ‘Three Boars’ Heads’, Horse Fair, Bristol, cm (1815–20). [D]

Thomas, William, Magdalen St, Exeter, Devon, cm (1820). Son Richard bapt. at Holy Trinity Church on 20 August 1820. [PR (bapt.)]

Thomas, William, 8 Blewitt's Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, box and dressing case maker (1820). [D]

Thomas, William, London St, Fitzroy Sq., London, carver, gilder, interior decorator (c.1815–39). Recorded at no. 39, 1826–39. Label recorded on back panel of Regency lookingglass, c.1815, inscribed: ‘from W. THOMAS, Decorator and Gilder, LONDON STREET, FITZROY SQUARE’. [D]

Thomas, William, Derby Cottage, Bootle Marsh, Liverpool, with shop at 20 Islington, cm and u (1839). [D]

Thomas, William, 1 Virgil St, Liverpool, cm and beer shop (1839). [D]

Thomas, William, Church Fields, Greenwich, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Thomas, William, 28 Quay St, Salford, Lancs., cm (1840). [D]

Thomas & Flint, 17 Greek St, Soho, London, cm and u (1792– 97). [D] See William Thomas and Thomas & Wallace.

Thomas & Son, Plymouth, Devon, carvers and gilders (1836– 38). Trading at Squire Terr., Union Rd in 1836 and 14 Bilbury St in 1838. [D]

Thomas & Steward, 2 Little Stanhope St, London, u (1839). [D]

Thomas & Tucker, 32 Broadmead, Bristol, carvers and gilders (1809–16). [D] See Joseph Thomas at this address.

Thomas & Wallace (or Wallis), Greek St, Soho, London, cm and upholders (1781–90). Recorded at no. 17 in 1789. [D] See William Thomas, and Thomas & Flint.

Thomason, Thomas, 1 Robert St, Liverpool, cm (1827). [D]

Thomequay, —, Moorfields, London, gilt chairmaker (1768). Noted in Matthew Boulton's diary in 1768. [Birmingham City Ref. Lib., archives dept. Boulton MS]

Thompkins, George, Hyde Hill, Berwick, Northumb., cm and u (1828–29). [D]

Thompson, —, St Aldates, Oxford, carver, gilder and picture frame maker. Undated trade card [Banks Coll., BM] shows University and City Arms.

Thompson, —, address unrecorded. In April 1722 provided items to Sir John Chester for Chicheley Hall, Bucks., including ‘stuffed damask bed & chairs & easy chairs & quilts etc.’, and ‘worsted damask bed, 3 quilts, 6 chairs, 2 window curtains, easy chair & carpets’, costing a total of £20. [Bucks. RO, ref. D/C/2/36 (iii); C. Life, 27 February 1975, p. 498]

Thompson, —, London, upholder (1768). Death ‘in Broker'sAlley’ on 7 March 1768 reported in Public Advertiser, 9 March 1768.

Thompson, —, address unrecorded, u (c.1775). Supplied furniture to Brockenhurst Park, Hants., c.1775. [Antique Collector, vol. 25, 1954, p. 134] Possibly James Thompson of Fenchurch St.

Thompson, —, 33 (?) Crooked Lane, Cannon St, London, cm, upholder and undertaker (1793). Trade card [Banks Coll., BM] shows two Chippendale-style chairs, a bookcase, a Venetian blind, a chest of drawers and a funeral procession. Card states: ‘Window Blinds & Venetian Shades Made & Repaired in the Latest Manner and on the Most Reasonable Terms.’

Thompson, —, Whitehaven, Cumb., cm (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Thompson, —, London, u (1833). Notice in Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales, 22 January 1833 concerned the debt owed Thompson for ‘costly furniture’ bought from him by a Mrs Wellesly of Bruton St. On her leaving for Calais, a Mr Philips, auctioneer, detained the furniture for a further debt of £4,000 owed him by Mrs Wellesly.

Thompson, Abraham, Otley, Yorks., joiner and cm (1828–34). Trading at Nelson St, 1828–29. [D]

Thompson, Alexander, Gt Hermitage St, Wapping, London, cm (1790–1811). Trading at no. 17, 1805–07. [D]

Thompson, Alexander, Castle Sq., Southampton, Hants., u (1803–08). [D]

Thompson, Ann, Main St, Cockermouth, Cumb., joiner and cm (1828–29). [D]

Thompson, Anthony, Milnthorpe, Westmld, cm (1829). [D]

Thompson, Benjamin, 62 Red Lion St, Clerkenwell, London, dyed chairmaker (1811). [D]

Thompson, Brian Rushworth, Clerkenwell, London, dyed chairmaker (1782–1825). Addresses given at 28 St John's Lane, 1782–89; 62 Red Lion St, 1790–1825, as B. R. Thompson, 1789–1825. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1782 for £600, of which £450 accounted for utensils, stock and warehouse; and in 1790 for £1,000 on utensils and stock in workshops, yard and warehouse. B. R. Thompson is named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. Probably confusion between Benjamin and Brian R. Thompson. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 302, p. 252; vol. 370]

Thompson, Charles, Cowley, Oxford, cm (1802). [Poll bk]

Thompson, Charles, 14 Prospect Row, Woolwich, London, carver and gilder (1839). [D]

Thompson, Clelland, 13 Dooley St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, cm (1839). [D]

Thompson, Edward, Cambridge, cm and u (1792–94). Declared bankrupt, Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 8 March 1794. [D]

Thompson, Edward jnr, Cambridge, cm, u and furniture broker (1824–1840). Addresses given at Butcher Row in 1824, and Magdalene St, 1835–40. [D; poll bks]

Thompson, Edward, 9 George's Row, St Luke's, London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Thom(p)son, Edward, Watergate St, Ellesmere, Salop, cm (1828–35). [D]

Thompson, Elizabeth, 45 Fountain St, Manchester, u (1808–13). [D]

Thompson, Francis, at ‘The Three Chairs’, St John's Lane, near Hick's Hall, London, turner and chairmaker ‘from Mr. AYLIFFE, Turner to His Majesty’ (c.1750). Trade card shows three cabriole-legged chairs with tall, shaped backs and vertical splats, and states that Thompson ‘MAKETH and SELLETH all Sorts of dy'd Beach Chairs, Brushes, Brooms, Mops, and Matting, Wholesale and Retail. Likewise Pails, Washing-Tubs, Iron hoop'd Coal-Tubs, Fire-Screens, Plate-Racks, Shop-Stools, Close-Stools, Coal Boxes, KnifeBoxes, Knife-Wetters, Salt-Boxes, Wainscot and Nottingham Voiders, Comb-Trays, Tin-Plate-Baskets, Tin Scuttles, plain and painted; Iron Dust-Pans, Cradles, Flaskets, Child-bedBaskets, China Plate Baskets, Work Baskets, Kitchen and Chamber Bellows, Hair Cloth and many other Things too tedious to mention. Painted Floor-Cloths of all Sorts and Sizes, of the newest Pattern, warranted to be done well in Oil, and wear well; and to be sold as cheap as any Advertiser in LONDON. Likewise Ready Money for Bees Wax.’ [Heal]

Thompson, Frederick, 24 St John St (or Sq.), Clerkenwell, London, cm (1835–39). [D]

Thompson, George, Argyle St, Golden Sq., London, cm (1797– 1808). Recorded at no. 4, 1797–1803 and no. 5 in 1808. [D] See J. Thompson at no. 4.

Thompson, George, York, looking-glass maker (1798–1830). Trading at 4 Judge's Old Yd in 1830. Son of Thomas Thompson. App. to David Doeg, looking-glass maker, on 8 November 1798. Admitted freeman in 1806. [D; York app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Thompson, George, address unrecorded, chairmaker (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Thompson, George, West St, Boston, Lincs., cm (1819–22). [D]

Thompson, George, Brunswick Pl., Brompton, London, chair and sofa maker (1826). [D]

Thompson, George, Knaresborough, Yorks., joiner and cm (1828–34). Trading at Church Lane, 1828–29. [D]

Thompson, Guy, Oxford, cm (1768). [Frowde, Survey of Oxford] Possibly:

Thom(p)son, Guy, 2 Duke St, West Smithfield, London, cm and ebony inkstand maker (1776–1803). Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1776 for £400, utensils and stock accounting for £300; and in 1782 for £600, £450 on utensils, stock and warehouse. Listed as not having voted in Oxford poll, 1802. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 248, p. 488; vol. 302, p. 247] Heal records trade card of Guy Thompson, cm and case maker. See Thomson & Fiske at this address.

Thompson, J., 4 Argyle St, Golden Sq., London, cm (1805–07). [D] See George Thompson at this address.

Thompson, J., 2 Brunswick Pl., Brompton Sq., London, chairmaker (1826–27). [D]

Thompson, J., Market Pl., Durham, spinning-wheel maker (1827). [D]

Thompson, James, Norwich, u (1660). App. to Thomas Frost, and admitted freeman on 23 January 1660. [Norwich freemen reg.]

Thom(p)son, James, Oxford, cm (1748–68). Polled of St Mary Magdalene parish in 1768. Took apps named Freeman in 1748 and Smith in 1760. [S of G, app. index]

Thompson, James, Fenchurch St, London, u (1753–75). Recorded at Cullum St, Fenchurch St in registers of unclaimed dividends of bank stock in 1753. Trading at 146 Fenchurch St c. 1767–70 and no. 133, c.1771–75. [D; Heal] Submitted a bill to Lord Monson dated 27 February 1769 ‘for Mr. Eastland’, and receipted on 6 April for ‘Mr. Dickerson & Colny’. Bill totalled £3 19s 6d and listed ‘A Check Mattress Fill'd with Fine Flocks & Tuffted with Silk’, a hammock, blankets, a field quilt, and ‘a Tucken Pillow filld with 22 of Season'd Fethers’. [Lincoln RO, Monson 11/50] Mentioned in the notebook of Edward Morant of Brockenhurst Park, Hants., c.1771, as ‘Mr. Thompson Mr. Long Upholsterer in Fenchurch Street.’ [Owned by E. Morant, Hants.] See Thompson, —, who supplied furniture to Brockenhurst c.1775.

Thompson, James, Maidenhead Passage, Berwick St, London, cm (1784). [Poll bk]

Thompson, James, 53 Davies St, Berkeley Sq., London, u, cm and appraiser (1814–25). [D]

Thompson, James, Liverpool, cm (1818–39). Addresses given at Tarbuck Sq., Milton St in 1818; 12 Gardner's Row, 1821–23; and 2 Upper Mann St, Harrington in 1839. [D]

Thompson, James, Warwick, cm (1822–31). Trading at Castle St in 1828 and Park St in 1831. [D; poll bk]

Thompson, James, Malton, Yorks., cm and u (1823–40). Trading at Newbiggin in 1823 and Yorkersgate in 1840. [D]

Thompson, James snr, Appleby, Westmld, joiner and cm (1828–29). [D]

Thompson, James, 18 London Wall, London, cm (1829). [D]

Thompson, James, Oxford St, Bilston, Staffs., cm (1833). [D]

Thompson, John, parish of St Peter at Arches, Lincoln, upholder (1720). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 11 July 1720 on goods and merchandise in his house. Entry mentions ‘Mr. Thompson merch^t. in Crooked Lane’. [GL, Sun MS vol. 12, ref. 18933] See Thompson, —, of 33 Crooked Lane, London.

Thompson, John, Peter St, London, cm (1774). [Poll bk]

Thompson, John and successors, Durham, u, cm, auctioneer and appraiser (1793–1828). [D] John was recorded at Sadler St, 1802–19. Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793 and Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. The Ellison papers in Gateshead Ref. Lib. (1805–26) include a bill from Thompson for four wash-hand tables supplied to Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall, Gateshead, in 1808. [Furn. Hist., 1976, pl. 33c] Advertised in Newcastle Courant, 20 March 1802 for one or two hands; stating ‘none but good workmen need offer’. Announced on 26 March 1814 that he had taken his sons into partnership, and carried out ‘Display of Decoration & Ornaments. Plans of rooms taken and designs of furniture prepared for them.’ Notice in Durham County Advertiser, 4 September 1819, from John Thompson, offered thanks for the ‘many favours conferred upon him by his friends for a period of forty-two years’, and announced that ‘he has DECLINED HIS PART in the above trade to his sons viz: to WILLIAM HALL THOMPSON, the CABINET BUSINESS; and to JAMES and MATTHEW THOMPSON, the UPHOLSTERY BUSINESS, who, he trusts, will merit a continuance of their future favours.’ William Hall and James & Matthew Thompson advertised at the same time that they intended to continue their respective trades in the old shops and warerooms in Saddler St. William Hall, cm, promised ‘the strictest attention to manufacture fashionable & useful furniture, made from choice wood of every description, & the utmost approved modern designs’; James & Matthew, u and furnishers in general, that ‘from their great connections with the principal houses in London, and the Manufactories, they are enabled at all times to have the first fashions and newest patterns’. Label recorded on octagonal library table with frieze drawers on pillar and four splayed legs. Label is framed by festoon curtain surmounted by an eagle with sarcophagus cellaret below, and reads: ‘I. THOMPSON, Upholsterer & Cabinet Maker, Sadler Street, DURHAM, Auctioneer & Appraiser’. [Antique Collector, September 1973, p. 28, fig. 1] William Hall Thompson is listed in a directory of 1827–28 at New Elvet and Sadler St.

Thompson, John, Whitehaven Cumb., cm (1798). [D]

Thompson, John, York, cm (1807–23). Recorded as John & Son, cm, joiners and packing box manufacturers, Little Stonegate, with house in Marygate, 1823. John Thompson, jnr, son of Joseph Thompson, coachmaker, deceased, was app. to Hugh Rusby, cm, on 1 December 1807, and admitted freeman as cm in 1820. [D; York app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Thompson, John, Blandford, Dorset, cm (1813). Took his son, Samuel, as app. for seven years on 6 April 1813. [Dorset RO, B5]

Thompson, John & Isaac, 64 St James's St, Liverpool, cm (1813). [D]

Thompson, John, Blackburn, Lancs., joiner and cm (1814–34). Addresses given at Queen St in 1814; top of Salford St in 1816; and 14 Eanam St, 1818–24. [D]

Thompson, John Thomas, 116 Long Acre, London, cm, army u, auctioneer, appraiser, military bed and camp equipage maker to their Majesties, patentee of the light military and travelling bed (1818–40). [D] Advertised in The Times, 1 January 1816, and 8 January 1818, his ‘PATENT EAST and WEST INDIA WELLINGTON BED — This elegant and portable BEDSTEAD is made of Wrought Iron Tubes, plated with brass, thereby rendering it extremely light, not liable to rust, or harbour vermin, by its ingenious and simple construction being only one piece, it forms in two minutes into a most complete bed, weighing only 56 lb, with the bedding complete; and by its portability and very small size into which it folds, will fix to any part of a carriage; to the invalid in particular travelling for health it has been invaluable, as by the elasticity of the sacking turning in bed is rendered less painful and when in a warm climate its use will enable them to enjoy the blessing of sleep, often denied to them in the beds of the country which cannot be kept from vermin. As a spare bed in a house it has been found to be extremely useful, it being soon put up, and also forming an elegant couch; a very extensive assortment of different sizes, fitted up with an entire new pattern of Mosquito-Nets are now on show at the warerooms of the patentee J. T. Thompson 116 Long-acre.’ In November 1824 Thompson supplied unspecified goods to the value of £31 to John, 6th Duke of Bedford. [Beds. RO, R399, bill 17] In January 1840 provided Lord Fitzalan with three sets of iron bedsteads, curtains, hair mattresses, feather bolsters, pillows, blankets and quilts, at £11 a set. [Arundel Castle records, A1963]

Thompson, John, 8 Brokers Alley, Castle St, Drury Lane, London, u etc. broker etc. (1820–35). Recorded also at no. 5 in 1835. [D]

Thompson, John, 5 Rigby St, Liverpool, cm (1821). [D]

Thompson, John, Market Harborough, Leics., cm and chairmaker (1822). [D]

Thompson, John, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, cm and u (1822–38). Recorded as J. & S. Thompson at St Aubyn St in 1822; alone at no. 64, 1823–24; with ‘Si’ there in 1830; alone at Fore St in 1830; and alone at 18 Cherry Gdn St in 1838. [D] See S. S. Thompson.

Thompson, John, Club Row, Church St, Bethnal Green, London, cm (1822–39). Recorded at no. 24, 1822–28; no. 22 in 1829; and no. 21 in 1839. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 16 January 1822 for £200 of which £100 accounted for stock, utensils and goods in trust. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 490, ref. 987699]

Thompson, John Atkinson, York, carver and gilder (1825). Son of Francis Thompson, painter of Hull. App. to William Holmes, carver and gilder, on 11 February 1825. Imprisoned for one month in the House of Correction to hard labour in about January 1826. [York app. reg.]

Thompson, John, Darlington, Co. Durham, cm (1827–34). Trading at Posthouse Weind in 1827 and Skinnergate in 1834. [D]

Thompson, John, Wolsingham, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1828–29). [D]

Thompson, John, Ferguson's Lane, Carlisle, Cumb., joiner and/or cm (1828–34). [D]

Thompson, John, Egremont, Cumb., joiner and/or cm (1828–34). Recorded with William Thompson in 1834. [D]

Thompson, John, Gardener's Row, Bevington Bush, Liverpool, cm (1829–37). Trading at no. 12 in 1829 and no. 7, 1834–37. [D]

Thompson, John, Bramley, Yorks., joiner and cm (1830). [D]

Thompson, John, Kirkgate, Newark, Notts., cm and chairmaker (1822–41). [D]

Thompson, John jnr, Guildhall St, Newark, Notts., cm, chairmaker and turner (1828–35). [D]

Thompson, John, York, cm (1834). [D]

Thompson, Jonathan, Deepcar, Bolsterstone, Midhope, Yorks., cm (1837). [D]

Thompson, Joseph, Liverpool, cm (1796–1835). Addresses given at 5 Newhall St, Crosbie St in 1796; 8 Lionel St, Gerrard St, 1800–03; 12 Bolton St, Copperas Hill in 1804; 19 Lionel St in 1805; no. 10, 1807–10; no. 47, 1811–27; 6 Nelson Pl., Gt Nelson St in 1829; and Walton Breck in 1835. Death of his wife, Elizabeth, aged 58, after a short illness, reported in Liverpool Mercury, 24 October 1828. [D]

Thompson, Joseph, Calverley-cum-Farsley, Yorks., cm (1830–37). [D]

Thompson, Joseph, Skipton, Yorks., joiner and/or cm (1830–37). Recorded at Commercial St, Holy Trinity parish in 1837. [D; PR]

Thompson, Josh., Fore St, Wellington, Som., cm and u (1822). [D]

Thompson, M. jnr, Askrigg, Wensleydale, Yorks., cm (1840). [D]

Thompson, Mark, Pilgrim St, Newcastle, joiner and cm (1811). [D]

Thompson, Marmaduke, Lancaster, cm (1789–96). App. to Gillows in 1789, and admitted freeman, 1795–96. Named in the Gillow records, 1792–96. [Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls; Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow]

Thompson, Mary, 44 Piccadilly, London, carver, gilder and glass-grinder (1805–11). [D]

Thompson, Matthew, Sadler St, Durham, u (1827). [D] Succeeded his father, John Thompson at this address.

Thompson, Michael, Staindrop, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1827). [D]

Thompson, Noah, Hammond Beck Bridge, Swineshead, Lincs., spinning-wheel maker (1826). [D]

Thompson, Ralph, York, u (1811). Son of Ann Thompson; app. to Thomas King, u, on 13 February 1811. [York app. reg.]

Thompson, Richard, Rawden, Yorks., cm (1830). [D]

Thompson, Richard, Otley, Yorks., joiner and/or cm (1834). [D]

Thompson, Robert, Hull, Yorks., cm (1730–54). Recorded on the west side of Market Pl. on 4 December 1730 when he took out a Sun Insurance policy for £300 including £100 on stock in trade in his house. [GL, Sun MS vol. 33, ref. 52474; poll bks]

Thompson, Robert, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, upholder and salesman (1733). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 3 December 1733 for £700 on household goods and stock in trade consisting of linen and upholders goods in his house and shop near the bridge. [GL, Sun MS vol. 38, ref. 62551]

Thompson, Robert, Market Lane, London, cm (1774). [Poll bk]

Thompson, Robert, Cannon St, Manchester, upholder (1788). [D]

Thompson, Robert, 46 Lord St, Liverpool, upholder (1796). [D]

Thompson, Robert, Otley, Yorks., cm (1798). [D]

Thompson, Robert, King St, Cambridge, cm (1819). Illegitimate child bapt. at All Saints’ Church on 21 March 1819. [Cambs. RO, PR (bapt.)]

Thompson, Robert, Newcastle, joiner, cm and furniture broker (1824–38). Trading with Thomas Thompson at Wellington Pl., Pilgrim St in 1824; and alone at Pilgrim St in 1827, no. 25 in 1833–34 and no. 23 in 1838. [D] See Thomas Thompson at this address.

Thompson, Robert, Liverpool, cm (1838). Son of James Thompson, stonemason; admitted freeman on 25 July 1838. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Thompson, S. S., St Aubyn St, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, cm (1830–38). [D] See John Thompson at this address.

Thompson, Samuel, Blandford, Dorset, cm (1813). App. to his father, John Thompson, cm, on 6 April 1813. [Dorset RO, B5]

Thompson, Samuel, Liverpool, cm (1821). App. to William Harrison in 1821. [Liverpool app. enrolment bk]

Thom(p)son, Simpson, Bristol, furniture painter (1822). [D]

Thompson, Stephen, Market Lane, St James's, Westminster, London, joiner and cm (1784–86). Took app. named Lawrence McKenzie in 1786. [Westminster Ref. Lib., reg. of St Margaret and St John, MS E2566, p. 1242; poll bk]

Thom(p)son, Stephen, 8 Denmark St, Bristol, furniture painter (1821–24). Recorded as Stephen Thom(p)son jnr in 1823. [D]

Thompson, Thomas, Oxford, cm (1768). [Frowde, Survey of Oxford]

Thompson, Thomas, Manchester, chairmaker (1794–1813). Addresses given at Spring Alley in 1794; Nicholas’ Croft in 1800; 2 Elbow St in 1808; and 6 Turner St, 1811–13. [D]

Thompson, Thomas jnr, parish of St Peter of Southgate, Norwich, cm (1799). [Poll bk]

Thompson, Thomas, 41 Fenchurch St, London, frame maker, carver and gilder (1800–15). [D]

Thompson, Thomas, 12 Stephen St, Tottenham Ct Rd, London, upholder (1809–10). Took out Sun Insurance policies on 17 or 27 March 1809 for £700 on his house, goods, china and glass; and on 14 April 1810 for £800, including £100 on stock, utensils and goods in trust. [GL, Sun MS vol. 448, ref. 828833; vol. 453]

Thompson, Thomas, 30 Sir Thomas Buildings, Liverpool, cm (1821–27). Recorded also at 15 Chapel Lane, Brownlow Hill in 1824; and 66–67 Tythebarn St in 1827. [D]

Thompson, Thomas, Newcastle, joiner, cm and furniture broker (1824–38). Trading at Wellington Pl., Pilgrim St in 1824 and 23 Pilgrim St, 1833–38. [D] See Robert Thompson at this address.

Thompson, Thomas, Newgate St, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, turner and spinning-wheel maker (1827). [D]

Thompson, Thomas, Middlegate, Penrith, Cumb., joiner and/or cm (1839–34). [D]

Thompson, Thomas, High St, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, cm (1832). [D]

Thompson, Thomas, Liverpool, cm (1834). App. to Cattrall & Whittingham in 1834. [Liverpool app. enrolment bk]

Thompson, Thomas, 12 Norman St, Liverpool, chairmaker (1835). [D]

Thompson, Thomas, Northallerton, Yorks., cm (1840). [D]

Thompson, W., address unrecorded, u (c.1829–41). Supplied furnishings for Charles William Vane, Marquess of Londonderry, for Wynyard Park, Co. Durham. [Durham RO, Londonderry papers, D/LO/E 484, vol. 1, 1829–41]

Thompson, W. L., 5 Brompton Rd, London, furniture ironmonger (1835). [D]

Thompson, William snr and jnr, Beverley, Yorks., cm, u and auctioneer (1764–1846). Recorded at Wednesday Mkt, 1785–91; Flemingate, 1826–29; North Bar St in 1831; and Beckside in 1840. Recorded as William snr, 1774–90 and as William jnr, 1784–99, but their respective addresses and dates are not clear. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1775 for £200 on shop and stock; and on 22 April 1785 for £250 on utensils and stock, and £150 on his workshop at Wednesbury Mkt. Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. Death of his wife reported in Gents Mag., 1807. Commissioned by the Corporation on 3 December 1764 to make ‘ten armed chairs and six common chairs’ for the Magistrate's Room in Beverley Guildhall, at 25s and 17s each, respectively; also a treble-seated chair at £5 5s, and a pair of dining tables at £7 10s 6d. Still in the Mayor's Parlour, some of the chairs are in the ‘Chinese’ style of Chippendale's Director, 1754. On 13 October 1777 Thompson was ordered to provide ‘seven leather-bottomed chairs for the Chambers as previously’; and in 1783 Mr W. Thompson, cm, was elected a ‘chamber man’. [D; poll bks; GL, Sun MS vol. 237, p. 185; vol. 328, p. 180; Beverley Guildhall, Corp. minutes; C. Life, 3 October 1974, pp. 923–33; I. & E. Hall, Historic Beverley, p. 50, illus. p. 72]

Thompson, William, London, upholder (1772–83). Trading at Fleet Mkt in 1783. Son of Henry Thompson, coach harness maker of Langley, Bucks. App. to William Pike, joiner, on 4 February 1772, and Philip Stallard, haberdasher, on 27 January 1773. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 7 May 1783. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records] Probably William Tomson, and:

Thompson, William, see William Tomson.

Thompson, William, Denmark Ct, London, cm (1784). [Poll bk]

Thompson, William, Savile Row, London, u (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Thompson, William, address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Thompson, William, 19 Gt Barlow St, Marylebone, London, upholder (1805–07). [D]

Thompson, William, St Clement's, Ipswich, Suffolk, cm (1809). [Suffolk RO, calendar of marriage licence bonds, FAA: 50/2/ 114, pp. 75–76]

Thompson, William, Deritend, Birmingham, wheelwright and chairmaker (1818). [D]

Thompson, William, Butchery, Brigg, Lincs., cm (1819). [D]

Thompson, William, Burghwallis, near Doncaster, Yorks., cm (1822). [D]

Thompson, William, Welburn, Yorks., joiner and cm (1823). [D]

Thompson, William, 7 Lower John St, Commercial Rd, London, cm (1823). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 19 November 1823 for £250 including £50 on a chest of tools at Mrs Johnston's, 3 Collet Pl., Commercial Rd. [GL, Sun MS vol. 495, ref. 1010586]

Thompson, William, corner of James St, Salmon Lane, Limehouse, London, cm (1824). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 3 May 1824 for £400 of which £200 accounted for utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 497, ref. 1016757]

Thompson, William, 24 Stepney Causeway, Commercial Rd, London, cm (1826–28). [D]

Thompson, William, 57 Curtain Rd, London, chair, and sofa manufacturer (1829). [D]

Thompson, William C., Horse Mkt, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1827–29). [D]

Thompson, William, Durham, cm (1827–34). Recorded at Sadler St in 1827 and 1834, and at Hall, Flesher Gate, 1828– 29. [D]

Thompson, William, Penrith, Cumb., chairmaker and turner (1829–34). Trading at Angel Lane in 1829 and Burrow Gate in 1834. [D]

Thompson, William, High St and St Aldate's, Oxford, printseller, carver and gilder (1830). [D]

Thompson, William, Magdalene St, Cambridge, cm (1830–35). [D; poll bks]

Thompson, William, Cow Fair, Banbury, Oxon, chairmaker (1830–41). [D]

Thompson, William, Billericay, Essex, cm (1832). [D]

Thompson, William, 25 Pipewellgate, Gateshead, Co. Durham, cm and furniture broker (1833). [D]

Thompson, William, Harrogate, Yorks., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Thompson, William, Egremont, Cumb., cm and/or joiner (1834). [D]

Thompson, William, White Mill St, Liverpool, cm and joiner (1835–39). Recorded at no. 12, with shop at no. 7 in 1835; no. 11 with shop at no. 7 in 1837; and no. 19 in 1839. [D]

Thompson, William, Clapham Common, London, carver and gilder (1838). [D]

Thompson, William, Beckside, Beverley, Yorks., cm (1840). [D]

Thompson, Messrs, St James St, Liverpool, cm (1813). Notice in Liverpool Mercury, 24 September 1813, given of dissolution of partnership and sale of their manufactured stock, ‘comprising an excellent set of Patent Dining-Tables; several sets of Mahogany Chairs, upholstered over the rail, loose seats etc:- Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, Night Chair, Sofa, Card, Pembroke, Snap & Work Tables; Book-case with glazed doors, Hat Stands, Portable Desks, Butlers’ Trays, Couch, Sofas covered with black hair-cloth, Easy Chairs, Foot Stools, Fire Skreens, Long Post & Camp Bedsteads, Dressing Glasses etc.’. Sale carried out by James Trotter, cm and household broker, recorded at 56 Whitechapel in 1816. [D]

Thompson & Beves, 34 West St, Brighton, Sussex, cm and u (1832). [D] See Beeves & Co.

Thompson & Co., 24 Warwick St, Piccadilly, London, cm (1825). [D]

Thoms, Alexander, Exeter, Devon, chairmaker (1786–1816). Removed to North St in 1795, announcing premises to let adjoining Palace Gate, where Richard Toms was recorded in 1791. Removed to 268 Fore St with manufactory at St Paul's St in 1808; and to no. 78 in 1810. Recorded at no. 77 in 1816. A. Thoms recorded at South St and A. & W. Thoms at Fore St in 1816. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 7 February 1786 for £40 on household goods and £50 on utensils, stock and goods in trust. Advertised in Exeter Flying Post, 5 June 1794 that he made and sold ‘all sorts of rush-bottom fancy chairs of yew tree & mahogany — also garden chairs, wholesale & retail’. Announced removal to North St on 12 March 1795; and to 268 Fore St on 29 December 1808, ‘where work executed with strictest fidelity and despatch. Chairs of newest patterns, drawing room chairs, sofas, settees, couches &c. in gold or colours. Bedroom chairs in newest taste. Orders received at his manufactory, St Paul's St, adjoining the waggon warehouse.’ Notice given on 19 April 1810 of removal of ‘fancy chair manufactory’ to 78 Fore St, where stock consisted of a ‘large, elegant assortment of drawing room goods & various articles of furniture of the newest fashion’. Thoms, cm and chairmakers of 77 Fore St, with workshops at St Catherine's St, advertised sale of stock, mahogany and beech timber in Western Luminary, 9 July 1816. [Exeter Pocket Journal; GL, Sun MS vol. 334, p. 480]

Thoms, George, 148 Fore St Hill, Exeter, Devon, chairmaker (1816–40). Children bapt. at St George's Church on 7 August 1832: Georgina Clarissa Perring, George Peter Perring, and Reuben Perring Martin. Named in Exeter voters list, 1832. Death on 4 January 1838 of youngest son, Reuben reported in Exeter Flying Post, 11 January. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal; PR (bapt.)]

T(h)oms, Richard, Exeter, Devon, chairmaker (1791–96). Recorded at Palace Gate in 1791 and North St in 1796. [Exeter Pocket Journal]

Thoms, William, 10 High St, Exeter, Devon, cabinet manufacturer (1821). Notice in Exeter Flying Post, 22 March 1821, read: ‘BRITISH OAK FURNITURE, for Sale and for Inspection, at MR. W. THOMS’, Confectioner, No. 10, High Street, nearly opposite Castle Street, Exeter. Wm. THOMS, CABINET MANUFACTURER, (from London) begs to inform the Nobility and Gentry of Exeter, and its vicinity, that he has Manufactured from that noble Tree, the BRITISH OAK, DRAWING-ROOM FURNITURE, which for beauty stands unrivalled to any other woods ever imported to this country. W.T. is the only Manufacturer in this County.’

Thomson, —, Market Harborough, Leics., cm (1822). [D]

Thomson, Alexander, York, u (1780). Insured his house for £100 in 1780. [GL, Sun MS vol. 287, p. 30]

Thomson, Alex, 13 Artillery St, Bishopsgate Without, London, cm, u and undertaker (1827–28). [D]

Thomson, Charles, Chester, joiner and cm (1751–55). App. to Richard Ledsham, joiner and cm, from 24 June 1751 to 29 March 1755. [Chester app. bks]

Thomson, D., 23 Upper Marylebone St, Fitzroy Sq., London, cm (1809–11). [D]

Thomson, Edward, see Edward Thom(p)son, Ellesmere, Salop.

Thomson, James, York House, London, cm (1793–1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793 and Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Thomson, James, 67 Parsons St, Ratcliffe Highway, London, cm (1809–11). [D]

Thomson, Joseph, 8 Barter St with shop at 2 Poynton St, Liverpool, cm (1835). [D]

Thomson & Fiske, 2 Duke St, Smithfield, London, cm and casemakers (1802–06). Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. [D] See Guy Thompson.

Thorburn, Samuel, Liverpool, joiner and cm (1834–39). Trading at 8 Brownlow Hill in 1834 and Adelaide Buildings, Mount Pleasant, 1835–39. [D]

Thorley, James, at ‘The Golden Head’, against the Church, St Martin's Lane, London, upholder (1748–49). Heal records him in newspapers in 1748. Polled at Westminster, 1749.

Thorley, James, Watercrates, Chester, cm (1816). [D]

Thorley, John, Water-coates, Macclesfield, Cheshire, cm (1818–22). [D]

Thorley, John, King St, Woolwich, London, cm (1823–24). [D]

Thorley, Peter, Hull, Yorks., cm (1781–84). [D]

Thorley, William, Ashton Rd, Salford, Lancs., cm (1817). [D]

Thorn, —, at ‘The Beehive & Patten’, John St, Oxford Mkt, London, cricket bat, turnery and patten warehouseman (1764). Trade card gives long list of stock including floor cloths, cradles, baskets, butlers’ trays, tea boards and chests, spice cupboards, backgammon tables, close stools, ‘Chairs of all Sorts’, ‘Tin'd Fire Screens’, ‘Japan'd Coal Scoops’, bellows and coal tubs, bowls and platters, plate racks, washing tubs and stools, clothes horses, wig stands and boot jacks, shop stools, rocking horses and chairs for children. Thorn was the earliest recorded London maker of cricket bats. [Heal]

Thorn, Benjamin, Bagnigge Wells Rd, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Thorn, Daniel, 10 Stanhope St, Clare Mkt, London, u (1826– 35). [D]

Thorn, Edward, Norwich, cm (1780–d. by 1786). Recorded at St Stephen's parish in 1780 and 4 St Stephen's Churchyard in 1783. [D; poll bks] See Thorne, —.

Thorn, George, 39 Carey St, London, upholder (1786). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 27 July 1786 for £100 of which utensils, stock and goods in trust accounted for £20. [GL, Sun MS vol. 339, p. 181]

Thorn, Richard, Bristol, cm and clockcase maker (1774–1833). Recorded at Castle Precincts, 1774–84; 13 Milk St in 1801; Newgate St, 1809–12; Barrs St, 1812–13; as Richard James Thorn at Barrs St, 1814–17; as Richard Thorn snr at Stoke's Croft, 1814–17; All Saints’ St, 1821–33, no. 10 in 1832. [D; poll bks] Possibly two tradesmen of the same name.

Thorn, Robert, Lambeth, London, cm (1817–35). Trading at 5 Lambeth Walk in 1817; 2 Gibson St in 1826–27; no. 4 in 1829; and no. 5 in 1835. [D] See Thomas Thorne at 2 Gibson St.

Thorn, Robert, High St, Wincanton, Som., cm and u (1830). [D]

Thornborough, Francis, Hull, Yorks., cm (1780–84). [Poll bks]

Thornbury, Nathaniel, Stroud, Glos., cm (1827–35). Recorded at Stroud Mills in 1827. Children born in 1827, 1829, 1831 and 1835. [PR]

Thornbury, William, Coventry, Warks., carver and joiner (1715). Took app. named Orton in 1715. [S of G, app. index]

Thorndick, Charles Kyte, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, cm (1836). [Poll bk]

Thorne, —, St Stephen's Churchyard, Norwich, cm (1776–84). Parson James Woodforde, Rector of Weston Longville, Norfolk, mentions Thorne in his diary in June 1776, as supplying the following items: ‘a very handsome Mohogany Wardrobe’, £9 9s; ‘a Ditto new Mohogany dressing chest,’ £3 13s 6d; ‘a D.° swing dressing Glass with Drawers’, £1 11s 6d; ‘a round Mohogany Table’, £1 7s 6d; ‘a Mohogany Bason Stand’, 10s 6d; ‘a D.° Tea Chest’, 7s; and ‘a Mohogany Beaurou & Book-Case, with some new Mohogany Chairs & a Voider & Cheese-Plate of Mohogany’. Woodforde mentions Thorne again on 27 May 1784 as a cm in St Stephen's Churchyard; and on 30 January 1800 as ‘… Thorne, late a Cabinet-Maker of Norwich & of whom I bought most of my Mohogany-Furniture’. [R. L. Winstanley (ed.), The Diary of James Woodforde] Probably Edward Thorn.

Thorne, Edward, Ipswich, Suffolk, cm (1835–39). Recorded at St Margaret's Green in 1839. Listed as a free burgess in Ipswich poll, 1835. [Poll bks]

Thorne, George, London, cm and upholder (1753–74). Trading at 35 Houndsditch, c. 1760. Son of Edward Thorne of Farringdon, London. App. to Richard Farmer and I. Hollow, founder, on 22 March 1753. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 5 April 1764. Took app. named Robert Shrigley, 1767–74. Trade card, c. 1760 [GL, Stone Coll.] reads: ‘George Thorne, Upholder, Appraiser, Cabinet-Maker & Undertaker, No. 35 in Hounsditch, London, Makes & Sells all sorts of Upholstery and Cabinet Goods in the Genteelest Taste & at the most Reasonable Rates.’ Card shows two chairs, a table and a cornice. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Thorne, George, Sherborne, Dorset, upholder (1774–98). [D: Bristol poll bks]

Thorne, John, Sherborne, Dorset, upholder (1734). [Bristol poll bks]

Thorne, Lewis, Twickenham, Middlx, cm etc. (1805–07). [D]

Thorne, Mary, 30 Bridge St, Manchester, u (1804). [D]

Thorn(e), Thomas, Sherborne, Dorset, u (1734–81). Took app. named James Higgens in 1738, and John Hyatt for seven years in 1755. Their indentures record Thorne as Overseer of the Poor. [Dorset RO, P155/OV9, 1731; Bristol poll bks]

Thorne, Thomas, 26 Little Windmill St, Golden Sq., London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Thorne, Thomas, 2 Gibson St, Lambeth, London, cm and u (1822–23). [D] See Robert Thorn of Lambeth.

Thorne, William, Chapel St, Twickenham, Middlx, carpenter and u (1838). [D]

Thorne, William, West St, Wiveliscombe, Som., cm (1839). [D]

Thorne & Yarnold, High St, Worcester, cm (1788). [D]

Thornes, James, 2 Pine St, Manchester, cm and u (1800–02). [D]

Thorney, Robert snr, Lancaster, joiner and cm (1739–d. 1791). Admitted freeman as joiner, 1739–40. Between 1742–72 took fifteen apps, describing himself as joiner and cm. Death on 18 March 1791 reported in Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 28 March. [Lancaster app. reg., freemen rolls, and poll bk]

Thorney, Robert, Liverpool, cm (1761–64). Took apps named Pendleton and Tomlinson in 1761, and Preston in 1764. [S of G, app. index]

Thorney, Robert jnr, Lancaster, cm (1773–84). Admitted freeman, 1773–74. [Lancaster freemen rolls and poll bk]

Thorney, Thomas, Lancaster, cm (1762–63). [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Tho(r)nham, George, 7 Blackfriargate, Hull, Yorks., chairmaker, wood turner and spinning-wheel maker (1803–22). Took app. named James Prescott of Hull in March 1814. [D; Hull app. reg.]

Thornham, John, Lord St, Gainsborough, Lincs., chairmaker (1822–23). [D]

Thornham, Thomas, 30 Blanket Row, Hull, Yorks., cm (up to 1793). Advertised in Hull Packet, 1793, that he had sold out to Thomas Peck.

Thornhill, George, Newcastle, chairmaker and cm (1804–38). Recorded at 16 Back Hanover St, 1804–17, Back Row, Westgate in 1834 and 7 Postern in 1838. [D]

Thornhill, Joseph, address unrecorded, upholder (1744). Son of Richard Thornhill, freeman upholder of London. Admitted freeman of the upholders’ Co. by patrimony on 2 May 1744. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Thornhill, Richard, London, upholder (1717–34). Recorded at Gravel Lane, Houndsditch, 1717–18 and Limehouse in 1734. Father of Joseph Thornhill. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by order of the Court of Aldermen on 11 March 1717/18. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records; poll bk]

Thornhill, William, Nottingham, joiner and cm (1832–35). Recorded at Kidd St in 1832 and Cur Lane in 1835. [D]

Thornton, —, Shrewsbury, Salop, u (1757). The Congreve correspondence at the William Salt Lib., Stafford [47/47/6] states in 1757: ‘I went yesterday to see your bed at Thornton's which I hope and I think is made to your directions, it was put up for me to see and I ordered him to take it down again and put it up, in a clean chest, till I heard further from you … the bed, 25 yards of blue stuff, 3 doz of silk binding, … I could not get the bill for these things.’

Thornton, Christopher, London, looking-glass seller and glass grinder (1707–43). Recorded at ‘The Looking-Glass’, Peter St, Southwark, c. 1707 and at Piccadilly, 1720–23. A handbill of c. 1707 states: ‘At Christopher Thornton's living, in Peterstreet in the Mint in Southwark, at the Looking-Glass near the Square, are now to be Sold all sorts of LookingGlasses, Sconces, Chimney-Pieces, Pannel-Glasses, very reasonably, or may change your old Looking-Glasses for new ones, or if you have any old Looking-Glasses that want Silvering, shall be done very reasonably. You may also be furnished with Chests of Drawers, or Looking-Glasses at any price, paying for them Weekly, as we shall agree. Coach Glasses whole Fore-Glass £4. Door-glass £1. a Fore-Glass 8s. Pray take care of this Bill.’ Thornton does not suggest that he was actually the maker of either glass or frames, but he seems to have been early in the field for supplying furniture on weekly payments. He probably bought his frames from carvers and gilders, but ground his own glasses. In 1720 a notice in the Weekly Journal gave his address as Piccadilly, and later still he was at ‘The Cabinet’, Germain (Jermyn) St. These might have been the same premises with an entrance to each thoroughfare. He was named in insurance co. records in 1723 as a glass grinder in Piccadilly. Announced in Daily Post, 1731, that he was retiring from business. Christopher Thornton, glass grinder, was reported as being committed to prison for debt, London Gazette, 17 May 1743. [Wills, Looking-Glasses; Symonds, Furniture Making in 17th and 18th Century England; Heal]

Thornton, Christopher, Lancaster, cm (1819–37). Son of Christopher Thornton of Ingleton. App. to Leonard Redmayne on 3 March 1819, and admitted freeman, 1825–26. Between 1826–37 took twelve apps. Trading at Cable St in 1834 also as an u. [D; Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Thornton, E. N., 174 Half Moon Lane, Southwark, London, upholder and undertaker (1817). [D]

Thornton, F., 139 High St, Ramsgate, Kent, cm (1838). [D]

Thornton, George, Gomersal, Yorks., cm and joiner (1828–29). [D]

Thornton, Henry, 15 Little Tower St, London, cm and u (1809–11). [D]

Thornton, Henry, 23 Fenchurch St, London, cm, u and undertaker (1809–20). Polled at Canterbury in 1818. [D]

Thornton, James, Trinity parish, Cambridge, chairmaker (1792–1806). Claimed freedom as eldest son of James Thornton, gardener, on 10 January 1792. Named as bailiff in 1806. [Cambs. RO, Corp. day bk]

Thornton, James, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1830). Baptism of daughter recorded in 1830.

Thornton, James, High St, Bradford, Yorks., cm (1830–34). Listed at High St in 1830 and 10 Westgate, 1834. [D]

Thornton, John, Blackfriargate, Hull, Yorks., cm (1790–99). [D]

Thornton, John, London, joiner (1812). Carried out work, probably at 2 Hamilton Pl., Piccadilly, the London house of John, 6th Duke of Bedford. His bill, totalling £39 13s 9d, lists repairs to furniture, fitting locks, and supplying the following items: on 23 March ‘a new washing stool with 2in. beech top’, 6d; on 6 April ‘To making a large press complete for the nursery’, £11 14s 8½d; and ‘a large pillar & claw table with 2 flaps hung with rule joints etc., complete’, £6 10s 11d. [Bedford Office, London]

Thornton, John, Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records, 1815–26. [Westminster Ref. Lib.]

Thornton, John, Bradford, Yorks., cm (1822–37). Addresses given at Manningham in 1822; Regent St in 1830; and 10 Westgate in 1837. [D]

Thornton, Joseph, Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorks., cm (1798). [D]

Thornton, Joseph, 20 Market St, St James's, London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Thornton, Joseph, Huddersfield, Yorks., cm (1805–20). [D]

Thornton, Joseph, Halifax, Yorks., cm (1808). [D]

Thornton, Joseph, 2 Hale's Terr., Stepney, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Thornton, Osborn, address unrecorded, cm and u (1758–70). Submitted bills to James West for Alscot Park, Warks., in 1758 for ‘mending, polishing, new working’, totalling £32 3s ½d; between 1765–67 for taking down, mending, cleaning and putting up furniture, making beds and curtains and supplying bedding, fabric and fringes. In 1768 he charged £2 8s for ‘Altering a Soffa in a bed the seat to lift up with a place linned to hold the bedding’; and on 18 June 1769, £28 10s for ‘2 very large Soffas Jappand blew and white on strong Casters stuffed in linnen.’ He was paid a total of £67 19s 2d on 29 March 1765; and £219 14s on 16 November 1770. [Alscot Park, West papers] An account for furniture supplied by Thornton to Sir Thomas Gascoigne of Parlington Hall, Yorks., 13 February 1768 to 4 May 1769, totalled £371 8s 4d. Items included beds, bedding, curtains, servents’ furniture, drawing room and dining room furniture and card tables. The most expensive items were ‘three gerandoles, white & burnish gold’, costing £24 16s; and ‘a glass in a white & burnish gold frame’, £23 16s. [Leeds archives dept, unnumbered Parlington papers]

Thornton, Robert, Doncaster, Yorks., cm (1738–43). Took apps named Leake in 1738 and Ambler in 1743. [S of G, app. index]

Thornton, Samuel, Scarborough, Yorks., cm and u (1832–40). Addresses given at Globe St in 1823; Leading Post St in 1828–29; no. 24 in 1831; and 11 Sand Side in 1840. [D]

Thornton, T., 8 South St, Manchester Sq., London, cm (1817). [D]

Thornton, Thomas, Carden St, Worcester, u (1835). Admitted freeman of Worcester on 1 December 1835. [Worcester freemen rolls]

Thornton, William, York, carver (1670–1721). [G. Beard, ‘English Woodcarvers’, Conn., June 1981, p. 143]

Thornton, William, 6 Turnham Pl., Curtain Rd, London, cm (1809). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 1 May 1809 for £200 of which stock and utensils accounted for £100. [GL, Sun MS vol. 443, ref. 830542]

Thornton, William, 12 Curzon St, Mayfair, London, u (1829). [D]

Thornton & Pemberton, Preston, Lancs. Signed the Preston Cabinet and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices, 1799 and 1802, on behalf of the masters.

Thorold, John, London, upholder (1706–d. by 1737). Polled of Old St, 1724–34. Son of Benjamin Thorold, ironmonger of London. App. to Daniel Cooper on 3 July 1706, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 9 March 1714/15. Took app. named Richard Dunckley, 1721–28/29. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Thorp, —, London (?), u (1727). Named in the account book of Rebecca Tufnell for work probably carried out in London, on 23 December 1727 costing £3 12s. [Essex RO, D/DTu 280]

Thorp, —, Fish St Hill, by the Monument, London, u (1740– 47). Named in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Thorp, Bethell, Hull, Yorks., cm (1817–39). Trading at 5 Brook St Ct, Brook St in 1839. App. to Robert Waugh in January 1817. [D; Hull app. reg.] See R. Thorp.

Thorp, Daniel, Austerlands, Saddleworth, Yorks., cm and u (1822). [D]

Thorp, Francis, Aldersgate St, London, upholder (1724–34). [Poll bks]

Thorp(e), George, 21–22 Red Lion St, Clerkenwell, London, clockcase maker and cm (1803–10). Took out Sun Insurance policies on 3 May 1803 for £600 on a house at 45 Cow Cross St; and on 27 April 1809, due Lady Day 1810, in association with George Bonnington, for £1,700, including £950 on house and shop; £200 on Thorpe's goods, clothes, books and plate; and £550 on stock and utensils. [GL, Sun MS vol. 426, ref. 747396; vol. 447, ref. 830361] See George Bonnington.

Thorp, George, Goodman's End, Bradford, Yorks., joiner and cm (1818–20). [D]

Thorp, James, address unrecorded, maker of ‘Thorp's Composition’ (1783). Issued a catalogue of ornaments, in which he claimed, regarding looking-glass frames: ‘Any ornament contained in these designs, will be executed of Composition Fifty per cent, and many of them One Hundred per Cent. cheaper than wood carvings, although in many Respects they are equal in Goodness. Any Gentleman, Architect, Builder, or others wishing to have Ornaments made of this composition to their own Designs, and not to be used for any other Persons, may depend on the strict Honour.’ [Symonds, Furniture Making in 17th and 18th Century England, p. 158]

Thorp, Johannes (John), address unrecorded. Bill in the Lincoln RO, dated 15 November 1721 and receipted on 16 November, is for a total of 19s 6d for six chairs, two tables and a pound of hog's lard. [2 ANC 12/D/11]

Thorp, Nicholas, 67 Worship St, Finsbury, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Thorp, R., Hull, Yorks., cm (1838). [D] See Bethell Thorp.

Thorp, Robert, Gloucester St, Red Lion Sq., London, upholder (1724–34). [Poll bks] Probably Robert Thorpe.

Thorp, S., Abberley, Worcs. (?). Two mahogany spinning wheels recorded, c. 1790 both bearing lables inscribed ‘S. Thorp Abberley’. [C. Life, 12 September 1985, supplement, p. 91]

Thorp, W., 21 Wells St, Oxford St, London, u and cm (1820). [D]

Thorp, William, York and Leeds, Yorks., cm (1775–84). Son of Thomas Thorp, tailor, of Easingwold. App. to William Hawkin, cm, on 8 July 1775. Of Leeds, admitted freeman of York as cm in 1784. [York app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Thorpe, Edward, parish of St Stephen, Norwich, cm (1781). [Poll bk]

Thorpe, Joseph, Pall Mall, London, upholder (1725–26). Named in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Thorpe, Robert, London, upholder (b.c. 1675/76–1769). Recorded on the south side of Theobalds Way, east side of Oracle St, parish of St Andrew, Holborn, in 1722. App. to Thomas Lucas in 1691. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 4 November 1713, and Beadle in 1755. In 1769 he was excused office on account of illness and ‘his great age being 93 or 4’. Took apps named Thomas Mountier, 1721– 28/29; John Johnson in 1757 (transferred immediately); and Joseph Arnold (jointly), 1785–65. Took out a Hand in Hand Insurance policy in 1722 for £200 on his house. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records; GL, Hand in Hand MS vol. 26, p. 141] Probably Robert Thorp.

Thorpe, Richard, 10 Upper Charlton St, Fitzroy Sq., London, chair and sofa manufacturer, cm and u, undertaker (1826–39). [D]

Thorpe, William, Market Bosworth, Leics., turner and chairmaker (1792). Advertised in Leicester Journal, 9 November 1792, for a journeyman chairmaker to make ‘good white chairs’.

Thorpe, William, Birstall, Yorks., joiner and cm (1830–37). [D]

Thowless, William, 5 Bull St, Birmingham, carver and gilder, straw hat manufactory (1816–18). [D]

Thrape, George, Chester, cm (1772–77). Son of John Thrape. App. to Thomas Woodworth, cm, and assigned over to John Johnson for the residue of his term from 27 January 1772 to 30 January 1777. [Chester app. bks]

Threapland, Rt, 34 St Andrewgate, York, cm (1838). [D]

Threlfall, James, Liverpool, cm (1761–99). Admitted freeman on servitude to Josiah Baxendale on 2 April 1761. Possibly the Threlfall, cm of Liverpool, whose marriage to Miss Berry at St Peter's Church was reported in Billinge's Liverpool Advertiser, 7 October 1799. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Thrinbeck, Richard, Philadelphia Pl., Sheffield, Yorks., cm (1821–25). [D]

Thrisk, Henry, York, carver (1692–1729). Admitted freeman in 1692. In 1729 carved ‘four Corinthian capitals at 15s. a pair £3’ for the Mansion House, York. [York freemen rolls; York Ref. Lib., Mansion House, Chamberlain's list; Beard, Georgian Craftsmen, pp. 24 and 182]

Throp, William, Gomersal, Yorks., cm and joiner (1828–29). [D]

Throssell, William, March, Cambs., carpenter, millwright, wheelwright, joiner and cm. Notice in probably 18th-century Cambridge newspaper, dated 30 June, reads: ‘To be SOLD by AUCTION by Charles Cruso. (By order to the Assigness of WM. THROSSELL, the Elder, a Bankrupt) on Monday the 30th day of June inst. and the Five following Days, on the Premises, in March, within the Isle of Ely, and County of Cambridge, All the Timber and Wood, Materials, Tools, Utensils, and Implements, Stock in Trade, and Effects of every kind, belonging and appertaining to the several trades of a Carpenter, Millwright, Wheelwright, Joiner and Cabinetmaker; consisting of a great quantity of oak, ash, elm and fir timber; mahogany and wainscot plank and boards, Norway, Finland, and Petersburgh deals; a variety of articles in the cabinet-making business, such as mahogany and wainscot tables, looking-glasses, &c. and a very capital crane, 37ft between the shoulders, which works with a spur gear and counter, for drawing up the beater …’. Sale was to take place at ‘The White Bear’, Cambridge. [Winterthur, Delaware, Symonds papers, DMMC 75x69.21]

Throtman, Andrew, 71 Tottenham Ct Rd, London, cm (1796). [D]

Throwless, William, 5 Bull St, Birmingham, carver and gilder (1816). [D]

Throwsbridge, —, London, joiner or carver (1694). On 26 June 1694, as a member of the Company of Joyners Carvers of London’, he signed a petition presented by that Company to the City of London. [Furn. Hist., 1974]

Thruckley, Thomas, Castle Donnington, Leics., cm (1800). Advertised for journeymen cm in Leicester Journal, 25 April 1800.

Thurgood, Thomas, Bishop's Stortford, Herts., cm and u (1832–39). Listed at Potter St, 1832–38 and South St, also as a furniture broker, in 1839. [D]

Thurlby, Richard, Castle Donnington, Leics., cm (1840). [D]

Thurlow, Abraham, Palgrave, Suffolk, cm (1825). [Suffolk RO, HA68:2593/2726–2732]

Thurlow, Aeneas, 2 Brokers Row, Drury Lane, London, cm (1829). [D]

Thurlow, Charlotte, Framlingham, Suffolk, u (1839). [D]

Thurlston, Benjamin, Newcastle, u (1741). [Poll bk]

Thurman, Thomas, Nottingham, cm and u (1825–35). Trading at Middle Hill in 1825 and Finkhill St, 1828–35. [D]

Thurman & Attenborough, Week-day-cross, Nottingham, u (1822). [D]

Thurnam & Son, C., English St, Carlisle, Cumb., carvers and gilders (c.1830). Trade label recorded on back of frame, c. 1830. [V&A archives]

Thurnell, —, 28 Goulston Sq., Whitechapel, London, u (1820). [D]

Thurnell, Samuel, 1 Upper Eaton St, Pimlico, London, u and cm (1835). [D]

Thurnell, William, 71 Leadenhall St, London, cm and u (1821– 39). Recorded also at no. 69 in 1835; and as ‘upholstery warehouse, mattress and feather bed manufacturer and Agency House to the Cabinet Makers’ Society’, 1823–25. Receipt [GL, trade card coll.] dated 21 March 1825, reads: ‘Bot. of W. THURNELL, AT THE LONDON REPOSITORY FOR THE CABINET MAKERS’ SOCIETY, At 71, Corner of Leadenhall Street, Opposite Aldgate Pump. Cheap Mattress, Feather Bed, Sea Bed and Palliass Manufactory. A Large Assortment of all kinds of Cabinet Furniture. Apartments and Houses furnished in Five Hours Notice’. Receipt states that the Cabinet Makers’ Society was ‘Established for the benefit of a number of Cabinet Makers with large families, and as there is no Profit attached to the Goods, further than the bare Journeymen's Wages, it enables their Agent to sell so cheap. The Society return their sincere thanks to the Nobility and Public in general, who have so liberally patronised the undertaking, and as they feel themselves so handsomely supported, beg leave to say that no exertion shall be wanting to merit a continuance of their favors.’ Thurnell's receipt was for a French bedstead, two mattresses, and ‘6 Joyner Chair’, totalling £9 17s. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 19 December 1821 for £1,000, of which stock and utensils accounted for £890; and on 18 December 1822 for £1,500 on stock, utensils and goods in trust in his house and warehouses, where no cabinet work was done. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 491, ref. 987264; vol. 490, ref. 999330 and/or vol. 492, ref. 999121]

Thurnell, William, 6 Union Pl., New Rd, Marylebone, London, cm (1829). [D]

Thurrell (or Thurnel), John, 1 Poland St, Oxford St, London, cm, u and chair manufacturer (1835–39). Recorded at Poland House in 1835. [D]

Thursby, William, Norwich, carver and gilder (1778–79). Advertised in Norfolk Chronicle, 7 November 1778, that he ‘intends opening his Shop on Monday the 9th Inst. in the Dove Lane, Norwich; makes and sells all Sorts of Oval and Pier Glasses; Carlomoratte, Italian, and bordered Picture Frames; Roman, Grecian, and French Lights; Variety of Lead and Paper Ornaments for friezes, Tablets, Mouldings, Borders and other Enrichments, in as neat and elegant a Manner as in London or elsewhere. Nobility, Gentlemen, Tradesmen, &c. who choose to make Trial, may depend on being served on the most reasonable Terms, and all Orders executed with the greatest Punctuality and Expedition, By their very humble Servant, WILLIAM THURSBY. N.B. Old Glasses bought, silvered, and repaired.’ Advertised again, also as a picture frame maker, on 12 June and 18 December 1779.

Thursfield, Edward, at ‘The Plow’, Russell St, Covent Gdn, London, u (1685). Recorded in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Thurston, Horatio, Burton St, Bath, Som., upholder (1805). [D]

Thurston, John, 78 Margaret St, Cavendish Sq., London, cm (1813–16). [D]

Thurston, John, 14 Catherine St, Strand, London, billiard table and backgammon board maker (1822–40). [D] Recorded as ‘Superior billiard tables, Cue and Mace Manufacturer by appointment to his Majesty’ in 1835. Trade card [Banks Coll., BM] gives address at Waterloo House, and states: ‘Portable and other Billiard Tables warranted of the best seasoned Materials and most correct Workmanship. The new constructed handsome Portable Billiard Tables with folding legs, very readily adjustable and most conveniently adapted for the Dining or Drawing Room in sizes of 6 feet, 7, 8, 9 & 10 feet. J. THURSTON having continued applications for good second hand Billiard Tables beyond the possibility of supplying them is at length enabled by a careful Purchase of Materials and Manufacturing many together to offer New and Superior Tables at very little more than the prices demanded for Old ones. He submits to the Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, Captains, &c. an unprecedented variety of Portable and other Billiard Tables from 10 Gns. to 90 Gns. each warranted accurate. Cushions re-stuffed in Town and Country — Tables exchanged. Marking Boards. Maces. Cues. Balls. Spirit Levels &c. Superior Bagatelle Boards to play the 4 Games.’ In 1836 John Thurston published the third edition of his translation of Monsieur Mingaud's The noble game of billiards wherein are exhibited extraordinary and surprising strokes which have excited the admiration of most of the sovereigns of Europe. A ‘new Billiard Table’ by Thurston was advertised as part of the furniture of Hearthseath Park, Flintshire, to be sold by Mr Phillips of New Bond St, London. [Liverpool Mercury, 24 October 1828] Thurston & Co. continue today, and are the oldest known firm of billiard table makers. The firm's records note a billiard table sent to St Helena and played on by Napoleon Bonaparte. [V&A archives] Several of the firm's commissions are documented. The Leigh papers include a bill from Thurston of 1822 for an ash cue, wooden ‘Butts’ and a box, costing a total of £3. [Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Leigh receipts, DR 18/5] Thurston charged Nicholas Pearse of Loughton, Essex, and Marylebone, London, £8 on 7 February 1824 for taking down and repairing a billiard table. [Essex RO, D/DHt A1/3] Thurston submitted a bill to Thomas T. Vernon of Hanbury Hall, near Droitwich, Worcs., dated 30 April 1832, and receipted on 7 May. Totalling £97 4s with £7 4s discount for cash, the bill listed ‘An excellent mahogany 12 feet Billiard Table with button ornament mouldings turned and reeded legs the whole of fine Spanish wood’, balls, cues and other accessóries; also ‘A Man's time going to and returning from Hanbury Hall to fix the Table, Coach Hire and travelling expences.’ Bill heading has the motto ‘Temperantia et Voluptas’, and states ‘Foreign orders promptly executed’. [Worcs. RO, Vernon papers, 7335/705:7/8ii, 13–14] John Thurston received Royal patronage, supplying small gaming items costing £24 10s in December 1832; the same for Stud Lodge, Hampton Court and St James's Palace in June 1833; and for Windsor Castle in November 1833. The accounts of 30 September 1838 show Thurston providing ‘An elegant Imperial Petrosian 12 feet Billiard Table with Indian rubber cushion, best superfine cloth massive legs turned and reeded, & with adjustable screw feet, moulded frame and cushion, the whole of fine Spanish wood and French polished, including 24 cues, 6 maces, a set of balls 2 inch and another set 1 inch 15/ 14, a marking board, a long cue, a three-quarter cue, a half bull, a long mace, 2 rests, a spirit-level, a brush, a jick cover with roller, a box-iron, cushion-warmer, and fixing the table at Windsor Castle, 90 gns.’ ‘A circular rack in mahogany’, £3 3s; £1 1s for carriage; with a deduction of £26 5s for the old table. [PRO, LC11/101; Windsor Royal Archives, account bks, 1833–41]

Thurston, John Noel, Bath, Som., u (1829). Declared bankrupt, Chester Chronicle and North Wales Advertiser, 23 October 1829.

Thurston, Joseph, Queen St, Ipswich, Suffolk, cm (1839). [D]

Thurston, Samuel, Norwich, cm and u (1805–36). Recorded at Charing Cross, 1805–08 and Duke's Palace in 1836. [D; poll bk]

Thurtle, Thomas, St Magdalen St, Norwich, carver and gilder (1839). [D]

Thwaite, T., Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records in 1820 working on a washstand. [Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow vol. 344/100, p. 3045]

T(h)waites, Edward, Canterbury, Kent, u and cm (1818–30). Recorded at Knott's Lane in 1818; St George in 1826; and Oaten Hill in 1830. [Poll bks]

Thwaites, George & Co., London, later Australia, cm, u and undertaker (b.1791–d. 1865). Trading at 4½ Cirencester Pl., Fitzroy Sq., 1827–28; 4 Gt Portland Rd, corner of Devonshire St in 1835; and 4 Portland Rd in 1839. Trade cards give addresses at Gothic Hall, New Rd, Marylebone, and 4 Portland Rd. Born at Coatham, Yorks., 15 September 1791, the 4th child of Thomas Thwaites, builder. Married Elizabeth Wilkinson of Stockton, Co. Durham, who bore him three sons: George jnr (1821–97); Thomas Henry (1826–1912), and John (c. 1832–1903). Two stencils which survive from his London workshops indicate that they must have been of some size. Trade card advertised that he supplied Rout furniture. Declared bankrupt with Samuel Toplis, Liverpool Mercury, 23 December 1831. In 1842 Thwaites and his family emigrated to the settlement of Port Phillip, Melbourne, Australia, where he founded a flourishing cabinet workshop. [D; C. Simpson, ‘George Thwaites and Son, Colonial cabinetmakers and their work’, The Australian Antique Collector]

Thwaites, Henry, Hooper St, Clerkenwell, London, upholder and undertaker (1817–20). Trading at no. 8 in 1817 and no. 2, 1819–20. [D]

Thwaites, Robert, Market Pl., Bedale, Yorks., joiner and/or cm (1834). [D]

Tibats, H., address unrecorded. Numerous fine mid 18thcentury card tables recorded with ‘H. TIBATS’ stamped on the concertina action hinge. [Furn. Hist., 1966, pp. 44–45]

Tibbatts (or Tibbetts), John, Birmingham, cm (1756–93). Recorded at 11 High St, 1767–70 and Summer Hill in 1788. Took app. named Vincent in 1756. [D; S of G, app. index]

Tibbatts, William, 10 Little Queen St, Holborn, London, u (1822). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 11 March 1822 for £500 including £300 on stock and utensils. [GL, Sun MS ref. 989825]

Tibbatts, William, 24 Chadis Row, Gray's Inn Rd, London, bed and mattress maker (1822–23). [D]

Tibbatts, William, 303 High Holborn, London, u (1823–28). Took out Sun Insurance policies on 6 August 1823 for £700 of which £500 accounted for utensils and stock; and on 21 July 1824 for £1,000, including £318 on goods in his house, where no cabinet work was done, £32 on prints, pictures, china and glass, and £650 on stock and utensils. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 497, ref. 1006563; vol. 496, ref. 1019215]

Tibbatts, William, 76 Hackney Rd, London, u (1835). [D]

Tibbetts, Samuel, 15 Coldbath Sq., Clerkenwell, London, writing desk and dressing case maker (1829). [D]

Tibbs, Edward, 88 Bartholomew Close, London, carver and gilder (1820). [D] See Samuel Tibbs at this address.

Tibbs, Percival snr, Houndsditch, parish of St Botolph, Aldgate, London, upholder (1714–23). Recorded at ‘The Sun & Moon’ in 1714 when he insured his house with the Sun Co. on 31 July. Insured his house for £200 with the Hand in Hand Co. in January 1715, and again in 1722. Took his son, Percival Tibbs jnr as app. in 1715, admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude in 1723. [GL, Sun MS vol. 4, ref. 4336; GL, Hand in Hand MS vol. 15, p. 300; vol. 26, p. 274; GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tibbs, Percival jnr, London, upholder (1715–23). Son of Percival Tibbs, freeman upholder of London. App. to his father on 16 July 1715, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 2 October 1723. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tibbs, Samuel, 88 Bartholomew Close, London, carver and gilder, looking-glass manufacturer (1790–1825). [D] See Edward Tibbs at this address.

Tichbourne, Isaac, Paradise Row, Chelsea, London, u (1826–27). [D]

Tichner, William, 10 Spencer Row, Goswell St, London, chair and cabinet manufacturer (1811–25). [D] Probably William Tickner.

Tickel, William, Maryport, Cumb., joiner and/or cm (1811–34). Recorded at High St in 1811 and King St in 1829. [D]

Tickell, John, Globe Lane, Cockermouth, Cumb., cm and/or joiner, machine maker (1834). [D]

Tickner, J., 58 Castle St, Southwark, London, bedstead maker (1829). [D]

Tickner (or Tickler), William, Little Sutton St, Goswell St, London, chair and cabinet manufacturer (1805–11). [D] Recorded at no. 4, 1805–07 and no. 3, 1809–11. [D] Probably William Tichner.

Tidd, Elizabeth, 9 Bath St, City Rd, London, cm (1809–11). [D]

Tidd, Thomas, Old St Sq., London, cm (1769). Named in app. records. [Heal]

Tidd, William, 9 French Row, Old St, London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Tiddeman, J. S. & Co., Crown St, Finsbury, London, cabinet and brass founder etc. (1821). [D]

Tiddiman, George, Nottingham, carver and gilder (1812–41). Recorded at Glasshouse Lane, 1818–25; Union Pl., Clare St, 1822–32; and Glasshouse St, 1841. [D; poll bks]

Tiddiman, Joseph, Union Pl., Glasshouse St, Nottingham, carver and gilder (1835). [D]

Tiddowson, George, 48 St Andrew St, Liverpool, cm (1827). [D] Probably George Tidensor and George Tittenson.

Tideman, —, address unrecorded, cm. Bill at Stourhead, Wilts., 1771–178–?, for a large sum of money. [V&A archives]

Tidensor, George, 49 St Andrew St, Liverpool, cm (1829). [D] Probably George Tiddowson and George Tittenson.

Tidman, Thomas, Northgate St, Ipswich, Suffolk, u and paper hanger (1839). [D]

Tidmarsh, Matt., or Wall, London, upholder (1706–22). Recorded at St Botolph without Aldgate in 1708. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 2 October 1706. Took an app. on 30 September 1713; one named Thomas Darby, 1713–20, and Thomas Abbis, 1715–22. Took out Hand in Hand Insurance policies on 14 June 1708 for £50 on a building in Wall's Ct, west side of the Gt Minories near Tower Hill; and £50 on a building divided into two tenements on the west side of Wall's Ct; and on 5 August 1708 for £100 on the same properties. [PRO, app. reg.; GL, Upholders’ Co. records; GL, Hand in Hand MS vol. 6, refs 16365–66]

Tidmarsh, Richard, Coventry St, Stourbridge, Worcs., chairmaker (1818). [D]

Tidmarsh, Thos., 11 Mount Pleasant, Bath, Som., cm (1833). [D]

Tidmarsh, William, 24 Park St, Islington, London, carver and gilder (1839). [D]

Tieldsley, Thomas, late of Birmingham, picture frame maker (1790–91). Notices concerning bankruptcy given in Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 29 November 1790 and 4 July 1791.

Tieurcono, Caspar, 21 Smithy Door, Manchester, picture, looking-glass etc. dealer (1804–08). [D]

Tiffin, C., 17 Somers Pl., East New Rd, St Pancras, London, u (1829). [D]

Tiffin & Sons, 30 Gt Marylebone St West, London, u and bedding manufacturers (late 18th century). Made a settle at Kiplin Hall, Yorks. [V&A archives]

Tight, William, 21 Gee St, Goswell St, London, carver (1826– 27). [D]

Tigou, J., Vauxhall Bridge Rd, London, carver and gilder (1835). [D] Probably of Thomas & John Tijou, Southwark.

Tijou (or Tigou), Michael, London, carver, gilder and lookingglass maker (1802–35). Addresses given at 22 Greek St, 1802–07; no. 16, 1804–11; no. 17 in 1820 and 1823; no. 22 in 1821; and no. 16 in 1825. Recorded as M. Tijou at 14 Brighton Pl., New Kent Rd in 1835. [D] See Tijou & Son.

Tijou, Sophia, 10 Stockbridge Terr., Pimlico, London, carver and gilder (1839). [D]

Tijou, Thomas, Southwark, London, carver, gilder and picture dealer (1811–39). Recorded as T. & J. Tijou at 3 Duke St in 1811; as Thomas & John at 73 Union St in 1820; and alone there, 1820–39. [D]

Tijou & Son, Greek St, Soho, London, looking-glass manufacturers, carvers and gilders (1825–27). Recorded at no. 16 in 1825 and no. 17, 1826–27. [D]

Tilbe(e) (or Tilby), John snr, Maidstone, Kent, cm (1802–35). Polled of Market St, 1834–35. Listed as freeman in reg. of electors, 1834. [Poll bks]

Tilbe, Samuel, Leadenhall St, London, u (1727). Named in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Tilbe, Spencer, Canterbury, Kent, cm (1823–30). Recorded at Best Lane, 1823–24; All Saints’, 1826; and Westgate, 1830. [D; poll bks]

Tilbury, Mr or Mrs, address unrecorded. In 1769 supplied furniture to the Earl of Albemarle of Bagshot Park costing £10 5s 6d. [Suffolk RO, HA 67:461/443]

Tilbury, John, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1838). Daughter bapt. in 1838. [PR (bapt.)]

Tilby, John, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1840). Daughter bapt. in 1840. [PR (bapt.)]

Tilby, William, 17 Charlotte St, Fitzroy Sq., London, undertaker and cm (1817). [D]

Tilden, M., Deal, Kent, cm (1807). [Rochester poll bk] Probably:

Tilden, Mathew, London, cm (1790). [Rochester poll bk]

Tildeslay (or Tildesley), Thomas, 45 South Molton St, London, cm and u (1835–39). [D]

Tilford, Thomas, Bristol, cm (1739). [Poll bk]

Tilleard, John, Clerkenwell, London, cm (1777–80). Recorded at 47 Clerkenwell Close in 1777 when he took out a Sun Insurance policy in association with John Hewitt for £300 of which £120 accounted for utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 260, p. 73] Named in Bailey's list of bankrupts, 1780.

Tiller, Thomas, South St, Guildford, Surrey, cm (1835–37). [Poll bks]

Tillett, Richard Tallott, Watton, Norfolk, chairmaker (d. 1740). [Norfolk Record Soc., index of wills]

Tillett, William, 44 Old St Rd, London, chairmaker (1835). [D]

Tilley, George, Bull Ring, Ludlow, Salop, chairmaker (1828). [D]

Tilley, James, All Saints’ parish, Stamford, Lincs., cm (1832). [Poll bk]

Tilley, John, Nottingham, chairmaker (1829). Son of William Tilley of Nottingham; taken as app. in 1829. [Nottingham app. list]

Tilley, Samuel, Bull Ring, Ludlow, Salop, chairmaker (1835). [D]

Tillier, John, address unrecorded, upholder (1719–29). Son of Christopher Tillier, Gent. of London. App. to William Scrimshire on 14 August 1719, and James Clarke, freeman draper, on 1 September 1719. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 6 August 1729. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Till(i)er, John, Bedford St, London, u (1749). [Poll bk]

Tilling, Edward, Islington, Liverpool, carver and gilder (1837– 39). Recorded at no. 30 in 1837 and no. 65 in 1839. [D]

Tillot, John, at ‘The Looking-Glass’, the Minories, St Botolph without Aldgate, London, cm (1728). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 24 June for £300 including £200 on household goods and stock in trade, and £100 on stock of glasses. [GL, Sun MS vol. 27]

Tillott, Henry, Bury, cm (1761). Took app. named Harper in 1761. [S of G, app. index]

Tilly, Thomas, Durham and Newcastle, cm and gilder (1806– 34). Recorded at Sadler St, Durham in 1806, and Queen St, Newcastle, with house at Denton-chare, Newcastle, 1833–34. [D]

Tilly, William, address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Tilly, William, 30 Redcliff Hill, Bristol, cm (1830–31). [D]

Tillyard, Susan, Market Pl., Norwich, cm and u (1839). [D]

Tilney, George, 29 Booth St, Spitalfields, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Tilsley, John, Nantwich, Cheshire, cm (1795). Marriage recorded on 25 June 1795. [Chester RO, PR]

Tilson, Robert, Westgate, Grantham, Lincs., chairmaker (1819). [D]

Tilston, John, Chester, carver and joiner (1718). App. to William Phillips in 1718. [Chester app. bks]

Tilt, Samuel, London, cm, upholder and undertaker (1787–91). Recorded at 94 Cheapside, 1787–90, when he moved to Hatton Gdns. Named in Bailey's list of bankrupts, 1790. Bill to a Mr Manfield recorded, dated 4 March 1788, and totalling £4 5s 6d. Items listed are ‘a Tea Tray Inlaid’ at £1 16s; ‘a Waiter to match’, £1; ‘2 pair Bottle Stands’, £7; ‘an Oval Cadie’, 15s; and ‘a Cadie Ladle’, 6s. Bill heading notes: ‘Variety of Paper Hangings’. Research in the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Virginia, USA, revealed a table which belonged to Jefferson and was made in London by Samuel Tilt in 1791. It is very similar to Sheraton's ‘Universal Table’. [D; V&A archives]

Tiltson, John, Chester, joiner and carver (1696–1708). Son of Modland Tiltson of Gresford, Denbighshire, and pupil of Thomas Davies, joiner and carver of Chester. Admitted freeman on 2 October 1696. Took app. named John Hall, admitted in 1708. [Chester freemen rolls]

Tiltson (or Tylston), Thomas, Chester, carver (1732). Son of John Tiltson, carver of Chester, deceased. Admitted freeman on 12 October 1732. [Chester freemen rolls]

Timbrell, Samuel, 5 Lower Symons St, Chelsea, London, carver and gilder (1826). [D]

Timewell, John, Dover, Kent, u (1832). [Poll bk]

Tim(m)ings, John, Worcester, cm, u and auctioneer (1797–1812). Trading at 94 High St, 1797–98, and still at High St, c.1806, Former apps admitted freemen: William Bushell in 1799; William London in 1802; John Dovey and Henry Insull in 1812. Bill head of firm of D. & W. Cowell states they are ‘successors to MR. TIMINGS’, in 1832. [D; Worcester freemen rolls]

Timmins, Robert, 3 Old Cock Yd, Preston, Lancs., with house at 2 Jordon St, joiner and cm (1825). [D]

Timothy, David, Barbican, London, cm and u (1827–35). Recorded at no. 30, 1827–28, and no. 31 in 1835. [D]

Tim(m)s, Thomas, Upper Charlotte St, Fitzroy Sq., London, u and undertaker (1811–39). Recorded at 57 Charlotte St, Rathbone Pl., 1811–25; 56 Upper Charlotte St, 1826–27; no. 57 in 1835; and no. 5 in 1839. [D]

Tims, Thomas, address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Tims, Thomas, Brook Side, Hereford, chairmaker and turner (1835). [D]

Tindale, Atherlston, Bristol, upholder (1718). Took app. named Nicholas Beaker in 1718. [Wilts. Apps and their Masters]

Tindale (or Tindall), George, Scarborough, Yorks., cm (1828–40). Trading at Dumple St, 1828–34, and 13 Leading Post St in 1840. [D]

Tindale, M. F., 84 Broad St, Ratcliffe, London, cm (1835). [D]

Tindall, George, Finkle St, Thirsk, Yorks., cm (1823). [D]

Tindall, Robert, Hull, Yorks., joiner and cm (1835–40). Trading at 18 Trundle St with house at 14 Paradise Pl. in 1838. Still at Trundle St in 1840. [D]

Tindall, Samuel, High St, Lincoln, cm (1790). [Poll bk]

Tinddall, John, Heworth Rd, York, cm (1837). [D]

Tingay, George, Fore St, Hoddesdon, Herts., cm (1839). [D]

Tingle, William, address unrecorded. On 9 February 1719 he was paid 9s ‘for Pickture Frames’ supplied to Jane, Lady Lindsey. [Lincoln RO, 2 ANC 6/52]

Tinker, Robert, address unrecorded, upholder (1714–15). Son of Thomas Tinker of Windsor. App. to William Farmer, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 9 March 1714/15. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tinker, Uriah, Thurlestone, Penistone parish, Yorks., cm (1837). [D]

Tinkler, John, Lancaster, joiner and cm (1766–84). App. to R. Thorney in 1766, and admitted freeman, 1779–80, when stated ‘of Bolton le Moors, formerly of Liverpool’. [Lancaster app. reg., freemen rolls and poll bk]

Tinning, Mary, 6 Hobson's Yd, 49 Briggate, Leeds, Yorks., working u (1830). [D]

Tiplady, Stephen, York, u (1792). Son of Stephen Tiplady of Holme. App. to William Halfpenny, u, appraiser and undertaker, on 20 February 1792. [York app. reg.]

Tip(p)ler, Thomas, Leicester, later Derby, cm (1739–66). App. to Thomas Hand of Oakham, Rutland, in 1739; and to Sarah Groce, cm and widow of Leicester, in 1742. Admitted freeman in 1754. Of Derby, took apps in 1764 and 1766. [Leicester freemen rolls]

Tipper, Nicholas, 35 Union St, Middlx Hospital, London, carver and gilder (1779). Insured his house for £300 in 1779. [GL, Sun MS vol. 273, p. 179]

Tippet, Francis, Bristol, bedstead maker and furniture broker (1820–37). Trading as a bedstead maker at 3 Rosemary St, 1820–22; no. 10, 1823–24; 19 Merchant St in 1825; and 7 St John's Bridge in 1827; as a furniture broker at 13 Merchant St, 1828–36; and no. 12 in 1837. [D]

Tippets, Richard, St Thomas, Crediton, Devon, chairmaker (1741). Took app. named Hancock in 1741. [S of G, app. index]

Tipping, Benjamin, Stamford, Lincs., joiner and cm (1713–c.1727). Took app. named Hewett in 1713. Worked at Burghley House, c. 1722–27. [S of G, app. index; C. Life, 29 August 1874, pp. 562–64]

Tipping, George, Manchester, cm (1804–25). Addresses given at 23 Booth St, Tib Lane in 1804; 33 Swarbrick St in 1813; 22 Richmond St in 1817; and no. 17 in 1825. [D]

Tipping, George, Wavertree, Liverpool, chairmaker (1829). [D]

Tipping, Isaac, at ‘The Millstone Inn’, Castle St, Birmingham, upholder and ‘dealer in blankets & coverlids’ (1760–d. 1765). Advertised in Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 18 July 1760, that he had ‘brought to town a large Quantity of Upholstery Goods, at the Sign of the Mill Stone in Castlestreet, the Sale to begin the 18th of July Inst. & continue 14 Days & no longer. Blankets from 6s. to £1.15s. per piece; Feather Bed-Ticks of all Sorts; Quilts of all Sorts for Beds; curtains ready made from 16s. to £5 per Suit; beautiful Carpets for Floors; white Cotton Counterpanes; Rugs & Coverlids of all Sorts; & Bed side Carpets’. Death reported, same paper, 29 November 1765.

Tipping, Isaac, Bull-ring, Birmingham, upholder (1770–84). Recorded at no. 2, 1770–80. [D]

Tipping, James Frederick, 32 New Compton St, St Giles, London, French polisher (1834). His son, Frederick Knight Tipping by his wife Sarah, bapt. at Westminster Methodist Chapel on 30 March 1834. [PRO, Non-Conf. reg., RG4/4313]

Tipping, John, Brydges St, Strand, London, chairmaker (1809– 11). [D]

Tipping, John, Gloucester, cm (1815–20). Children bapt. at St Michael's Church in 1815, 1816 and 1820. [PR (bapt.)]

Tipping, Josiah, Blundell St and St James's St, Liverpool, cm (1816). Admitted freeman on servitude to William Longworth Walker on 10 June 1816. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tipping, Robert, address unrecorded, upholder (1706). Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 6 July 1706). [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tirpane, Noul, address unrecorded, ‘French varnisher’ (1689). Entry in the diary of 1st Lord Bristol on 11 October 1689 reads: ‘Paid then to Noul Tirpane, a French varnisher, in full for 10 chairs, a couch & two taboretts & all other accounts to this day £12.0.0.’ [Burlington, December 1918, p. 226]

Tisdall, Samuel, 33 Tash St, Gray's Inn Lane, London, carver and gilder (1839). [D]

Tissiman, Peter, Globe St, Scarborough, Yorks., cm and u (1828–30). [D]

Tissitt (or Tissett), Mary, Belvoir St, Leicester, u (1822–42). Listed also as a cm in 1822. [D]

Tissott, L., 3 Old Compton St, Soho, London, carver and gilder (1805–07). [D]

Titford, W. C., 1 Finsbury Pl., London, drapery and furniture warehouseman (1808). [D]

Titherley, J., St Lawrence's, Exeter, Devon, cm (1803). [Exeter Militia list]

Titley, John, 29 South St, Sheffield, Yorks., cm (1837). [D]

Titlow, William, High St, Lowestoft, Suffolk, undertaker and cm (1839). [D]

Tittenson (or Tittensor), George, Liverpool, cm (1821–27). Recorded at 9 Thomas Ct, St Andrew St, 1821–24, and 38 St Andrew St in 1827. [D] Probably George Tiddowson and George Tidensor.

Tittenson (or Tittensor), James, Liverpool, chairmaker and cm (1800–39). Addresses given at 16 Upper Frederick St, 1800– 03; no. 60, 1804–10; no. 49 in 1811; no. 62, 1813–14; no. 60, 1816–27; no. 66 in 1829; 3 Surrey St in 1834; and 15 Bold Pl., 1837–39. [D] Probably James Titterson.

Tittensor, Benjamin, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., cm (1812). [Poll bk]

Tittensor, George, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., cm (1812–23). Trading at Penkhull St, 1822–23. [D; poll bk]

Tittensor, John, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., cm (1790). [Poll bk]

Tit(t)ensor, John, Shrewsbury, Salop, cm and u (1828–35). Recorded at Wyle Cop as John & Son in 1828; and alone at St Mary's Pl., 1835. [D]

Tittensor, Samuel, Brown Hills, Burslem, Staffs., chairmaker and turner (1834). [D]

Titter, Benjamin Palmer, London and Norwich, cm and chairmaker (1799–1830). Polled at Norwich of London in 1799; of the parish of SS Simon and Jude, Norwich, in 1807; trading at St Simon's St in 1810; and St Gregory's parish, 1812–18. Recorded as auctioneer and appraiser, Pottergate St in 1830. [D; poll bks] Former app., Joseph Scotter, chairmaker, admitted freeman on 24 February 1828. [Norwich freemen reg.] Brass handle back-plates on high quality Regency mahogany dining table, c.1820, are inscribed: ‘THE NEW CONSTRUCTED Occasional Table by B. P. TITTER Inventor and Manufacturer, N.4 St. Simons, Norwich.’ Table, when fully extended by three extra leaves to 13 ft, is supported at the ends by round, tapering collared legs with brass cup castors that fold up into the frieze when the table is closed. [Christie's, 22 April 1968, lot 277; Apollo, December 1955, p. 299a, June 1967] Another extending mahogany dining table bears brass tablets at the ends, functioning as backplates to squared loop handles, inscribed: ‘B. P. TITTER & COMP. Inventors & Manufacturers. N.32 Pottergate Street, NORWICH’. A further table, extending by five extra leaves to 14 ft 5 ins has brass handle plates inscribed: ‘B. P. TITTER & COMP. INVENTORS AND MANUFACTURERS, NORWICH’. [Bonham's, 5 July 1979, lot 31]

Titterson, James, Liverpool, cm (1790–96). Recorded at 69 Frederick St, 1790–96 and 20 Dickenson St in 1794. [D] See James Tittenson.

Tittorsan, Joseph, Liverpool, cm ‘& one of the ringers at St. Nicholas Church’ (1822). Marriage at St Anne's Church to Miss Barker, daughter of Mrs Forshaw, Hackin's Hey, reported in Liverpool Mercury, 5 July 1822.

Tizon, T. & I., 3 Duke St, Southwark, London, carvers and gilders (1809–11). [D]

Toakley, John, St Martin's Pl., Birmingham, gilder (1818). [D]

Tobin, Michael, 89 St James St, Liverpool, cm (1839). [D]

Toby, Henry, 3 Glebe Pl., Chelsea, London, cm and u (1823). [D]

Toby, James, Ailesbeer, (sic), Devon, cm (1761–62). Took apps named West in 1761 and Reed in 1762. [S of G, app. index]

Toby, James, Guinea St, Exeter, Devon, cm (1832). His son Daniel Culliford bapt. at St Mary Major on 26 August 1832. [PR (bapt.)]

Tod, Thomas, Gt Trinity Lane, London, cm (1747). Named in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Todd, —, St Ann's, Soho, London, ‘an eminent Upholsterer’ (d. 1768). Death ‘of the Gout in his Stomach’ reported in Public Advertiser, 18 March 1768.

Todd, Caleb, Gosport, Hants., chairmaker (1749). Took app. named Horsey in 1749. [S of G, app. index]

Todd, George, Chester, cm (c. 1793–1812). Son of James Todd; app. to William Henderson on 5 October (1793?). Polled of Cow Lane in 1812. [Chester app. bks]

Todd, James jnr, Frodsham St, Chester, cm (d. 1832). Death on 23 June 1832 reported in Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales, 3 July.

Todd, James, Winslow, Bucks., cm (1839). [D]

Todd, John, York and Nottingham, cm (1758–74). Son of John Todd, joiner; admitted freeman of York in 1758. Polled at York of Nottingham in 1758; and of Stonegate, York, in 1774. [York freemen rolls]

Todd, John, Hull, Yorks., cm (1784–1831). Polled at Beverley, of Hull, 1784–99. Recorded at Leadenhall Sq., Hull, 1806– 10; and 6 Wellington Mart in 1831. [D]

Todd, John, address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Todd, John, Campfield, Leeds, Yorks., cm (1817). [D]

Todd, John, Cottingham, Yorks., cm (1821). App. to Joseph Carter in June 1821. [Hull app. reg.]

Todd, John, Northgate, Hartlepool, Co. Durham, joiner and/or cm (1828–34). [D]

Todd, John, West St, Wigton, Cumb., cm and/or joiner (1828– 34). [D]

Todd, John, 61 Wicker, Sheffield, Yorks., cm (1834–37). [D]

Todd, Jonathan, Workington, Cumb., cm (1809). Recorded in death duty reg. relating to wills proved, in the Deanery of Copeland, Cumb.; entry dated 6 January 1809.

Todd, Joseph, Chester, cm and chairmaker (1826–29). Son of James Todd, cordwainer of Chester; app. to Charles Boulton, cm, for seven years. [Chester app. indentures] Notice under ‘Chester Police’ in Chester Chronicle, Cheshire and North Wales Advertiser, 13 November 1829, stated that Joseph Todd, an apprentice chair-maker, for discharging a loaded pistol in the street, was fined 10s and 2s cost; and would be imprisoned for 6 months ‘unless the money be sooner paid’.

Todd, Richard, Cottingham, near Hull, Yorks., cm (1810). App. to Thomas Ross of Cottingham in August 1810. [Hull app. reg.]

Todd, Richard, Hyde Hill, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb., cm and u (1827–34). [D]

Todd, Robert, Northants., gilder (1720–48). Of Tansor, took app. named Bellamy in 1720; of Tittlebrough, one named Page in 1748. [S of G, app. index]

Todd, Robert, address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Todd, Robert, Newcastle, joiner and cm (1811–27). Trading at Manor-chare in 1811 and Old Butcher Mkt in 1824. [D]

Todd, Thomas, Silver St, Morpeth, Northumb., chairmaker (1827). [D]

Todd, William, High St, Lincoln, cm (1805–26). Recorded as a chairmaker and wheelwright, 1819–22. [D]

Todd, William, King St, Thorne, Yorks., joiner and cm (1828– 29). [D]

Todhunter, Thomas, Bondgate, Darlington, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1827). [D]

Todner, Ralph, Houghton-le-Street, Co. Durham, cm and joiner (1828–29). [D]

Tofts, William, Butcher Row, Cambridge, cm, u and paper hanger (1830–43). [D; poll bks]

Toggett, William, Fore St, Taunton, Som., carver and gilder, bookseller (1779–82). Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1779 for £200 on his house; and in 1782 for £400 of which utensils and stock accounted for £360. [GL, Sun MS vol. 277, p. 65; vol. 303, p. 474]

Tokard, William, Ipswich, Suffolk, cm (1753). Took app. named Gardiner in 1753. [S of G, app. index]

Tolbot, Michael, Downham Market, Norfolk, joiner, cm and chairmaker (1770). Advertised in Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 18 August 1770, that he was lately returned from London with the best materials and workers; and required a ‘frame chair maker’ and a ‘pin chair maker’.

Tolbott, Thomas, 5 Silver St, Liverpool, u (1818). [D]

Tolfree, James & Son, Basingstoke, Hants., cm and u (1823). [D]

Tolfrey, Samuel, address unrecorded, u (1771–72). Named in the accounts of the Hon. Mrs Howard on 31 December 1771–72, receiving £340 for items including ‘20 yds. furniture’ at £17; and ‘Damask for Lord Petre’. [Essex RO, D/DP A189]

Tolley, Richard, Lancaster. Named in the Gillow Records in 1814 working on a jardiniere and a sideboard. [Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow vol. 344/99, p. 1957]

Tolmin, William, 32 Charing Cross, London, u (1839). [D]

Tol(l)put(t), Joshua, Canterbury, Kent and Long Acre, London, u (1784–1816). Admitted freeman of Canterbury in 1784, and polled there, 1790–96. Recorded at 115 Long Acre, 1794–1816. Death of his wife reported in Gents Mag., June 1797. Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary in which he was named in the list of master cabinet makers, 1803. [D; Canterbury freemen rolls]

Tolson, John, Penrith, Cumb., cm (1798). [D]

Tombes, Henry, London, cm or furniture japanner (1718–26). Trading at Bond St in 1718. The Duke of Montrose's accounts for furnishing his house in Bond St record payment to Tombes of £21 for a ‘Large Japanned Chest with a Frame’. In 1726 Tombes supplied another ‘Japan Chest’ costing £16, probably to the Duke. [Scottish RO, GD 220/6/28/p. 84, GD, 220/6/1347/11]

Tombs, Bartholomew, parish of St Mary Woolnoth, London, upholder (1679). [PR]

Tomion, William, 57 Fleet St, London, u (1784). [D]

Tomison, Jackman, Selby, Yorks., cm and u (1826–29). Trading at Micklegate in 1826 and Broad St, 1828–29. [D]

Tomkies, John, 23 and 24 Eldon St, Finsbury, London, cm and u (1827–28). [D]

Tomkies (or Tomkins), Richard, Brokers Row, Moorfields, London, u, appraiser and broker (1805–28). Trading at no. 7, 1805–13; nos 4 and 7 in 1816; nos 4 and 12, 1819–20; no. 3, 1822–23; also as Richard Tomkies snr at 12 Moorfields, 1822–23; 4 and 12 Brokers Row in 1825; and as cm and u at 12 Blomfield St, Moorfields, 1827–28. Trade card states: ‘Richd. Tomkies, New & Second Hand Furniture Warerooms, No. 12, Broker Row, near New Broad St, Moorfields. Upholsterer, Appraiser, Auctioneer & Undertaker’. [D; Landauer Coll., MMA, NY]

Tomkins, Edward, Church St, Malpas, Cheshire, joiner and cm (1822). [D] See Edward Tomkinson at this address.

Tomkins, J. F. or J. T., London, frame maker (1790–96). Recorded at 49 New Bond St, 1795–96. In 1790–91 provided Lord Howard of Audley End, Essex, with frames costing £12 18s and in 1793, picture frames costing £2 2s, for his London house in New Burlington St. Tomkins's bill of 1795– 96 totalled £6 12s 6d, and listed prints, ‘A pair of neat frames for Colin Clout etc.’, ‘A handsome Burnish Gold frame for Drawing Walden Church’, ‘A German Glass to D.° and Gild.° Border’, and ‘A neat Burnish Gold Frame for Bishop of London with a Rich Embellish'd Gold and Black Glass’. [Essex RO, D/DBy/A50/4; A51/3; A54/5]

Tomkins, John, address unrecorded, cm (1725). On 22 April 1725 supplied to Temple Newsam House, Leeds, ‘a New Wanscot Case of Drawes’, costing £1 14s, and charged for brass fittings, oiling a table and erecting a bedstead. [Furn. Hist., 1967]

Tom(p)kins, Jonathan, Portsmouth, Hants., u (1782). Declared bankrupt, Sussex Weekly Advertiser, 20 May 1782, and Leicester Journal, 23 November 1782.

Tomkins, Philip, Moorfields, London, cm (1776). Insured house and goods at London Wall for £300 in 1776. [GL, Sun MS vol. 245, p. 456]

Tomkins, Samuel, London, upholder (1768–1802). Trading at 20 New Broad St, Moorfields in 1783; and Broad St, 1788– 1802, as Samuel & Co. at no. 60, 1788–94. Son of Nicholas Tomkins, freeman joiner of London. App. to Samuel Luck, shipwright, on 3 February 1768, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 19 November 1783. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tomkins, William, at ‘The Royal Bed’, corner of New Broad St, near Little Moorgate in Moorfields, London, u and sworn appraiser (1743–c.1760). Trade cards [GL, and Heal Coll., BM] show ‘lit a` la Duchesse’ with Royal arms on headboard, within a frame of heavy scroll-work. Card states that Tomkins ‘Buyeth & Selleth all Manner of Household Goods; as Standing Beds & Bedding, Chest of Drawers, Desks, & Bookcases, Bouroe Desks, Card, Dining, Breakfast and Dressing Tables (in Mohogeny, Walnut-tree or Wainscot) Chairs of all sorts, Settee and Bouroe Bedsteads; Sconces, Pier, Chimney and Dressing Glasses; Turkey Carpets of all sorts, —Tapestry Hangings & Painted Floor Cloths; all Sizes of Bell Metal Mortars, with all manner of Upholdstery, Cabinet & Braziery Goods, New and Old, — at very Reasonable Rates. N.B. All Sorts of Goods Appraised.’ Another trade card, in the GL, headed ‘The Royal Bed’, is elaborately engraved with the Royal ‘lit a` la Duchesse’ within an interior showing Palladian doorcase and panelling, cabriole chairs, kneehole dressing table and looking-glass. An invoice for four Russia leather chairs at 4s 6d, dated 12 May 1743 and signed by James Rodwell for Tomkins, is also in the GL. Rodwell appears to have taken over the business by 1760, and his card closely resembles that of Tomkins. See Jane Tompkins at the same address.

Tomkins, William, 14 Brokers Row, Moorfields, London, upholder and cm (1771–d. 1778). Heal records him in directories, and states that he died in 1778.

Tomkins, William, 14 Brokers Row, Moorfields, London, upholder and cm (1779–96). Recorded also at 22 New Broad St, 1780–81, and 14 Moorgate in 1783. [D]

Tomkinson, Charles, Welsh (or Welch) Row, Nantwich, Cheshire, cm/joiner (1822–23). [D]

Tomkinson, Edward, Church St, Malpas, Cheshire, cm and joiner (1837). [D] Possibly the same as, or a relation of, Edward Tomkins at this address.

Tomlin, Joseph, Gainsborough, Lincs., chairmaker (1805–07). [D]

Tomlin, Robert, 61 Hanover St, Liverpool, cm (1820). Sale of stock by Taylor & Pinnington of Church St, on Tomlin's ‘going to reside in London’, advertised in Liverpool Mercury, 7 April 1820. Stock consisted of ‘Mahogany Articles of good workmanship, in sets of Chairs, Sofas in Hair Cloth, Chests of Drawers, Card & Pembroke Tables, on pillars & claws, Tea Chests, Caddies, Dressing Glasses, Footstools etc: handsome fancy Oak Card Tables, Calico Curtains for two windows etc: together with the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Kitchen Requisites, a quantity of fine Oak & Spanish Veneers, Mahogany Boards, four Cabinet-makers Benches, & other Effects.’

Tomlin, Robert, 24 Ratcliffe Terr., Goswell St Rd, London, cm and u (1822–23). [D]

Tomlin, Roger, London, u (1709–32). Recorded at ‘The Crown & Cushion’, over against Stock's Mkt, Gt Lombard St, 1723–26; and at ‘The Crown & Cushion’, Fenchurch St, near ‘The Ipswich Arms’, Cullum St, 1726–32. Son of Roger Tomlin, Gent. of East Malling, Kent. App. to Arthur Osbourne and James Gronous on 21 April 1709. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 5 April 1721. Took app. named Henry Lodge in 1724. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 8 July 1723 for £500 on goods and merchandise in his house. Heal notes him in contemporary newspapers, 1726–32. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records; GL, Sun MS vol. 15, ref. 29110]

Tomlin, William, Gainsborough, Lincs., chair turner etc. (b. 1760–d. 1805). Death aged 45 reported in Gents Mag., October 1805.

Tomlin, William, Shambles St, Barnsley, Yorks., cm and u (1814–37). Recorded at Cheapside in 1816. [D]

Tomlinson, Benjamin, Holywell St, Chesterfield, Derbs., cm (1818–22). [D]

Tomlinson, George, Carter St, Uttoxeter, Staffs., cm (1835). [D]

Tomlinson, George, Norton, near Malton, Yorks., joiner and cm (1840). [D]

Tomlinson, James T., Penny St, Lancaster, chair and bedstead maker (1825–34). [D]

Tomlinson, John, Lancaster, chairmaker (1806–07). [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Tomlinson, Richard, Lancaster, cm (1761–68). App. to R. Thorney in 1761, and admitted freeman, 1767–68. [Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Tomlinson, Richard, Lancaster, chair and bedstead maker candlebox maker (1777–1825). Recorded at Penny St, 1818–25. App. to Joseph Tyson in 1777, and admitted freeman, 1785–86. Took app. as chairmaker on 11 June 1818. [D; Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Tomlinson, Richard, Bromsgrove, Worcs., cm (1784). [Lancaster poll bk]

Tomlinson, Richard, 107 Shoe Lane, London, upholder (1799–1802). Son of Richard Tomlinson, carpenter of Belper, near Derby. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by redemption on 2 January 1799. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tomlinson, Richard, London, carver and gilder (1804–12). Trading at 12 Welbeck St, Cavendish Sq., 1804–06; and 9 Cambridge St, Golden Sq., 1809–12. [D]

Tomlinson, Richard, Lytham, Lancs., joiner and cm (1825). [D]

Tomlinson, Robert, York, carver and gilder (1777–1816). Trading at Stonegate, 1798–1816. App. to Robert Blakesley, carver and gilder, on 1 July 1777; later assigned to James Hobden of Gartrop Park. Admitted freeman in 1789. Assigned app. named John Hunsley from Robert Blakesley. [D; York app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Tomlinson, Samuel, Newbridge Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, cm (1825–28). [D]

Tomlinson, Thomas, Calender St, Blackburn, Lancs., cm and joiner (1816–18). [D]

Tomlinson, Thomas, Retford, Notts., cm and u (1828–41). Trading at Market Pl. in 1828, Church St in 1835 and Churchgate in 1841. [D]

Tomlinson, William, 3 Bank St, Norwich, u and cm (1839–42). [D]

Tomlinson & Burgess, Harrogate, Yorks., joiners and/or cm (1834). [D]

Tomlisson, John, Old St, St Luke's, London, cm (1809–11). [D]

Tompkins, Francis, 15 London Wall, Moorfields, London, cm (1817). [D]

Tompkins, Jane, at ‘The Royal Bed’, corner of Petty France, Moorfields, London, u (1727). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 16 February 1727 for £200 on her stock in three warerooms in the house of Mr Pitman in Petty France. [GL, Sun MS vol. 25, ref. 44025] See William Tomkins at ‘The Royal Bed’.

Tompkins, John, Westgate, Grantham, Lincs., cm and u (1819). [D]

Tom(p)kins, Thomas, London Wall, London, cm, upholder and broker (1800–16). Recorded at no. 17, 1800–03, and nos 15 and 16 variously, 1809–16. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 25 April 1800 for £630 on his new house, shop, workshop, sawpit and stock, including £100 on a house in tenure at 16 London Wall. Another policy of 24 September 1803 was for £1,400, including £150 on utensils and stock. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 418, ref. 702310; vol. 426, ref. 752461]

Tompson, —, 19 Everett St, Russell Sq., London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Tompson, Jacob, Norwich, u (1692). Former app., William Harrison, admitted freeman on 24 February 1692. [Norwich freemen reg.]

Tompson, John, 6 Devonshire St, Bloomsbury, London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Tompson, John, 12 Stephen St, Rathbone Pl., London, upholder (1807). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 19 February 1807 for £500 on his house and goods. [GL, Sun MS vol. 437, ref. 800200]

Toms, James, 21 Rathbone Pl., Oxford St, London, carver and gilder (1805–07). [D]

Toms, William, Upton Slip, Falmouth, Cornwall, cm and u (1830). [D]

Tomson, —, address unrecorded. Supplied items for Hatfield House, Herts., on 7 July 1663, ‘paintings and chimney piece in middle room’, costing £4 10s, for Lady Cranborne; and on 7 December 1664, a ‘new cabinet’ at £1 6s, for the Earl of Salisbury. [Hatfield House MS Bills 275]

Tomson, Richard, address unrecorded. Submitted a bill, dated 23 February 1719, to the Rt Hon. Lady Mary Saunderson, totalling £6 10s, and listing a bed, six chairs, a pair of bellows, ‘A Pott and Fryin Pan’, and ‘A Box Iron’. Receipted by John Gillson. [Lincoln RO, Monson 12]

Tomson (or Thompson), William, 57 Fleet Mkt, London, u (1784–97). Notices concerning bankruptcy, dividends and certificates, given in Billinge's Liverpool Advertiser, 17 October 1796, 1 May 1797, and 5 June 1797. [D]

Tong (or Tongue), Miss M., Bristol, upholsteress (1837–40). Trading at 4 St Michael's Hill, 1837–38; and as S. & M. Tongue at 8 Old Park Hill in 1840. [D] See Sarah Tong(u)e.

Tonge, R., address unrecorded. Name inscribed on chair of 1770 at Stanmer Park, Sussex. [V&A archives]

Tongue, John, 76 Paul St, Finsbury, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Tong(u)e, Sarah, Bristol, upholsteress (1831–33). Trading at 4 Jamaica St, St James's, in 1831; Park Pl., St Michael's, in 1832; and 13 Old Park in 1833. [D] See Miss M. Tong.

Tooke, George Theodore, 23 Judd St, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Tooke, Robert, 2 Claremont Pl., Old Kent Rd, London, cm (1829). [D]

Tooke, William Barber, Norwich, cm (1811–30). Polled of the parish of St Martin at Oak, 1812–18; and at Heigham in 1830. App. to William Mowain (?), cm, and admitted freeman on 5 June 1811. [Norwich freemen reg. and poll bks]

Tookey, William, Chatham, Kent, chairmaker (1748). Took app. named Conchey in 1748. [S of G, app. index]

Tool, J., 5 Charles St, St James's, Bristol, cabinet carver (1834). [D]

Tooley (or Tooly), James, address unrecorded, blind maker (1732). Named in Earl Fitzwalter's accounts for Moulsham Hall on 23 February 1723 charging £7 7s 6d for four window blinds, and receiving £5 5s in part payment. On 7 March he was paid the £2 2s outstanding. [A. C. Edwards, The Accounts of Banjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwalter, pp. 103–04]

Tooley, William, Northbrook St, Newbury, Berks., chairmaker (1840–42). [D]

Toomes, Mrs, London (?). On 26 May 1731 Mrs Toomes and another, unnamed, person charged £16 5s 6d for an ‘Indian Chest’ to be sent to Moulsham Hall, Chelmsford. [A. C. Edwards, The Accounts of Banjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwalter, p. 103]

Toon, John, Gosport, Hants., cm and u (1823–30). Trading at North Cross St in 1823 and Seahorse St in 1830. [D]

Toon, John, 61 Buttersland St, City Rd, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Toon & Co., 45 Featherstone St, City Rd, London, u (1835). [D]

Toose (or Tooze), John, Honiton, Devon, cm, chairmaker, u and auctioneer (1774–84). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 21 December 1774 for £400 including £30 on utensils and stock in his house, £100 on workshop and offices, and £100 on utensils and stock there and in yard. A policy of 1783 for £700 included £420 on utensils, stock, goods and workshop. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 235, ref. 347617; vol. 314, p. 33]

Toose, John, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs., cm (1840). Acted as witness in the case against Matthew Fowles for the murder of Martha Keeling. [Chester Chronicle, Cheshire and North Wales Advertiser, 25 September 1840]

Toosey, John, Wardour St, Covent Gdn, London, carver (1749). [Poll bk]

Tootell, Joshua, 7 Birchin Lane, Manchester, u and flour dealer (1825). [D]

Tooth, C., 7 Tottenham St, Fitzroy Sq., London, carver and gilder (1835). [D]

Tooth, Samuel, London, carpenter (1776–1802). Trading at Worship St, Moorfields, in 1776; City Rd, Moorfields, in 1794; and Hoxton Sq., 1802. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by redemption on 1 May 1776. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Toovey, Sampson, High St, Amersham, Bucks., chairmaker (1830). [D]

Topham, George, 19 Copper St, Manchester, chairmaker (1817). [D]

Topham, George, Aldborough, Yorks., joiner and cm (1828–30). [D]

Topham, George, Nantwich, Cheshire, cm (1837). Daughter Mary Anne by his wife Sarah bapt. on 11 August 1837. [PR (bapt.)]

Topham, John, Congleton, Cheshire, cm and joiner (1834–41). Trading at Chapel St in 1834 and Lowther St in 1841. [D]

Topham, William, Ackworth, Yorks., cm (1822–37). [D]

Topliff, W., 2 Plumbers Ct, High Holborn, London, u (1835). [D]

Topliff, William, 27 Little Queen St, Holborn, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Toplis, James, London, cm, decorative u and auctioneer (1790–1828). Addresses given at 9 Old Broad St in 1798; 1 Godfrey Ct, Milk St in 1802; 22 St Paul's Churchyard, 1811– 28; and as James Toplis & Co. at nos 22–23, 1814–20. Son of Henry Toplis, warehouseman of Lamb St, Spitalfields. App. to James Duthoit on 5 January 1790, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 3 January 1798. Destruction of premises at St Paul's Churchyard by fire on 17 May 1810 reported in Gents Mag. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 24 October 1814 for £2,000 on stock, utensils, and goods in trust or on commission in his house, workshops, warerooms and lofts, and £500 on those in a warehouse adjoining the Meeting House in Knightrider Ct, Knightrider St. A policy of 18 January 1815 was for £500 on livestock, stock and utensils in warehouse and stable at 11 Little Carter Lane; and one of 14 May 1821, taken out in association with Samuel Chandler, was for £400 on coach house, stable and loft in Red Bull Yd, Bury St, Bloomsbury, in tenure of a chair and brush maker. Mahogany hall chair with carved crest is signed ‘Toplis St. Pauls’ on the underside, and bears the label of ‘Toplis & Sons, Cabinet & Upholstery Warehouse & Manufactory 22 St. Pauls churchyard London’. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records; GL, Sun MS vol. 461, refs 897983–84 and 901570; vol. 484, ref. 980543; V&A archives] See Toplis & Wheeler and Toplis & Woolfitt.

Toplis, Samuel, 4½ Cirencester Pl., Tottenham Ct Rd, London, cm and u (1835–39). [D]

Toplis & Wheeler, 22 St Paul's Churchyard, London, decorative u and auctioneers (1821). [D] See James Toplis at this address.

Toplis & Woolfit(t), 22 St Paul's Churchyard, London, u and cm (1813–20). Advertised in The Times, 4 April 1815, offering ‘FINE BRILLIANT FRENCH PLATE GLASSES of large dimensions’ to be sold ‘considerably under the British tarif price’. Being next door to no. 23 this firm may have been connected with the old established business of the Bell family. [D; Heal] See James Toplis.

Toppin, Edwin, 17 Prince's St, Brighton, Sussex cm and u (1839). [D]

Toppin & Son, 109–110 Church St, Brighton, Sussex, cm and u (1839). Trading also as furniture brokers at no. 108. [D]

Topping, Charles, King St, Wigton, Cumb., chairmaker (1834). [D]

Topping, George, King St, Wigton, Cumb., chairmaker (1829). [D]

Topping, George, 38 Annetwell St, Carlisle, Cumb., chairmaker (1834). [D]

Topping, John, address unrecorded. Small mahogany Pembroke table with fluted legs and single divided drawer is pencilsigned on underside of top: ‘J.T. 1815’, and again, ‘John Topping, 1815’. Long in private ownership of a family in the Cumb. and Lancs. area.

Topping, John, 38 Marybone, Liverpool, carver and household broker (1827). [D]

Topping, William, Back St, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs., joiner and cm (1828–34). [D]

Torbat, —, 36 Red Lion St, London, celleret maker (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Torber (or Torbet), John, Strand, London, cm (1779). Declared bankrupt, Gents Mag., January 1779, and dividends announced in Leicester Journal, 30 October 1779. Named in Bailey's list of bankrupts.

Torbut, —, 12 Red Lion St, London, cm (1803). Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803.

Torbutt, Charles, Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, Yorks., cm (1822). [D]

Torr, James, 11 Bedminster Parade, Bristol, chairmaker (1828– 30). [D]

Torr, Thomas, Fletcher Gate, Nottingham, joiner and cm (1799). [D]

Torre, della & Barelli, 9 Lamb's Conduit St, London, lookingglasses, barometers, thermometers and prints (1826–33). [Goodison, Barometers]

Torrent, George, at ‘The Golden Ball’, Houndsditch, London, u (1723). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 9 August 1723 for £500 on goods and merchandise in his house. [GL, Sun MS vol. 16, ref. 29587]

Torry, George, Market Rasen, Lincs., joiner, cm and builder (1821). App. to William Rollett of Gainsborough in June 1821. [Hull app. reg.]

Torry, Thomas, Willoughby St, Gainsborough, Lincs., cm and u (1835). [D]

Tort, Thomas, Nottingham. Signed the Nottingham Cabinet and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices, 1791, on behalf of the masters.

Tory, George, Hall St, Spalding, Lincs., cm, u, joiner and carpenter (1826–41). [D]

Toswell (or Tosswill), John, Exeter, Devon, carver and gilder (1823–40). Addresses given at South St, 1823–24; 103 Fore St, 1825–33; 98 High St before 1826 and no. 70 afterwards; and no. 18, 1834–40. Notice in The Alfred, 15 August 1826 stated that a fire at Evans & Co., druggist, destroyed Tosswill's workshops at 98 High St, following which he moved to no. 70. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal]

Tothill, Ann, Hart's Row, Exeter, Devon, u (1825). [Exeter Pocket Journal]

Touchet, John, Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records in 1815. [Westminster Ref. Lib.]

Toulmin, Robert, Liverpool, cm (1788–1823). Addresses given at 10 School Lane, 1805–11; no. 11, 1813–14; 8 Leigh St in 1816; 17 Russell St in 1818; and no. 20, 1821–23. App. to W. Blackburn in 1788; and admitted freeman of Lancaster, 1801–02, when stated of Liverpool. Notice of sale of household furniture and stock in trade on bankruptcy given in Liverpool Chronicle, 25 June 1806. Stock consisted of ‘Mahogany Sideboard, Secretary & Bookcase, Drawers & wardrobe, Tea Tables, Clockcase, Dressing Tables, Hair Cloth, viz. 24 inches to 26 & 16, Horse Hair, Canvas Bags, Brass Work, etc. Paper Hangings, Work Benches; Mahogany Boards & Planks, Veneers of different qualities, Beech & Oak Boards, of different thicknesses. After which will be sold The unexpired TERM of Three Years on the House, subject to the year rent of £25 per annum, with the Workshop now erected in the Yard …’. [D; Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Toulmin & Kerr, Brokers Row, Finsbury/Moorfields, London, upholstery warehouse (1802–03). Trading at nos 10–11 in 1802, and no. 28 in 1803 when named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers. [D]

Touret, Henry, at ‘The Gold Frame’, middle of Maiden Lane, Covent Gdn, London, carver, gilder and frame maker. Rococo trade card, c.1760, in the GL, states that Touret ‘Makes all Sorts of Black and Gold Frames for Paintings, Prints, and Glasses, and all sorts of Ornaments, Carved and Guilded — N.B. Prints varnished in the Best Manner at Reasonable Rates.’

Tousey, Henry, 10 Silver St, Golden Sq., London, carver and gilder (1781). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1781 for £200 including £100 on utensils, stock and goods. [GL, Sun MS vol. 296, p. 61]

Tousey (or Touzey), John, London, carver and gilder (1749–81). Polled at Westminster of Wardour St, Old Soho, in 1749. Recorded as ‘J. de Tousey of Mary Bone’, when declared bankrupt, Gents Mag., 1761. Discharge of John Tousey, ‘late of Titchfield Street, St Mary le Born’ from Debtors’ Prison, reported in London Gazette, 26 September 1761. Listed in directories at Bow St, Bloomsbury, 1763–81, and described as cm, u and dealer in plate glass, 1780–81. Probably the Touzy, cm, who supplied a cabinet costing £96 4s to Sir John Hot for Shelburne House, Berkeley Sq., London, in December 1767. John Touzey, carver and gilder, carried out wood carving and gilding picture frames at Croome Court, Worcs., in 1769. [V&A archives] See Towsey, —.

Tovell, Charles, London, upholder (1790). [Ipswich poll bk]

Tovey (or Turvey), John, Stratford, Essex, cm, u and undertaker (1826–32). [D]

Towell, James, Charlton Rd, Dover, Kent, cm (1832–33). [Poll bks]

Towell, Robert, Diss, Norfolk, cm (1762). Took app. named Ancold in 1762. [S of G, app. index]

Towell, Robert, ‘near opposite the Harry's Head in Mile End Road’, London, cm (1774). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 14 December 1774 for £400 including £200 on utensils and stock in house, workshop and yard. [GL, Sun MS vol. 235, ref. 34390]

Towell, Thomas, Stanley St, Birmingham, ram-rod maker, broker, cm and u (1828–30). [D]

Towells, Robert, Frog Lane, Ilminster, Som., cm (1839). [D]

Towers, Thomas, Lancaster, cm (1766–67). [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Towers, Thomas, Blackburn, Lancs., cm (1784). [Lancaster poll bk]

Towers, Thomas, Leicester, cm (1826). [Leicester freemen reg.]

Towers, William, Preston, Lancs., cm (1795). Marriage on 29 November 1795 at Kirkham to Miss Ellen Nicholson of Wharton, reported in Billinge's Liverpool Advertiser, 14 December.

Towers, William, 66 Upper Shadwell, London, cm and/or u (1814). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 3 November 1814 for £300 of which £70 accounted for stock and utensils. [GL, Sun MS vol. 463, ref. 899284]

Towle, W., Weekday-cross, Nottingham, u and cm (1818). [D]

Towle, William, Bridlesmithgate, Nottingham, cm (1814). [D]

Towler, James, 25 Greek St, Soho, London, upholder and cm (1796). [D]

Towler, John, Masham, Yorks., joiner and/or cm (1834). [D]

Towler, William, 10 Snowfields, Bermondsey, London, cm and u (1827–28). [D]

Town & Emanuel, 103 New Bond St, London, ‘Manufacturers of Buhl Marquetrie, Resner & Carved Furniture’ (1830–40). Circular occasional table with porcelain bowl inset in the top, from the Duke of Buccleuch's collection, is noted in the V & A archives as having been sold by Christie's in 1948, bears label dated 183–, and stating: ‘… Town & Emanuel. Manufacturers of Buhl Marquetrie, Resner & Carved Furniture, Tripods, Screens &c. of the finest & most superb designs of the times of Louis 14th. Splendid Cabinets & Tables inlaid with fine Sèvre & Dresden China &c. Old Paintings & Bronzes, Carvings, Oriental & other China, Jewellery & Curiosities Bought & Exchanged. Buhl & Antique Furniture Repaired. By Appointment to Her Majesty’. Label also recorded on Buhl monopodium games table; and on a small kingwood and tulipwood ‘bureau plat’ of Louis XV style, with serpentine top inset with red leather panel, frieze with three drawers, chamfered cabriole legs, ormolu handles and mounts. Label bears the Arms of Queen Adelaide. [E. T. Joy, English Furniture, 1800–1850; V&A archives; Sotheby's, 23 July 1948, lot 142] In June 1830 Town & Emanuel provided 3rd Lord Braybrooke with a looking-glass costing £8 5s for Audley End, Essex, Billingbear, Berks., or his London house. [Essex RO, D/DBy/A362] In 1838 supplied ‘new furniture’ for Stafford House, London, at a cost of £12 12s. [Stafford RO, D593/R/1/26/8] In 1839–40 the firm was listed in directories at Town & Co., ‘dealers in & Manufacturers of antique furniture, curiosities, & pictures.’

Towne, W., Garlick Hill, London, cm and turner (1835). [D]

Towne, William, 7 Lion St, New Kent Rd, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Townley, —, London, cm (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.

Townley, James, Liverpool, cm and victualler (1827–39). Addresses given at 27 Hanover St with shop at 12 Coopers Row, 1827–37; 28 Hanover St with shop at 10 College Lane in 1829; and 43 Hanover St in 1839. [D]

Townley, Richard, Lancaster, cm (1806–16). Admitted freeman of Lancaster, 1806–07, when stated ‘of Liverpool’. Named in the Gillow records, 1814–16, working on a bookcase. [Lancaster freemen rolls; Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow vol. 344/199, p. 1952]

Townley, Robert, Lancaster, cm (1765–86). App. to J. Padget in 1765, and admitted freeman, 1785–86. [Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Townley, Robert, Penwortham, Lancs., cm (1784–96). Polled at Lancaster in 1784, and admitted freeman of there, 1795–96. [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Townley, William, 4 Leonard Sq., Finsbury, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Townsend, Benjamin, Gloucester, cm (1833–35). Children bapt. at St Michael's Church in 1833 and 1835. [PR (bapt.)]

Townsend, Charles, Preston, Lancs., chairmaker (1822–25). Recorded at Friargate in 1822 and North Rd in 1825. [D]

Townsend, Edward, Melton Mowbray, Leics., cm and chairmaker (1822–35). [D]

Townsend, George, Leeds, Yorks., cm (1791–98). Trading at Kirkgate in 1798. One of the four journeymen who signed the Leeds Cabinet and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices, 1791. [D]

Townsend, George, Exeter, Devon, cm (1815–26). Recorded at Frog Lane on 12 September 1815 when son Frederick bapt. at St Edmund's Church; and at Milk St when children bapt. at St Mary Arches: Susan on 4 March 1819; Frederick (bapt. privately in 1816), Hannah (born July 1821) and George (born 6 December 1823) all three on 29 February 1824; and Sarah on 27 December 1826. [PR (bapt.)]

Townsend, John, at ‘The Cabinet’, in the Minories, London, cm (1725). Named in insurance co. records. [Heal]

Townsend, John, High St, Leicester, turner and spinning-wheel maker (1794–d. by 1842). [D]

Townsend, John, London, upholder (1796–1816). Trading at 127 Lower Thames St, 1803–08, and 10 Crane Ct, Fleet St, 1811–16. Son of John Townsend, Gent. of Bermondsey. App. to John Preston on 26 June 1796, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 6 July 1803. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Townsend, John, New Bridge, Exeter, Devon, cm (1816). Son John bapt. at St Edmund's Church on 11 March 1816. [PR (bapt.)]

Townsend, John, Leeds, Yorks., cm and u (1821–37). Recorded as John snr at 96 Kirkgate in 1821; and as John & Charles at 10 Kirkgate (furniture warehouse) in 1826–30, Castle St, 1828–37, also 15 Kirkgate, 1834–37. [D]

Townsend, John, Melton Mowbray, Leics., chairmaker and turner (1826–35). App. to John Clements, chairmaker of Leicester, and admitted freeman in 1826. [D; Leicester freemen rolls]

Townsend, Joseph, Anchor Yard, Preston, Lancs., chairmaker (1825). [D]

Townsend, Joseph, Southgate St, Gloucester, cm and u (1830– 40). Trading at Blackfriars, 1830, and Southgate St, 1839–40. [D]

Townsend, Richard, St Ives, Hunts., joiner and cm (1783). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1783 for £200 including £130 on utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 314, p. 13]

Townsend, Richard, Blackfriars Sq., Gloucester, cm and u (1822–40). Trading at Westgate St, 1822–30 and Blackfriars Sq., 1839–40. [D]

Townsend, Richardson, St Ives, Hunts., u (1798). [D]

Townsend, Robert, Liverpool, residing in Lancaster, cm (b.1739–d. by 1828). Recorded as aged 82 in 1821 in the account of lives in leases granted by the Corp. of Liverpool and carried out between 1819–22.

Townsend, Samuel, Bungay, Suffolk, later Norwich, carver and gilder (1824–42). Recorded at Bungay in 1824; at Colegate St, Norwich, in 1836; St Stephen's St in 1839; and 24 Bethel St in 1842. [D]

Townsend, Thomas, Southgate St, Gloucester, cm and u (1822). [D]

Townsend, W., 11 St Ann's Ct, Soho, London, carver (1835). [D]

Townsend, William, address unrecorded, upholder (1738–d.1800). Son of Thomas Townsend, yeoman of Wilts. App. to John Sherman on 1 November 1738, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 16 May 1754. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Townsend, William, London, upholder (1749–79). Polled at Westminster of Charles St, near Grosvenor Sq., 1749 and 1774. Named in a deed of settlement in 1768. [Marylebone Lib., deed 2497] Insured a house in Welbeck St for £400 in 1779. [GL, Sun MS vol. 278, p. 323]

Townsend, William, Wimpole St, London, u (1792). [D]

Townsend, William, St Martin's, Leicester, cm and u (1835). Also recorded at St Nicholas St. [D]

Townshend, —, address unrecorded, u (1776). Henry Hoare's account book of 1749–70 records payment to Townshend, u, of £13 7s 9d on 27 October 1776. [Wilts. RO, MS 383/6]

Townshend, George, 39 Wardour St, Soho, London, carver and gilder (1809–11). [D]

Townshend, John, London, u (1818). [Canterbury poll bk]

Townshend, John, 24 Row, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, carver and gilder (1836–39). [D]

Townshend, R., Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records in 1803. [Westminster Ref. Lib.]

Townshend, Robert, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, cm (1830–41). [Poll bks]

Townshend, Samuel, Old Broad St, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, cm, u and chairmaker (1822). [D]

Townshend, Samuel, Charlotte St, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, carver and gilder (1830). [D]

Townshend, Thomas, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, carver, gilder and printseller (1822–32). Trading at Old Broad Row in 1822, and Broad Row in 1830. [D; poll bk]

Townshend, Thomas, Northgate, Bridgnorth, Salop, cm (1840). [D]

Townson, C., Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records, 1784– 1818. [Westminster Ref. Lib.]

Townson, John, Lancaster, later London, cm (1777–84). Admitted freeman of Lancaster, 1777–78. Polled at Lancaster of London in 1784. [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Townson, John jnr, Liverpool, cm (1825). App. to William John Roberts in 1825. [Liverpool app. enrolment bk]

Townson, Robert jnr, Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records, 1793–98. A drawing and a sketch of 1795 refer to Bob Townson, and Robert Townson jnr. [Westminster Ref. Lib..

Townson, Robert, address unrecorded, chairmaker (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Townson, Thomas, Lancaster, cm (1804–20). Admitted freeman, 1811–12, and named in the Gillow records, 1804–20. [Lancaster freemen rolls; Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow]

Townson, William, Norfolk, cm (1755–60). Probably the Townson who supplied furniture to Holkham Hall, Norfolk, between 1755–58. The accounts for 1755 total £10 16s and include ‘3 Chinese cherry tree chairs for ye attics’ and armchair to match; ‘4 walnut tree chairs’, also for the attics; winscot and mahogany tables; a ‘mahogany stand for a basin’; a ‘walnut tree frame & drawers for an inlaid top for a table’; a model of a chair, and four close stools. In 1757 items supplied totalled £21 8s and included three carved mahogany chairs, a reading desk, and two carved and gilt mahogany chairs. In 1758 Townson charged £1 13s for a mahogany stand for a cistern, lamp stand and close stool. [V&A archives] Took app. named Lancaster in 1760 when he was recorded at Burnham Westgate. [S of G, app. index]

Townson & Gardener, address unrecorded. Four-drawer bowfronted mahogany commode, c.1810, by this firm, advertised in C. Life, 27 April 1978, supplement, p. 489.

Towsey, —, Bow St, Bloomsbury, London. Recorded in a list of furniture makers compiled by the Duchess of Northumberland, c.1776. [C. Gilbert, Chippendale, p. 154] See John Tousey.

Toy, Jesse, 2 Norris St, London, cm and turner (1777). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1777 for £300 including £200 on utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 254, p. 332]

Toyne, John, Milton St, Nottingham, joiner and cm (1832–35). [D]

Tozer, J., 29 Duke St, Grosvenor Sq., London, carver, gilder, looking-glass maker, painter and paper hanger (1835). [D]

Tozer, John, Exeter, Devon, gilder (1831). Marriage to Miss Way, second daughter of Mr Way, cm of Dartmouth, reported in The Alfred, 17 May 1831.

Tozer, William, North St, Exeter, Devon, cm and broker (1836–40). [Exeter Pocket Journal]

Tozer, William, 29 Duke St, Grosvenor Sq., London, carver and gilder (1837). [D]

Traherne, Edward, address unrecorded, cm (1669). On 3 April 1669 he provided the Royal Household with ‘a pair of stands of Jamaica wood for the Kings Closset in the Newe Lodgeings at Whitehall’, costing £1 15s. [PRO, LC9/271, p. 140]

Traill, John, London, cm (1786). Subscribed to George Richardson's Treatise on the Five Orders of Architecture, 1787.

Tranent, William, Bailiffgate St, Alnwick, Northumb., joiner, cm and u (1828–29). [D]

Tranent & Davi(d)son, Balifgate, Alnwick, Northumb., cm, u and joiner (1834). [D]

Tranter, Joseph, Limpsham, Som., upholder (1774). [Bristol poll bk]

Tranter, S., Brighton, Sussex, u (1801). Named in the Windsor Royal Archives on 18 July 1801 receiving £60 11s 3d. [RA 88883]

Trapnell, Caleb, College Green, Bristol, cm (1824). Principal designer in the firm, C. Trapnell, founded in 1824. Made general household furniture of all prices, and furnished a number of important Bristol buildings, including the Mansion House. [V&A archives]

Trapnell, Henry, Queen St, Bristol, furniture broker and u (1833–40). Trading at no. 3 in 1833; also as cm from 1836; and carpet warehouseman with manufactory and warerooms in Host St from 1840. [D]

Trapp, Benjamin, High St, Bedford, draper, cm and u (1830–39). [D]

Trappes, Robert, Clitheroe, Lancs. The Broughton Hall, Yorks., papers preserve a letter and account dated 29 December 1834, from Robert Trappes to Charles Tempest of Broughton, concerning antique oak furniture. Trappes wrote: ‘I fear you will really think you have paid dear for a waggon load of rubbish when you see it yet there is great capability of making it very beautiful and I think it is very cheap.’ His account itemized a bedhead, ‘Ambry’, three chairs, a chest, ‘Flowered Ornaments’, and a ‘Chest without lid’, costing a total of £28. The pieces were used to furnish a pannelled ‘Elizabethan’style bedroom at Broughton, and most of the objects (several of which display added embellishment) can still be identified. [Temple Newsam House, Leeds, Exhib. Cat., Furniture from Broughton Hall, no. 36; E. T. Joy, English Furniture, 1800– 1851, p. 121]

Tratt & Attfield, 19 Lower Brook St, Grosvenor Sq., London, cm, u and undertakers (1814–39). Recorded at no. 10 in 1820. [D] Named in the account books of 3rd Lord Braybrooke, supplying items for Audley End, Essex, Billingbear, Berks., or his London house. In June 1831 the firm was paid £4 5s; in June 1832, £1 9s; and in December 1836, £12 17s. [Essex RO, D/DBy/A358 and A363] The Dunham Massey papers record payment to Tratt & Attfield of £10 6s on 22 May 1838, for ‘an oak library steps with handrails varnished on castors lined with Brussels carpet’. [John Rylands Lib., Manchester Univ.] Submitted a bill to Stafford House, London, in 1838, for £123 4s 2d. [Staffs. RO, D593/R/1/26/8] Worked for the Duke of Norfolk, 1840–43. [Arundel Castle records, A2095]

Traverse, John, Fazakerley St, Prescot, Lancs., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Travis, James, Manchester, cm and bow-string maker (1824). Notice in Liverpool Mercury, 19 November 1824, concerned his case in the Lancaster Insolvent Court.

Travis, James, St Luke's Buildings, Roscoe St, Liverpool, cm (1837–39). Recorded at 31 Roscoe St in 1837 and no. 18 in 1839. [D]

Travis, John, Spout St, Leek, Staffs., cm (1835). [D]

Travis, Thomas, Shudehill, Manchester, cm and bow-string maker (1808–25). Recorded at no. 67, 1808–18, and no. 59, 1822–25. [D]

Travis, Thomas, Blakestone, near Bawtry, Yorks., joiner and cm (1822). [D]

Treacher, Daniel, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1784–98). Sworn a burgess in 1797. Listed in Militia Census, 1798. [D; L. J. Mayes, The History of Chairmaking in High Wycombe, 1960, p. 25]

Treacher, Francis, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (b.c. 1813–41). Daughter bapt. in 1840. Aged 27 at the time of the 1841 Census. [PR (bapt.)]

Treacher, Henry, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (b.c.1820–41). Aged 21 at the time of the 1841 Census.

Treacher, James, West Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (b.c. 1781–1841). Named in Militia Census, 1798. Aged 60 at the time of the 1841 Census. [D]

Treacher, John, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1798–1830). Named in Militia Census, 1798. Married Mary Buggins of Wootton on 26 November 1805, at Wooton. [D; Bodleian index of Oxf. marriage bonds]

Treacher, Samuel, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker and turner (1782–1844). There were probably three tradesmen of the same name. One is recorded as born in 1769, and one took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1782 for £200 of which utensils and stock accounted for £50. Named in directories and Militia Census, 1790–1844, in Chepping Wycombe. Listed at Oxford Rd, High Wycombe in 1839. Named in the parish accounts in 1790 supplying ‘a half part of the wood used in the hall’ of the workhouse. Sons bapt. in 1832 and 1834. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 299, p. 603; L. J. Mayes, The History of Chairmaking in High Wycombe, 1960, p. 24; PR (bapt.)]

Treacher, Samuel, Marlow Hill, Bucks., chairmaker (1805). Started chairmaking as a winter occupation for his farm hands. [C. Musgrave, Regency Furniture, p. 97]

Treacher, Thomas & Co., High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1798–1844). Named in Militia Census, 1798. Daughters bapt. in 1822 and 1824, and five sons between 1826–34. Trading at High St, 1839. [D; PR (bapt.)]

Treacher, William, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1768–92). Marriage registered on 8 June 1768. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 4 July 1792 for £400 including £250 on his house in four tenements, and £55 on warehouse and shop. Bill head recorded, stating: ‘William Treacher, Windsor, dyed and fancy chairs, opposite the Woolpack Wycombe’, bearing the open date 179–. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 388, p. 157; L. J. Mayes, The History of Chairmaking in High Wycombe, 1960, p. 24]

Treacher, William Henry, High Wycombe, Bucks., chair manufacturer (b.c. 1791–1848). Sons bapt. in 1815, 1822 and 1824, daughters in 1818, 1820 and 1827. Aged 50 at the time of the 1841 Census. [D; PR (bapt.)]

Treadwell, Humphrey, Southampton, Hants., cm (1798). [D]

Trebilock, Richard, Fairmantle St, Truro, Cornwall, chairmaker (1808). Advertised in Royal Cornwall Gazette, 26 November 1808, as ‘… workman to Mr. Carkeet, late of Truro’, and announcing that ‘he has by him a large quantity of rushes for bottoming chairs & that he makes new, or repairs old chairs, let them be ever so bad, on the shortest notice & the most moderate terms.’

Treble, John, 1 Spring Gdns, Manchester, carver, gilder and print seller to their Majesties (1814–15). [D]

Treble & Syers, corner of Spring Gdns, Market St Lane, Manchester, carvers and gilders to their Majesties (1811). [D]

Tredwell, George, High St, Evesham, Worcs., cm and u (1840). [D]

Tree, Anthony, Knottingley Island, near Ferrybridge, Yorks., cm (1822). [D]

Trees, John, 3 Moreton St, Strangeways, Manchester, and Sandy Lane, Cheetham Hill, cm (1834). [D]

Trefry, John, Cornwall, u (1726). Employed by Lewis Tremayne of Heligan, Cornwall, received £2 8s 2d on 5 September 1726 for ‘work and materials (as by bill)’, in full. [Cornwall RO, DDT 1315]

Tregerthen, George, Chapel St, Penzance, Cornwall, cm etc. (1830). [D]

Treglohan, Philip, Fish Strand, Falmouth, Cornwall, cm and u (1823–24). [D]

Tregoe, John, at ‘The Hand & Chair’, the east end of St Paul's, London, cm (1749). Named in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Tregonning's Repository, Truro, Cornwall, cm (1810). Advertised in Royal Cornwall Gazette, 7 April and 12 May 1810, their ‘… great variety of new & fashionable furniture of prime Mahogany now on Sale’ at the Repository, ‘Where every article in the Cabinet line is made on the shortest notice with superior taste & neatness from the best London models. Tradesmen supplied with Mahogany plank or veneering. Bed Pillars & other articles connected with the branch.’

Trehern, George, Charlotte St, Rathbone Pl., London, cm and upholder (1816–25). Trading at no. 17 in 1816 and no. 12, 1817–25. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 14 December 1820 for £400 on an empty house at 6 College St, Camden Town. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 483, ref. 97322]

Treherne, —, address unrecorded. Stamp recorded on rosewood card table, c.1840.

Treherne, J., 12 Charlotte St, Rathbone Pl., London, cm and upholder (1820). [D]

Treherne, T., 22 Dean St, Soho, London, u (1829). [D]

Treherne, Thomas, 39 Oxford St, London, furniture printers, u and cm (1835–39). [D]

Trelford, James, Liverpool, cm (1754). Took app. named Rigby in 1754. [S of G, app. index]

Tremeere (or Tremeene), James, 17 Lamb's Conduit St (or Passage), Red Lion Sq., London, cm and u (1827–35). [D]

Tremeere, William, 17 Lamb's Conduit Passage, Red Lion Sq., London, cm (1805–07). [D]

Trenaman, Joseph, 25 Upper Maudlin St, Bristol, carver and gilder (1840). [D]

Trencham, William, Bramley's Yd, Lowerhead Row, Leeds, Yorks., cm and joiner (1837). [D]

Trengrouse, Helston, Cornwall, cm (b. 1772–d.1854). Invented a ‘Rocker Life Saving Apparatus’ in 1808, experimenting with it on the Serpentine, London, in 1819. He received a silver medal and 30 gns from the Society of Arts in 1821 for his invention. Advertised in Royal Cornwall Gazette, 27 August 1803, for a journeyman; and on 28 April and 5 May 1810, sale of ‘a very handsome Mahogany Library writing table, a piece of furniture both ornamental & convenient, well worthy of the attention of any Nobleman or Gentleman. It is perfectly new, being manufactured but last Autumn by Mr. H. TRENGROUSE & is now the property of R. MEWTON of whom particulars may be known & the furniture may be viewed.’ Listed as agent for the Eagle Insurance Office, London, in Exeter Flying Post, 4 January 1816, 26 March 1818, and 13 January 1820. [D; G. C. Boase & W. P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornibiensis, 1878, vol. 2, p. 784]

Trenin (Tresin or Trewin), William, Falmouth, Cornwall, cm, joiner and carpenter (1754–62). Subscribed to Chippendale's Director, 1754. Took apps named Francis Gervas in 1754 for £35, John Peck in 1761 for £35, and John Parkes in 1762 for £10. [V&A archives]

Trent, John, 21 North St, Bristol, decorative house, sign and furniture painter (1820). [D]

Trent, John, 11 Park Pl., Walworth, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Trentham, Timothy, Atherstone, Warks., cm (1796). [D]

Trentham, Timothy, Market Drayton, Salop, cm (1797). [D]

Trepass (or Tresspass), James, 3 St Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, London, picture frame maker and gilder (1789–1809). Trade card of 1809 [Banks Coll., BM] shows samples of plain frames. [D]

Tresilian, John, address unrecorded, upholder (1726–d. 1746). Son of Nicholas Tresilian, Gent. of Cornwall. App. to William Flaxmore, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 6 April 1726. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Trested (Trusted or Trusthead), Thomas, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, cane chairmaker (1725–29). Took out Sun Insurance policies on 5 July 1725 for £300 on four tenements in St Botolph's parish, Colchester; on 3 December 1725 for £300 on a house in St Marie's parish, Bury, exclusive of outhouses formerly called ‘The Old Swan’; and on 15 August 1729 for £200. [GL, Sun MS vol. 20, ref. 36241; vol. 21, ref. 37503; vol. 28]

Trestram, John, Canterbury, Kent, cm (1736). Took app. named Somes in 1736. [S of G, app. index]

Trett, Thomas, Mark Lane, near Tower St, London, cm (1741). Sale of entire stock and house to let on leaving off trade announced in London Evening Post, 10–12 March 1741. Stock consisted of ‘great variety of Looking-glasses, Chairs and Cabinet-Ware of the newest Fashion …’.

Trevenen, Henry, 7 Bilbury St, Plymouth, Devon, carver and gilder (1838). [D]

Treves, William snr and jnr, Cornhill, Dorchester, cm, u and auctioneer (1823–40). Will made in 1829 and proved in 1830, left the business to his son, Philip Treves, a friend, John Pett, and his son, William Treves on reaching the age of 21. [D; Dorset RO, DA/W/1830/57] The William Treves listed in directories in 1840 is presumably his son.

Trevethan, J., 13 Everett St, Brunswick Sq., London, u (1835– 37). [D]

Trevethan, Joseph, 12 Charlotte St, Rathbone Pl., London, cm and u (1826–28). [D]

Trevethan, Samuel, 1 Leigh St, Burton Cresc., London, u (1835–37). [D]

Trevett, James, Redcross St, Southwark, London, u and furniture broker (1826–39). Recorded at no. 45 in 1826–27 and no. 14 in 1839. [D]

Trevett, Samuel, address unrecorded, upholder (1731–38). Son of William Trevett, chapman of London. App. to James Maudlen on 5 May 1731, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 7 June 1738. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Trevett (or Trevitt), Richard, North St, City Rd, London, bedstead maker (1805–11). Trading at no. 5, 1805–07. [D]

Trevillian, George, Quay, Bridgwater, Som., chairmaker (1839). [D]

Trevor, James, Hodnet, Market Drayton, Salop, cm (1840). [D]

Trew, James, 5 Saville Row, Walworth, London, carver and gilder (1839). [D]

Tribe, Thomas, 93 Old St, St Luke's, London, cm, u, sofa, Windsor, garden and japanned chairmaker (1817–39). [D]

Trice, John, East Grinstead, Sussex, basket and chairmaker (1832). [D]

Tricker (or Fricker) & Henderson, 80 New Bond St, London, picture framers and restorers (1814–15). Submitted a bill totalling £94 5s 9d to the Hon. Mrs Leigh, dated 30 July 1814, for cleaning and restoring pictures by Cuyp and Canaletto, regilding frames; and supplying ‘four new frames … with inrich'd hollows, ornamented Corners & Shells 4 Inch Mould^s. Gilt in Burnish Gold, Measure 50 feet at 12s per foot’, costing £30; and two new frames for portraits of Sir Thomas Leigh and his wife, ‘6½ Mould^s. french pattern richly ornamented and Gilt in Burnish Gold measure 16 feet at 28s/ pr. foot’, costing £22 8s. Note attached to bill dated 10 January 1815 reads: ‘Messrs. Tricker & Henderson would feel happy and obliged if you would favour them with the amount being much pressed for money at this season of the Year.’ [Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Leigh receipts, DR 18/5]

Trigg, John, 76 Shoreditch, London, chair manufactory (1809– 11). [D]

Trigg, William Henry, West St, Chichester, Sussex, cm and u (1823). [D]

Triggery, Thomas, 17 Butcher Hall Lane, Newgate St, London, bedstead maker (1820). [D] See John Triggey at Butcher Hall Lane.

Triggey, J. & Sons, 3 Warwick St, Leamington, Warks., cm and u (1837). [D]

Triggey, John, 20 Bacchus Walk, Hoxton, London, chairmaker (1805–07). [D]

Triggey, John, 19 Butcher Hall Lane, Newgate St, London, cm and upholder (1817–27). [D] See Thomas Triggery at Butcher Hall Lane.

Triggey, John jnr, Sheep St, Northampton, cm and upholder (1826–30). Recorded also as John & Sons in 1830. [D; poll bks]

Triggey, Joseph Fielding, Sheep St, Northampton, cm (1826–30). [Poll bks]

Triggs, James, Southampton, Hants., u, cm, appraiser and auctioneer (1826–39). Trading at 25 French St, 1826–36 and 20 High St in 1839. Advertisement in Southampton Town and Country Herald, 27 November 1826 gave address at 25 French St and trade as u and paper hanger. [D]

Triggs, Messrs William, Newbury. Label recorded on each of a pair of painted armchairs with oval leaf-carved backs headed by anthemion; padded arms with out-curved terminals and fluted supports; serpentine-fronted, fluted seat-rails, raised on husk-carved and fluted tapering legs; now decorated in Etruscan red and gold on a white ground. [Sotheby's, 28 May 1976, lot 145]

Trilley, William, 5 Star Corner, Bermondsey, London, bedstead maker (1826–29). [D]

Trim, John, Poole and Cerne Abbas, Dorset, cm (c.1770). Examination on his application for settlement in Cerne Abbas stated he was app. to William Reeks of Poole, joiner and cm, for seven years. He then went to sea for four or five years, after which he did journey work before marrying at Cerne Abbas. [Dorset RO, P22/OV21]

Trimmell, C., 19 Westgate St, Bath, Som., u and auctioneer (1819). [D]

Trimmell & Cross, Messrs, Bath, Som., u (1764). In October 1764 they provided a pair of blankets and made a cover for a table for John, 4th Duke of Bedford, at a cost of £3 4s. [Bedford Office, London] Probably Trimnell.

Trimnell, Anthony, Bath, Som., upholder (1749). Took app. named Atwood in 1749. [S of G, app. index]

Trimnell, Charles, Bath, Som., upholder, auctioneer and appraiser (1784–85). Trading in partnership with Thomas Trimnell at Westgate St in 1784 and alone there in 1805. A bill in the Dyrham Park papers is from Charles & Thomas, and dated August to November 1785. Items include ‘2 fine Canvas Sun Blinds with Lincs & Tassels & putting up do. at dirham’, 16s; mending furniture, supplying paper hangings and borders; ‘6 Cherry tree matted Chairs’ at 5s each; ‘a Field Bedstead with Sweep Tester & Vases & Base Laths’, £1 13s; fabrics and trimmings for ‘Making the Furniture of 2 Field Beds & 5 pair of Window Curtains’, fine Goose feathers to make pillows and bolsters, bedding and ‘4 Chairs Gilded’. [D; V&A archives]

Tripe, Thomas, Exeter, Devon, cm and victualler (1827). Report in Exeter Flying Post, 19 July 1827, stated that he was declared discharged and entitled to benefit of the Act for Insolvent Debtors.

Tripp, John, Tothill St, Westminster, London, chairmaker (1805–07). [D]

Tripp, William, York St, Westminster, London, cm and chairmaker (1820–39). Trading at no. 17 in 1820; and as a furniture broker at no. 38 in 1839. [D]

Trist, Browse, Fore (or Main) St, Totnes, Devon, cm (1823–38). [D]

Trist, Hore Browse, Guinea St, Exeter, Devon, carver and gilder (1819). Daughter, Mary Chapple, bapt. at St George's on 12 March 1819. [PR (bapt.)]

Trist, Nicholas, Exeter, Devon, cm (b.1773–d.1832). Named in Exeter Militia list, 1803. Recorded at Guinea St, 1814–15, when children bapt. at St Mary Major: Alice on 6 March 1814 and Anthony on 13 August 1815. [PR (bapt.)] Report in Exeter Flying Post, 7 June 1832 concerned Trist's arrest for stealing from a Mr Weston, grocer, who had employed Trist in fitting up his new shop in High St. During his hour-long detention in a locked room previous to examination, Trist strangled himself to death. A verdict of insanity was returned at his inquest.

Tristram, Henry, Liverpool, cm (1767). Admitted freeman as son of Tristram, cooper, on 4 December 1767. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tristram, Thomas, Liverpool, and Settle, Yorks., cm (1765–98). In 1765 petitioned freedom on birthright as son of William Tristram, cooper, freeborn. Admitted freeman of Liverpool on 9 December 1776. Recorded at Settle in 1798, and died there. [D; Liverpool freemen reg. and committee bk]

Tristram, Thomas, Liverpool, chairmaker (b.1784–1806). Petitioned freedom on birthright as son of William Tristram, saddler, paying 3s 4d. Admitted freeman on 2 November 1806. [Liverpool freemen reg. and committee bk]

Trivett, Samuel, formerly of Pigg St, late of Barbican, London, u (1761). Discharge from Debtors’ Prison reported in London Gazette, 22 August 1761.

Trollope, George, Parliament St, London, cm and u (1820–39). Recorded in partnership with John Amos Trollope as paper hangers, carvers and gilders at no. 15 in 1820; as J. & G. Trollope, house agents, paper hangers, u, carvers, gilders, house painters and glaziers to His Majesty in Parliament St in 1830; and alone at no. 17 in 1839. George and John Amos took out a Sun Insurance policy on 11 April 1820 for £600 on stock and utensils in his house. John Amos, paper hanger, took out a later policy on his house at 13 Chapel St, Stockwell. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 483, refs 964985–86] In 1830 J. & G. Trollope submitted a bill, headed by the Royal Arms, to John Arkwright of Hampton Court, Leominster, Herefs., for paper hangings, listing ‘11 Pcs. Drab chintz stripe’, ‘6 doz Rose Flock border’, ‘10 Pcs. lilac Stripe’, ‘5 doz lilac & Green’, ‘11 Pcs. Rose Sprig’, ‘5 doz flock on Olive’, ‘2 Pcs. Drab stripe’, ‘2½ doz Flock’, ‘10 Pcs. lilac & green’ (annotated ‘Housekeeper’); ‘5 doz Flock on Satin’, ‘20 Pcs. Green on Shaded ground’ (annotated ‘Greenroof’); ‘9 doz Green flock Rope’, ‘20 … fine lining paper’, ‘Packing Canvass’ and ‘Porterage’. Bill totalled £36 9s 3d. [Herefs. RO, A36/161] Mark of ‘G. Trollope & Sons, 15 Parliament St.’ recorded on simulated rosewood Davenport with ormolu galleried ledge and sloping leather-lined flap enclosing a well; fitted with slides each side and four drawers on the right; the front inlaid with an oval foliate panel between scrolled brackets on concave-fronted base mounted with foliate border and turned gadrooned feet. [Christie's, 29 June 1978, lot 31, illus.]

Trollope & Sons, address unrecorded. Stamp recorded on pair of Regency painted beechwood and caned armchairs with back bars between uprights painted with Greek figure silhouettes on cream ground, and plain bar below; the painting now blackened, was probably originally dark green; on ring turned legs, with scroll arms. [Bonham's, 4 November 1982, lot 119]

Trolten, John, London, u (1750–56). Named in the Royal Household accounts. [Heal]

Trotman, William, St Mary Magdalen, Oxford, upholder (b.1732–68). Married Elizabeth Hill of St Mary Magdalen on 29 July 1756. Polled in 1768. [Bodleian index of Oxf. marriage bonds]

Trott, Thomas snr, address unrecorded, u (1726). The Temple Newsam papers records payment to Thomas Trott snr on 14 February 1726, of £13 for ‘10 fine Compis Seete Chaires covered with Morrocko Lether’, and 5s for ‘a leather Carpet for a Bewrow Table’. [Furn. Hist., 1967]

Trott, Thomas jnr, address unrecorded. The Temple Newsam papers records payment to Thomas Trott jnr on 13 August 1728 for ‘making a Old Glass into a Sconce’, 18s; ‘new Sconce to Match’, £2 10s, and ‘2 pair of Brass Armes’, 11s. [Furn. Hist., 1967]

Trott, Thomas, Mark Lane (London?), cm (1740). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 5 June 1740 for £400. [GL, Sun MS vol. 54, p. 577]

Trotter, —, address unrecorded, u (1721–62). Named in Lady Bowes's accounts on 23 January 1721–22 receiving £5 18s, probably for a funeral; in the tradesmen's accounts on 17 June 1760 receiving £9 15s; and in Mrs Bowes's London Trusteeship accounts on 12 February 1762 receiving £26 19s. [Durham RO, Strathmore MS, D/St/352/2; D/St/v1510; D/St/v1392]

Trotter, George, London, cm (1806). Admitted freeman of Lincoln in November 1806. [Lincoln freemen reg.]

Trotter, George, Butcher Mkt, Louth, Lincs., cm and u (1819– 22). [D]

Trotter, Henry, Union Lane, North Shields, Northumb., cm and joiner (1827). [D]

Trotter, James, Liverpool, cm (1803–16). Addresses given at 56 Stanley St, 1803–05; no. 58, 1807–10; no. 56 in 1811; no. 62 and also 38 Byrom St in 1813; and 56 Whitechapel in 1816. [D]

Trotter, James, Hodson St, Liverpool, cm (1814). Sale of ‘remaining unmanufactured STOCK in TRADE’ on ‘declining Cabinet business’ advertised in Liverpool Mercury, 17 June 1814. Stock consisted of ‘Rose, Satin & Mahogany Veneers, dry Planks & Boards, Oak, Ash, Maple & Deal, Bedwood, Benches, Chest & Tools, small quantity of Brass Work etc.’

Trotter, John, ‘at Mr. Roubiliac Statuary on the East side of St. Martin's Lane in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields’, London, upholder and cm (1746/47). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 13 January 1746/47 for £300 on household goods and stock in trade in his apartments; and £400 on utensils and stock in his three timber workshops, partly over Roubiliac's workshop and partly over yard. [GL, Sun MS vol. 79, ref. 107286]

Trotter, John, Frith St, Soho, London, upholder and cm to George II (b. before 1730–99). Originally from Berwickshire, he ran a flourishing cm business in Frith St, and Heal records him in directories and the Royal accounts at no. 43, 1755–92. Trotter was 3rd son of Alexander Trotter of Kettleshiel, Berwickshire and his wife Jean, daughter of Sir Robert Stuart of Allanbank, and probably born in Edinburgh. His father died before 1730, leaving his widow with eleven children, mostly minors. John Trotter is said to have served his apprenticeship in Edinburgh, although he is not named in the published list. A brother, James, was app. to Charles Butter, wright, in Edinburgh, on 25 February 1730. Letters in the National Library of Scotland [MS 20262] show that his mother lent money from her Jointure (which he repaid) to set him up in London as a cm. He flourished and though not the eldest son, became principal trustee of his mother's estate, and aquired Kettleshiel. Trotter married Ann Locke in 1752, and had three sons, one of whom, James (?), succeeded him in the business, and also in the estate he bought in Surrey, Horton Manor. John Trotter became contractor to the Army. In 1774 he took as partner his nephew, John, son of Archibald Trotter of the Bush, Midlothian. This John Trotter bought Dyrham Park, Herts., and was brother of Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart, the banker. Both John Trotters appear in Burke's Landed Gentry, 1898. John & Coutts Trotter, upholders, are listed in directories at 43 Frith St, 1790–94, and 406 Oxford St in 1799. There is clearly confusion betwen the two John Trotters. He was noted by J. Boswell in London Journal, 17 May 1763, as ‘…a particular friend … who is originally from Scotland, but has been here so long that he is become quite an Englishman. He is a bachelor, an honest, hearty, good-humored fellow’. Trotter had dined with Boswell, James Coutts, Coutts's brother and a Mr Cochrane. Since John Trotter is recorded as having married in 1752, this passage perhaps refers to his nephew. Other sources record John Trotter as follows: he was admitted freeman of the Joiners’ Co. on 4 February 1745, and named in the livery of the Co. on 29 October 1751. Polled at Westminster in 1749, and subscribed to Chippendale's Director, 1754. Named as a Fellow of the Society of Arts and Manufactures in 1771 for one year only. In 1779 he insured houses for £1,500, and his house in Surrey for £900, with the Sun Co. John & Coutts Trotter of Frith St, upholders, took out Sun Insurance policies on 25 June 1785 (when recorded at nos 42, 43 and 44) for £500 on household goods, and £1,000 on utensils, stock and goods in trust; on 7 January 1791 for £2,000 on house, stables and offices in Soho Sq.; and on 4 February 1793 for £3,800 including £2,500 on a house in Soho Sq., and £1,300 on outhouses communicating in Oxford St. Gunnis states that Sir Henry Cheere carved chimney pieces for John Trotter of Soho Sq. [D; GL, Joiners’ Co. records; GL, Sun MS vol. 276, p. 634; vol. 278, p. 488; vol. 328, p. 619; ref. 579019; vol. 389, ref. 611372] Several of John Trotter's commissions are documented. Between 1754 and 1758 he carried out refurbishing of the Royal yachts, and worked at the Palaces of St James, Kensington, Hampton Court, and the House of Lords. His largest bill in the Royal accounts totalled £1,069 7s 8d and was for work at Kew, and at the houses of Princes William and Henry in Leicester Sq., 1758–59. [PRO, LC9/291–92] Trotter is named in the Blickling Hall, Norwich papers in August 1762. [Norfolk RO, 17148] John (or Bannister) Trotter supplied items to Henry Knight of Tythegston Court, Glam. in 1767. [C. Life, 5 October 1978, p. 1024] John & Coutts Trotter are recorded in the accounts for Blair Castle on 8 June 1787 providing bedding, ‘2 shooting tents’, ‘2 folding bedsteads’, and ‘26 camp chairs with elbows’; and charging for ‘Cartage to Mr. Foot's Adelphi’. [V&A archives] On 5 July 1793 John Trotter supplied campaign furniture and baggage to a Lieut. Long for the 1793 Flanders Campaign, charging £47 17s 4d. [Soc. Army Hist. Research, vol. 26, p. 39, RUSI, MM 219, pp. 31–34] A.E.

Trotter, Ralph, Durham, u (1754–93). Took apps named Feathertone in 1754 and Smith in 1757. Trading also as bookseller and stationer, 1784–93. [D; S of G, app. index]

Trotter, Samuel, Lincoln, cm and u (1806–35). Trading at High St, 1819–35. Admitted freeman in November 1806. [D; Lincoln freemen rolls]

Trotter, William, 42 Greek St, Soho, London, upholder (1805). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 18 December 1805 for £200 of which £25 accounted for utensils, stock and goods in trust. [GL, Sun MS vol. 434, ref. 779972]

Trotter & Magill, 6 Shaw's Brow, Liverpool, cm and auctioneers (1813–14). [D]

Troubridge, John, High St, Salisbury, Wilts., cm and u (1822). [D]

Troughton, John, St Leonards, Shoreditch, London, cm (1754– 58). Took apps named John Light in 1754 for £10, John Upton in 1755 for £14 14s and John Brown in 1758 for £16. Subscribed to Chippendale's Director, 1754. [V&A archives; GL, Sun MS ref. 223502]

Troughton, Nathaniel, at ‘The Lamb’, under the Royal Exchange, in Cornhill, London, u (1705). [Hilton Price, Signs of Old London]

Troughton, Thomas, Gerard St, Liverpool, joiner and cm (1835–39). Trading at no. 41 with shop at 47 in 1835; no. 44 in 1837 and no. 100 in 1839. [D]

Trowell, William, Long Causeway, Peterborough, Northants., cm and u (1830). [D]

Trower & Slater, 7 Gt Eastcheap, Cannon St, London, wholesale u (1811–20). [D]

Trowless, William, Smithford St, Coventry, Warks., carver and gilder (1835). [D]

Trubshaw, James, Nottingham, u (1765–74). Son of John Trubshaw, yeoman of Wollaton; taken as app. in 1765. Listed as burgess in 1772. Took app. named John Mold in 1773. Will dated 14 May 1774. [Nottingham app. and burgess lists; probate records]

Trubshaw, Richard, Manchester, cm (1808–11). Trading at 62 Little Lever St in 1808 and 23 Thomas St in 1811. [D]

Trubshaw, Richard, Gaolgate St, Stafford, cm and u (1828). [D]

Trubshaw, Thomas, Gaolgate St, Stafford, cm (1822). [D]

Trude, Mary, Sidwell St, Exeter, Devon, u (1838). [D]

True, Rice, Grove St, Boston, Lincs., cm (1826). [D]

Trueman, Jonathan, London, cm (1803–20). Trading at Marga St in 1820. [Nottingham poll bks]

Truman, George, Digbeth, Birmingham, chairmaker (1793). [D]

Truman, Jonah, Laxton's Ct, Long Lane, Southwark, London, looking-glass frame maker (1791). Took out insurance for £200 in 1791.

Tru(e)man, Jonathan, 37 Paternoster Row, London, cm (1800–16). [D]

Trundle, Edmund, Newgate St, London, city furniture warehouse (1805–07). [D]

Truscott, James, 6 Brett's Buildings, Camberwell, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Truscott, John, 18 Douglas St, Vincent Sq., Westminster, London, cm (1831–37). Son William Henderson Truscott by his wife, Sarah, born in 1831, and bapt. at Westminster Methodist Chapel in July 1837. [PRO, Non-Conf. reg. RG4/ 4313]

Truss, —, Houndsditch, London, cm (d.1741). Notice in Daily Post, 14 October 1741 read: ‘On Wednesday last died at his house in Houndsditch, Mr. Truss a wealthy Cabinet-Maker.’

Truss, Thomas, London St, Reading, Berks., cm (1837). [Poll bk]

Trustwell, Joseph, Mount St, Nottingham, joiner and cm (1832). [D]

Tubb, Isaac Harwood, address unrecorded, upholder (1771). Son of James Tubb, peruke-maker of Oxford. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 13 November 1771. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tubb, John, London, upholder and cm (1778–83). Trading at Catherine St, Strand, 1778–81, no. 11, 1781–82; and 9 Mount Row, Lambeth in 1783. Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1778 for £1,500 on utensils, stock and warehouse; in 1779 for £4,000, £3,100 on stock and goods; and in 1781 for £400 on a house in Acton. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 266, p. 224; vol. 279, p. 131; vol. 292, p. 313]

Tubb, Samuel, Norwich cm (1798). [D] Possibly Samuel Tubby.

Tubbs, John, 22 Waterloo Rd, London, bedstead maker (1839). [D]

Tubby, Samuel, 77 St Stephen's St, Norwich cm and chairmaker (1801–22). Admitted freeman, not by apprenticeship, on 24 February 1803. Former app., Samuel Smee, cm admitted on 3 May 1814. [D; poll bks; Norwich freemen reg.] Probably the Tubby, cm of Norwich who subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. Possibly Samuel Tubb.

Tucker, B. B., Pyle St, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hants., cm (1839). [D]

Tucker, Edward, New Market St, Exeter, Devon, carver and gilder (1837–40). Recorded also ‘near Gandy Street’ in 1838. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal]

Tucker, Edwin, 5 High St, Exeter, Devon, carver and gilder (1836). [Exeter Pocket Journal]

Tucker, Elias, Exeter, Devon, cm, chairmaker and u (b.1755–d.1835). Recorded as Elias at All Hallows, Goldsmith St in Exeter Militia list, 1803, and at Gandy St, 1809– 35. Trading as E. Tucker & Son at Gandy St, 1813–39. Marriage of his daughter to Mr F. A. Fernandez, merchant, reported in Western Luminary, 18 May 1813. Named in election squibs in 1816. Advertised in the above paper on 16 March 1819, and Exeter Flying Post, 11 March, his ‘choice Assortment of MAHOGANY and ROSEWOOD FURNITURE of the best materials and most fashionable make … on the most reasonable terms’; also mahogany, wainscot, cedar and other foreign woods. Advertised in Western Luminary, 23 November 1819 for ‘2 good cabinet maker workmen, who will have constant employment’. Placed notices in Exeter Flying Post, 8 June 1809, 15 March and 19 July 1810; 12 March 1812, and 20 May 1813. Report that his app. had run away given on 16 November 1815. Death of his wife, Elizabeth, aged 68 reported on 2 February 1826; and sudden death of his son and partner, John on 20 March 1834. He advertised the continuation of the business on 27 March. His own death, aged 80 on 9 September 1835, was reported on 17 September 1835, when he was described as ‘from an early period in his life, an inhabitant of this city, and one of the older tradesmen in it’. On 24 September 1835 an advertisement stated that the family firm would continue under the foreman, Mr Lloyd. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal]

Tucker, Francis, Gloucester, cm (1813–23). Child bapt. at St Aldgate in 1813; children at St Michael's in 1819, 1821 and 1823. [PR (bapt.)]

Tucker, George, 4 Walks, Bath, Som., cm and u (1833). [D]

Tucker, George, 20 College St, Westminster, London, u (1839). [D]

Tucker, J. T., Southampton, Hants., auctioneer and cm (1834– 39). Trading at Hanover Buildings in 1834, Orchard St in 1836, and Hanover Buildings and 32 Above Bar in 1839. [D]

Tucker, James, Mary Arches St, Exeter, Devon, cm and u (1838). [D]

Tucker, John, at ‘The Angel’, Houndsditch, London, upholder (1752–55). Notice in Daily Advertiser, 28 February 1752 given of sale of ‘Twelve Mahogany French-fashioned Elbow Chairs, on Castors, with Check Cases …’. Reported as a prisoner from debt in London Gazette, 27–31 May 1755. [Harris & Son, The English Chair, p. 184]

Tucker, John, St Andrew's, Holborn, London, upholder (1788). His son, Thomas Tucker, admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. in 1788. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tucker, John, Exeter, Devon, cm (1825–40). Recorded at Sun lane, 1825–28; Mint Lane, 1829–33; 75 South St, 1834–37; and Mary Arches St, 1838–40. Son John bapt. at St Olave's on 28 June 1829, and Henry Alfred on 1 April 1832. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal; Exeter voters list; PR (bapt.)]

Tucker, John, West Exe, Tiverton, Devon, cm (1830–38). [D]

Tucker, John Samuel, Back St, Trowbridge, Wilts., cm (1839). [D]

Tucker, Nathaniel, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (b.c. 1811–41). Aged 30 at the time of the 1841 Census.

Tucker, Richard, Gold St, Tiverton, Devon, cm and u (1767– 74). Advertised in Exeter Flying Post for an app. on 4 September 1767; for a journeyman cm and an app. on 31 July 1772; and for two journeymen cm on 7 January 1774.

Tucker, Richard, Harwood, Devon, cm (d.1832). Suicide reported in Exeter Flying Post, 5 April 1832.

Tucker, Thomas, London, upholder (1775–1814). Recorded at 315 High Holborn, 1788–91; Somerset St East in 1792; Holborn in 1794; Hatton St in 1802; no. 24 in 1803; and as u, appraiser and undertaker at 24 Hatton Gdn, 1796–1814. Son of John Tucker, upholder of St Andrew's, Holborn. App. to Samuel Braithwaite on 3 May 1775, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 2 July 1788. With George Lillie, rented house and warehouses in High Holborn, insured by the Rt Hon. Jacob, Earl of Radnor of Portman Sq. for £1,000 in 1789 and 1791. Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records; GL, Sun MS vol. 362, p. 336] See Tucker & Bra(i)thwaite, Tucker & Lillie, and George Lillie.

Tucker, W. B. & A., 5 High St, Exeter, Devon, carvers, gilders and picture dealers (1828–32). Announced in The Alfred, 24 June 1828, that they had succeeded to the business established by their father, William Wallace Tucker, for nearly twenty-five years. They hoped for a ‘continuance of the favours bestowed on him’, and also advertised their business in taxidermy. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal]

Tucker, Walter, East St, Warminster, Wilts., cm and u (1830). [D]

Tucker, Walter, Lavington, Wilts., cm and u (1839). [D]

Tucker, William, formerly of Brook's Mkt, Holborn, late of Gulstone St, Whitechapel, London, cm (1761). Discharge from Debtors’ Prison reported in London Gazette, 1 September 1761.

Tucker, William, Preston St, Exeter, Devon, cm (1823). Daughter Emma bapt. at St Mary Major on 21 December 1823. [PR (bapt.)]

Tucker, William Wallace, Exeter, Devon, carver, gilder and picture dealer (1807–d.1848). Described as ‘originally at 60 Portland St, Middlesex’ in Exeter Flying Post. Recorded at Church Yd, 1807–16; Cathedral Yd, 1816–22; 253 High St from 1824 and High St, 1825–28. He died at Fore St Hill, 1848. [Exeter Flying Post, 4 June 1848] The William Tucker recorded in St Paul's parish in 1835 and 11 Northernhay Pl. in 1838 was probably his son and successor. Advertised in Exeter Flying Post, 12 March 1807 that he was continuing business at his shop near the Post Office, in the Churchyard. Announced sale of pictures on 1 July 1813; and on 14 November 1816 that he had taken on picture restoration. On 19 August 1824 announced his removal from Cathedral Churchyard to 253 High St; and on 7 October 1824 that he was opening a gallery for the exhibition and sale of pictures. His gallery was advertised in The Alfred several times during 1825, notably holding an exhibition of ‘Carving and Guilding in all their branches, by the most experienced workmen in Devonshire’, on 21 June. Advertised in the same paper on 14 September 1824 that he wished to let the whole upper part of 253 High St; and notice on 22 February 1825 stated that the High Sheriff was to ‘occupy Mr. Tucker's new & elegant lodgings at the picture gallery’. Report in Exeter Flying Post, 5 October 1826, stated that his estate and effects were to be filed in the court for relief of insolvent debtors. Declared bankrupt, London Gazette, 23 November 1827. Announced in The Alfred, 24 June 1828, that he had removed to London, and the business would be continued by his sons, W. B. & A. Tucker. Son of William Tucker jnr also called William, was bapt. at St Paul's on 2 August 1835. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal; election squibs, 1816; PR (bapt.)]

Tucker, William, High St, Amersham, Bucks., chairmaker (1830). [D]

Tucker, William, Old Market St, Teignmouth, Devon, cm and u (1838). [D]

Tucker & Bra(i)thwaite, High Holborn, London, upholders (1767–72). [D] See Thomas Tucker.

Tucker & Lil(l)ie (or Little), 315 High Holborn, London, cm and u (1789–94). [D] See Thomas Tucker and George Lillie.

Tudor, Cornelius, Webster St, Fontenoy St, Liverpool, cm (1812). Admitted freeman on servitude to John Ward Turner on 7 October 1812. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tudor, John, 4 Lower Myrtle St, Liverpool, cm (1818). Admitted freeman on servitude to John Ward Turner on 18 June 1818. [D; Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tudor, Robert, Liverpool, cm (1812–21). Trading at 19 Crosshall St in 1821. Admitted freeman on servitude to John Ward Turner on 5 October 1812. [D; Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tudor (or Tydder), Samuel, Shrewsbury, Salop, u and cm (1792–1835). Listed at High St, c.1796 and College Hill, 1822–35. Listed in Shrewsbury burgess roll, 1792. [D]

Tudway, Charles, parish of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, turner and cm (1774–84). [Poll bks]

Tuely, —, 33 Lamb's Conduit St, London, cm, u and auctioneer (1805–07). [D]

Tuel(l)y (or Tuley), Charles, 49 Kenton St, Brunswick Sq., London, cm and upholder (1809–20). [D] See Tully & Co.

Tuely, P., address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Tuftin, Thomas, Bristol, cm (1774–81). [Poll bks]

Tulk, Henry, Swan Yd, London, cm (1774). [Poll bk]

Tull, Samuel, parish of St Ann's, Westminster, London, upholder (1710). Named in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Tull, Samuel, Cirencester, Glos., upholder (1722). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 24 June 1722 for £500 on goods and merchandise in his house. [GL, Sun MS vol. 14, ref. 26176]

Tulley, John, Blyth, Northumb., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Tulley, Philip, Blyth, Northumb., joiner and cm (1827–34). Trading at Sussex St in 1827. [D]

Tullock, John, High St, Poole, Dorset, cm (1823–24). [D]

Tully, John, 5 Bond St Row, Brighton, Sussex, cm and u (1832). [D]

Tully & Co., 41 Kenton St, Foundling, London, cm (1825). [D] See Charles Tuelly.

Tumberlick (Timberlake?), James, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (b.c. 1798–1841). Sons bapt. in 1825, 1829, 1830 and 1835; daughters in 1827 and 1831. Aged 43 at the time of the 1841 Census. [PR (bapt.)]

Tunbrell, William, 16 Hall's Buildings, Windmill St, Manchester, cm (1817). [D]

Tunbridge, John, High St, Ashford, Kent, cm, u and furniture broker (1839). [D]

Tune, William, Conisbrough, near Doncaster, Yorks., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Tunmer, Charles Frederick, White-hart Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, carver and gilder (1824). [D]

Tunmer, James Robert, Ipswich, Suffolk, cm (1830–39). Trading at St Clement's, Fore St in 1830 and Orwell Pl. in 1835. [D; poll bks]

Tunnadine, William, Lichfield, Staffs., cm and u (1779). Declared bankrupt, Sussex Weekly Advertiser, 8 February 1779.

Tunney, Charles, Leicester, u (1766). App. to his father, Thomas, u, in 1766. Brother of Thomas Tunney of Leicester, later Nottingham. [Leicester freemen rolls]

Tunney, Thomas, Norwich, u (1745). Son of Oliver Tunney, blacksmith; admitted freeman on 20 July 1745. [Norwich freemen rolls] Possibly:

Tunney, Thomas, Leicester and Nottingham, u (b.1725–d.1799). Took his son Thomas as app. in 1766. Took app. named William Hammond in October 1772. Advertised for apps in Leicester Journal, 1774 and 1776. Polled at Norwich in 1786. Death at Nottingham, aged 74, reported in Gents Mag., February 1799, when described as ‘Formerly an upholsterer at Leicester’. [Leicester freemen rolls]

Tunnicliffe, George, Lane End, Hanley, Staffs., chairmaker and turner (1818–34). Trading at High St, Lane End in 1818; Albion St in 1822; Charles St in 1828 and Pall Mall in 1834. [D]

Tunnicliffe, Robert, Sheep Fair, Rugeley, Staffs., chairmaker (1818). [D]

Tunnicliffe, Robert, Rosemary Lane, Huddersfield, Yorks., cm and joiner (1830). [D]

Tunstall, Anthony, Baldwins Pl., Baldwins Gdns, Leather Lane, London, cm (1777). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1777 for £200 of which utensils and stock accounted for £100. [GL, Sun MS vol. 257, p. 473]

Tunstall, George, Post House Wynd, Darlington, Co. Durham (1834). [D]

Tunstall, H., 138 St John St, West Smithfield, London, u (1820). [D]

Tunstall, James, 189 Vauxhall Rd, Liverpool, cm (1829). Admitted freeman as app. to Nathan Newall on 8 October 1829. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tunstall, John, Skinnergate, Darlington, Co. Durham, cm (1827–34). [D]

Tunstall, Thomas, Westgate, Wakefield, Yorks., u and cm (1778–79). Took out Sun Insurance policies in 1778 for £400 of which stock accounted for £200; and in 1779 for £300, £240 on utensils, stock and goods. [GL, Sun MS vol. 265, p. 380; vol. 271, p. 516]

Tupe, John, Worcester, cm (1743). Admitted freeman in 1743 on payment of £20. [Worcester Guildhall, Chamber order bk]

Turbett, John, Wych St, London, cm (1774). [Poll bk]

Turbett, Thomas, Liverpool, u (1816–18). Trading at 11 St Vincent St in 1816 and 19 Leigh St in 1818. [D]

Turbitt, Johnson Thomas, Nantwich, Cheshire, u (1806). Married on 17 March 1806. [Chester RO, PR]

Turene, —, London, cm (1709). Named in the accounts for Felbrigg, Norfolk, in April 1709 receiving £6 10s and also £1 15s for a ‘Bureau in Compton St.’ [Norfolk RO, Felbrigg papers, WKC 6/23, index of payments] Probably Turin, —, William Turing, and/or William Turrin.

Turfrey, John, 37 Montague St, Spitalfields, London, chair and sofa manufacturer (1817). [D]

Turfrey, Joseph, Hackney, London, chair and sofa manufacturer, cm (1828). Joseph Turfrey and James Osborne, cm of Hackney Rd were declared bankrupt, London Gazette, 2 December 1828. Turfrey was trading at 22 London Terr., Hackney, in 1829. [D]

Turin, —, London. The accounts of Lady Grisell Baillie at Mellerstain, Berwickshire, record payments to Turin in 1715 of £14 for ‘a chimny Glas in one pice 54½ by 22½’; £25 for ‘a large Glas in a Glase frame’; and £7 for ‘a writting Desk on wheels walnut tree’. Probably Turene, —, and/or:

Turing, William, London, looking-glass and cm (1714–30). His address at ‘The Eagle & Child’, Bedford St, Covent Gdn, is given among the Coke bills at Holkham Hall, Norfolk. From 1723–26 his address was ‘over against the New Exchange’ in the Strand. After Michaelmas 1721, Turing appears in the Great Wardrobe accounts in partnership with John Gumley; but in 1729 the employment of Mrs Gumley and Turing ‘as cabinet-makers for the Wardrobe’, was terminated. His appeal in 1730 for re-employment was rejected. Declared bankrupt, London Gazette, 26 January 1723; and announced that he had resumed business in the Strand in Daily Post, 13 April 1726. A receipted account from Turing dated 1714, in the Montrose papers is for ‘Two Screens Mounted’, a large cistern and an ‘Indian Chest’, costing a total of £30 10s. In 1718 the Duke of Montrose bought items from Turing for his London house in Bond St costing £234 15s. [Treasury Letter Book, vol. 18, p. 420; Calendar of Treasury Papers, 1729–30; Wills, Looking-Glasses; DEF; GCM; Scottish RO, GD 220/6/1159/44; GD 220/6/28/p. 85] Probably William Turrin.

Turk, John, Meards Ct, Dean St, Soho, London, cm (1775). Insured his house for £400 in 1775. [GL, Sun MS vol. 242, p. 45]

Turlay (or Turley), James, Leeds, Yorks., cm and housebuilder (1822–30). Addresses given at Old Infirmary Yd and 52 Kirkgate in 1822 and 1 Russell St, Woodhouse Lane, 1826– 30. [D]

Turlay, Hannah, 1 Russell Pl., Leeds, Yorks., working u (1834). [D]

Turley, —, Lamb's Conduit St, Red Lion Sq., London, cm (1803). Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803.

Turman, —, address unrecorded, wood-carver (1775). Recorded as having signed two carved 18-inch wood panels, dated 1775. [V&A archives]

Turnadine, William, Lichfield, Staffs., cm (1779). [Bailey's list of bankrupts]

Turnage, Samuel, Broomfield, near Chelmsford, Essex, cm and u (1839). [D]

Turnbull, George, Lambton St, Sunderland, Co. Durham, joiner and cm (1828–29). [D]

Turnbull, John, address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Turnbull, John, Crossgate, Durham, joiner and cm (1827–34). [D]

Turnbull, John, Bedford St, North Shields, Northumb., cm and joiner (1827–29). [D]

Turnbull, John, 61 Sawney Pope St, Liverpool, joiner and cm (1829). [D]

Turnbull, Robert, Newcastle, u (1780). App. to Henry Reed, and admitted freeman on 6 September 1780. [Newcastle freemen reg.]

Turnbull, William, Baldwin St, Bristol, carpenter and cm (1814–19). Trading at no. 13 in 1814 and no. 10, 1815–19. [D]

Turnbull, William, New Quay, North Shields, Northumb., cm (1834). [D]

Turnbulls, —, Exchange, Cheltenham, Glos., writing desk and workbox maker etc. Early 19th-century trade card shows interior of shop with Regency-style chairs, workbox on stand, umbrellas etc. [Banks Coll., BM]

Turner, —, at ‘The Royal Tent’, in Compton St, Soho, London, u (1721). Named in contemporary newspapers. [Heal]

Turner, —, address unrecorded, cm (1732). An account with Child & Co., bankers, in the Strathmore papers records payment to Mr Turner, cm, of £35. [Durham RO, D/St/Box 352/27]

Turner, —, London (?), cm (1749). The account book of the Earl of Ancaster records payment to Mr Turner, cm, in full of £69 17s 6d. [Lincoln RO, 2ANC 6/5]

Turner, —, Dean St, Soho, London, cm (d.1752). Notice in General Advertiser, 11 February 1752, read: ‘Yesterday died after a lingering illness, at his House in Dean Street, Soho, Mr. Turner, late an eminent Cabinetmaker, who had acquired a plentiful fortune and retired from Business some years.’

Turner, —, address unrecorded, cm (1787–90). Named in the Longford Castle accounts in 1787 receiving £13 4s, and in 1790, £162 os 6d. [V&A archives]

Turner, —, 21 St Paul's Churchyard, London. See Wilkinson & Turner.

Turner, —, 19 Providence Row, London, upholder and tentmaker (1790–93). [D]

Turner, —, St Pancras, Chichester, Sussex, chairmaker (1804). [D] See Philip Turner at this address.

Turner, —, London, u. A portable folding writing desk bound in brass in the Benaki Museum, Athens is stated to have belonged to Lord Byron (1788–1824). [Museum No. 8277]

Turner, Adam, Sunderland, Co. Durham, cm (1758). Took app. named Weems in 1758. [S of G, app. index]

Turner, Adam, Porter St, London, cm (1784). [Poll bk]

Turner, Ann, Bridge St Row, Chester, cm and u (1834). [D] See Samuel Turner of Chester, who she succeeded.

Turner, Anthony, Lancaster, cm (1799–1807). App. to T. Lister in 1799 and admitted freeman, 1806–07. [Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Turner, Anthony, 42 New St, Birmingham, cm, u and broker (1828–35). [D]

Turner, D. S., London, cm and u (1807–37). Recorded at 26 and 27 Brokers Row, Finsbury, 1807–15; 27 Moorfields, 1820– 23; and 27–28 Eldon St, Finsbury Cresc. (or Circus), 1825– 29. [D] Either Daniel or David Turner.

Turner, Daniel, London, japanned chair and cm, broker and appraiser (1811–23). Trading at 132 Ratcliff Highway in 1811 and 218 Whitechapel Rd, 1817–20. [D]

Turner, Daniel, Horse Fair, Rugeley, Staffs., cm (1818). [D]

Turner, David, London, chairmaker and cm (1820–23). Trading at 27 Brokers Row, Moorfields, in 1820 and 218 Whitechapel Rd, 1820–23. [D]

Turner, Edward, Chester, cm (1778). Son of Thomas Turner; app. to James Abbott, cm, 13 April–16 May 1778. [Chester app. bks]

Turner, Edward, Church St, Whitby, Yorks., cm/chairmaker (1828–40). [D]

Turner, Edward, Eldon St, Finsbury, London, u (1839). [D]

Turner, G., address unrecorded. Undated satinwood vitrine with concave sides and heavily decorated with ormolu, is recorded as signed ‘G. Turner’. [V&A archives]

Turner, George, Bristol, upholder (1781–1840). Polled in 1781. Recorded at 22 Horse Fair, 1809–10; Old Park Stile, 1815– 19; as George snr, u and clerk of St Thomas's Church, at St Thomas St, 1819–20; at 7 Old Park, 1829–30; Old Park, 1831–33; and again as George snr, u and paper hanger, at 9 Old Park, 1837–40. [D]

Turner, George jnr, Alfred Pl., Kingsdown, Redcliff Parade, Bristol, u etc. (1821–40). Recorded at no. 11 in 1821. [D]

Turner, George, 36 Clock Alley, Manchester, chairmaker (1817). [D]

Turner, George, 34 Gt Titchfield St, London, u and cm (1835). [D]

Turner, Henry, address unrecorded, upholder (1705–14). Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 9 November 1705. Took app. named Edward Webster, 1705–13/14. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Turner, Henry, Green St, Leicester Fields, London, cm (1775). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1775 for £400, £25 accounting for utensils and stock. [GL, Sun MS vol. 240, p. 361]

Turner, Henry, 11 Compton St, Soho, London, cm (1777). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1777 for £1,400, of which £1,800 accounted for utensils, stock and goods. [GL, Sun MS vol. 258, p. 190]

Turner, Henry, London, upholder and cm (1777–99). Recorded at Frith St, 1777–99 when he took out Sun Insurance policies in association with Thomas Like. Polled at Westminster, 1784. Listed as Henry & Co., cm, upholders and tentmakers, 47 Frith St, Soho, 1788–89; and 132 New Bond St, 1790–99. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 3 July 1794 for £200 on his house and goods. Probably the Turner, cm to the Duke of Clarence, New Bond St, who subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793, since his label reads: ‘… Henry Turner, UPHOLSTERER to his ROYAL HIGHNESS the DUKE of CLARENCE, CABINET MAKER, APPRAISER & UNDERTAKER, at his Carpet, Bedding & Blanket Warehouse, No. 132 New Bond Street. NB: Tents, Marquees, Cotts & with sundry articles for Army or Navy’. Label found on combination desk, cabinet and architect's table offered for sale by Malcolm Franklin Inc., Antiques, December 1952, p. 465. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 401, ref. 630131] See J. & H. Turner, Thomas Turner, Turner & Co., and Turner, Smith & Co.

Turner, Henry, 4 Shude Hill, Manchester, chairmaker (1788–94). [D]

Turner, Henry, Cambridge, cm and broker (1834–43). Henry Turner is first recorded in a poll bk of 1834 when he had premises in King St, but by 1836 he was renting a house and workshop in Bridge St belonging to St John's College where he is listed up to 1843, but after that date the property is in the name of Henry Thompson, cm and broker. Turner is very probably the Henry Turner of Bridge St, who on 26 April 1838 was discommoned (debarred from serving undergraduates) by the Vice Chancellor and eight heads of Colleges for ‘having suffered persons in statu pupillari to resort to his house for the purpose of playing at billiards’. There is a mahogany Pembroke table in the Cambridge and County Folk Museum, bearing the label ‘H. Turner, Broker, Bridge Street, Cambridge’. Three children bapt. in St Clement's parish, 1837–43. [D; poll bks; archives of St John's College; PR (bapt.); C. H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, vol. IV, 1852; Furn. Hist., 1978] R.W.

Turner, Henry, Norwich, carver and gilder (1837–66). Daughters Eliza and Emma bapt. at St Michael's Church, Coslany, Norwich in 1837. Son born in 1838 and married in 1866, when his father was still trading.

Turner, J., address unrecorded. A bill from J. Turner in the Audley End papers, dated 21 August 1786, is for a ‘mahogany chest of drawers with brass castors’, costing £3 3s. [V&A archives]

Turner, J. H., address unrecorded. In July 1809 supplied camp tables and stools costing £10 0s 8d to the Royal Household. [Windsor Royal Archives, RA 89007]

Turner, J. & H., 139 New Bond St, London, upholders, cm and undertakers (1813–40). [D] See Henry Turner of 132 New Bond St and Thomas & Henry Turner of no. 139.

Turner, J., address unrecorded. The Royal accounts of June 1839 refer to built-in furniture at Buckingham Palace, made by J. Turner at a cost of £188. It consisted of a ‘satinwood Press fixed in Anti-Room’ with ‘scribing pieces’; and other furnishings were as follows: ‘the right hand wing to have a wainscot Bedstead, to turn up, the bottom stuffed with hair — the left hand of closet with door to open the whole length — the centre to have a large door to open to the Passage & the ends of the wings enclosed to the door next Passage to be panelled & moulded to match the large door, brass wire panels & silk curtains behind & purplewood introduced in the mouldings and french polished. To fix 2 new quarters round open ends to 4 Ebony Commodes; with 2 Ebony shelves in each wing, new ebony plinths, preparing moulds for brass founders & masons. French polishing and fixing brasswork, 14 plate glass backs’. [Windsor RA, Box 1, Item 2]

Turner, James, Market Hill, Cambridge, cm and u (1767–84). Death of his wife reported in Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, 21 March 1767. Insured houses with the Sun Co. for £500 in 1784, in which year the above paper on 2 October advertised sale of his stock in trade on retiring from business. [D; poll bk; GL, Sun MS vol. 321, p. 367]

Turner, James, Pilgrim St, Newcastle, looking-glass maker etc. (1782). [D]

Turner, James, 17 Whitmore Pl., Hoxton, London, chair and sofa maker (1789 or 1839). [D]

Turner, James, ‘Globe Tavern’, Fleet St, London, upholder (1799). Son of John Turner, Gent. of Ipswich, Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by redemption on 3 April 1799. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Turner, James jnr, Chester, u (1816). Admitted freeman on 7 September 1816. [Chester freemen rolls]

Turner, James, Bristol, chair and bedstead manufacturer, cm (1827–30). Trading at Lower West St in 1827, 26 West St in 1828, and 9 Lower West St, 1829–30. [D]

Turner, James, Heigham, Norwich, gilder (1830). [Poll bk]

Turner, James, 68 Walmgate, York, joiner and cm (1830). [D]

Turner, James, York, cm, joiner and looking-glass manufacturer (1830–38). Trading at 33 Jubbergate in 1830 and Little Shambles in 1838. [D]

Turner, James, Wyre St, Colchester, Essex, chairmaker (1832). [D]

Turner, James, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker and caner (b.c. 1816–41). Son bapt. in 1838. Aged 25 at the time of the 1841 Census. [PR (bapt.)]

Turner, John, London (?), frame maker (1707). The receipt book of Samuel Tufnell of Middle Temple, London (who bought Langley's, Gt Waltham, Essex, in 1710), records payment to Turner of £2 10s ‘in full for 5 frames for ye battles of Alexander’ on 30 May 1707. [Essex RO, D/DTu 276]

Turner, John, High Holborn, London, cm (1763). Mentioned in Thomas Mortimer's Universal Director, 1763.

Turner, John, Lancaster, cm (1767–68). [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Turner, John, 28 Vine St, Clare Mkt, London, carver and dealer in coals (1782). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1782 for £200 of which £100 accounted for utensils, stock and goods. [GL, Sun MS vol. 306, p. 456]

Turner, John, 5 Mercer St, London, carver (1785). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 18 August 1785 for £20 on utensils, stock and goods in trust, and £50 on his house. [GL, Sun MS vol. 330, p. 469]

Turner, John, Scarle (or Searle) St, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, upholder and cm (1786–93). Trading at no. 5 in 1786 when he took out a Sun Insurance policy on 29 July for £900 including £100 on household goods, and £650 on utensils etc. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 338, p. 222]

Turner, John, Beak St, London, upholder (1791). See Robert Lambeth at this address.

Turner, John, The Strand, London, cm (1792). Declared bankrupt, Derby Mercury, 25 October 1792.

Turner, John, 12 Berwick St, Soho, London, upholder, broker, cm and auctioneer (1791–1815). Took out Sun Insurance policies on 9 December 1791 for £1,300 including £630 on utensils and stock in his house and stable, and £200 on utensils, stock and goods in warehouse behind Duck Lane; on 11 January 1793 for £35 on household goods at 73 Gt Portland St; and on 5 January 1808 for £1,650, £1,000 on utensils and stock. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 382, ref. 592789; vol. 389, ref. 610487; vol. 440, ref. 812376]

Turner, John, 16 (Gt) Titchfield St, Cavendish Sq., London, cm, u, appraiser and undertaker (c.1780–1828). Listed in directories, 1796–1828. Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. Trade label reading: ‘J. Turner, Upholder, Cabinet Maker, Appraiser & Undertaker, No. 16 Great Titchfield St., Cavendish Sq. NB. Great variety of Paper Hangings’, recorded on a George III mahogany partner's desk, c.1780, with nine drawers each side and square brass handles; on splayed bracket feet, with shaped aprons. [D]

Turner, John Ward, Liverpool, cm (1800–d.1826). Trading at Pellew St, 1813–16. Admitted freeman on 3 July 1800 on servitude to Thomas Lloyd. Took apps named Robert Tudor in 1804, Cornelius Tudor in 1805 and Thomas Hidley in 1809 (assigned from Edward Myers after serving two years). All three petitioned freedom in 1812. Took apps named John James in 1810 (assigned from Isaac Marsh after three years service), John Hughes in 1805, Richard Holliwell in 1806 and Robert Morrison in 1809, all four petitioning freedom in 1816. Took Charles O'Neill in 1811, petitioned in 1820; Samuel Waters in 1813, admitted freeman in 1830; and Henry Ball (also app. to James Wainwright, cm) in 1814, petitioned freedom in 1822. John Ward Turner died on 29 May 1826. [D; Liverpool freemen reg. and committee bk] Possible confusion with the various John Turners of Liverpool below.

Turner, John, St Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon cm (1803). [Exeter Militia list]

Turner, John Swanton, Pottergate St, Norwich, cm (1805–07). [D]

Turner, John, 46 Devonshire St, Red Lion Sq., London, cm (1809–11). [D]

Turner, John, Halifax, Yorks., cm and u (1814–37). Trading at Crown St, 1814–20; Lister Lane, 1830–37; and Sunderland's Yd, Lister Lane in 1837. [D]

Turner, John, 11 Roscoe St, Liverpool, with shop at Cornwallis St, cm (1810–11). [D]

Turner, John, Liverpool, cm (1818–d. by 1820). Admitted freeman on 11 June 1818. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Turner, John, Liverpool, cm (1818–37). Addresses given in 1818 at 58 Sawney Pope St, and Stafford Pl., Richmond Row, and 14 Sidney St. Trading at Stafford Pl., 123 Richmond Row in 1835, and no. 126 in 1837. Took app. named Edward Kendall in 1827. [D; Liverpool freemen reg. and app. enrolment bk] Probable confusion between the various John Turners of Liverpool. See John Ward Turner above.

Turner, John, Gold St, Tiverton, Devon, cm (1823–24). [D]

Turner, John, London, cm (1830). [Gt Yarmouth poll bk]

Turner, John, 46 Bishophill, York, cm (1830). [D]

Turner, John, North St, Guildford, Surrey, common carver (1831). [Poll bk]

Turner, John, Pontefract, Yorks., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Turner, John, 2 Ridgefield, Manchester, cm and u (1834–40). [D]

Turner, John, Alphington St, Exeter, Devon, chairmaker, cm and u (1838). [D]

Turner, Jonas, Meltham, Huddersfield, Yorks., joiner and/or cm (1834). [D]

Turner, Joseph, Newport, Salop, u (d.1680). Buried at St Mary's Church on 1 January 1681. [PR]

Turner, Joseph, Derby, chairmaker (1752). Took app. named Hankinson in 1752. [S of G, app. index]

Turner, Joseph, Chester, cm (1794). App. to Samuel Mercer, cm of Chester. Admitted freeman on 28 June 1794. [Chester freemen rolls]

Turner, Joseph, 4 Red Cross St with shop at Benn's Gdn, Pool Lane, Liverpool, chairmaker and cm (1800–03). [D]

Turner, Joseph, Horse Fair, Bristol, u (1822–23). [D]

Turner, Joshua, address unrecorded, joiner and chairmaker (1701). Supplied a dozen chairs and two stools to Temple Newsam House, Leeds, in 1701. [Furn. Hist., 1967]

Turner, Josiah, address unrecorded, upholder (1758–66). Son of Josiah Turner, victualler of St Marylebone, London. App. to William Adams on 7 September 1758, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 4 December 1766. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Turner, Peter, Rotherhithe, London, cm (d.1760). Sale of stock and house advertised on his death in 1760. [Harris & Sons, Old English Furniture, p. 28]

Turner, Philip, St Pancras, Chichester, Sussex, chairmaker (1839). [D] See Turner,—, at this address.

Turner, R., 15 Hemming's Row, St Martin's Lane, London, carver, gilder, glass grinder and silverer (1826–27). Simple trade card in GL states ‘Gold or Black Frames at One Day's notice’. [D] See T. P. Turner at this address.

Turner, Ralph, Alnwick, Northumb., joiner and cm (1828–29). [D]

Turner, Richard, 49 Oxford St, London, cm and upholder (1777). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1777 for £1,000 of which £800 accounted for utensils, stock and goods. [GL, Sun MS vol. 254, p. 253]

Turner, Richard, 30 Ogle St, London, upholder (1779). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1779 for £500 including £200 on utensils, stock and goods. [GL, Sun MS vol. 273, p. 296]

Turner, Richard, Henrietta St, London, u (1781–84). [D]

Turner, Richard, Farnham, Surrey, cm and u (1794). [D]

Turner, Richard, Lancaster, cm (1801–02). Admitted freeman, 1801–02, when stated ‘of Ravenglass’, Cumb. [Lancaster freemen rolls]

Turner, Richard, Manchester, chair bottomer (1808–13). Trading at 3 Foundry St, Red Bank, in 1808 and 28 Scotland Bridge in 1813. [D]

Turner, Robert, Sunderland, Co. Durham, cm (1781–98). Trading at High St in 1784. [D]

Turner, Robert, York, cm (1825). Son of William Turner, yeoman of Clifton. App. to Joseph Marsh, cm on 29 November 1825. [York app. reg.]

Turner, Robert Conway, 22 Bent St, Liverpool, cm (1830). Admitted freeman on 15 November 1830. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Turner, Robert, Newington, London, carver (1834). Declared bankrupt, London Gazette, 14 March 1834.

Turner, Robert, 77 Goodramgate, York, cm etc. (1840). [D]

Turner, Samuel & Edmund, 68 Holborn, London, cm (1786). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 7 March 1786 for £500 of which utensils accounted for £350. [GL, Sun MS vol. 334, p. 634]

Turner, Samuel, 15 Gt Ancoats St, Manchester, cm (1797). [D]

Turner, Samuel, 24 Nicholas Lane, London (?), upholder (1799). Son of Samuel Turner, shipbuilder of Harwich, Essex. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by redemption on 3 July 1799. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Turner, Samuel, Chester, u and cm (b.1785–d.1828). Trading at Bridge St (Row), 1816–28. Death on 6 February 1828 aged 43, reported in Liverpool Mercury, 13 February 1828. His widow, Ann Turner of 33 Bridge St Row, advertised in Chester Chronicle and North Wales Advertiser, 7 August 1829, that she was continuing the upholstery and cabinetmaking businesses: ‘… For the UPHOLSTERY she has engaged a VERY COMPETENT PERSON, late in the employ of MESSRS. GILLOW, LONDON, and from his long experience, she has no doubt of giving satisfaction to all those by whom she may be employed. Persons finding their own materials, may have their orders promptly executed in the most fashionable style; for which purpose they will be waited upon either in town or country. She begs further to state, that she has in her service a person well qualified to execute all orders in the cabinet making line, and who is particularly capable of giving the French Polish to all articles of furniture.’ See Ann Turner.

Turner, T., 8 Strand, London, u and cm (1792). [D]

Turner, T. P., 15 Hemmings Row, St Martin's Lane, London, carver and gilder (1820). [D] See R. Turner at this address.

Turner, Thomas, address unknown, chairmaker. Mark ‘THOMAS TURNER’ impressed by stamping under the seat of a Windsor chair. The design and construction resemble chairs made in Slough, Bucks. [Furn. Hist., 1978, pl. 54]

Turner (or Turno(u)r), Thomas, Long Acre, London, cm (1721–48). Trade card and contemporary newspapers record him at ‘The Two Golden Balls’, near James St, 1746–48. [Heal] Sale of his entire stock on leaving off trade announced in General Advertiser, 19 November 1746. Stock consisted of ‘all sorts of very neat Cabinet Work, great Variety of LOOKING GLASSES in gold and other Frames and several large Plates of Glass unframed; CHAIRS of most sorts in Walnut Tree and Mahogany. Together with some Upholstery and other Goods. Also his Stock of Wood, Working Benches, Grinding and Silvering Tools etc…’. Probably the Thomas Turner who provided Richard Towneley of Towneley Hall, Lancs., with two large sconces of ‘walnuttree frames with glass arms’, a chimney glass, picture frames, a dressing table and copper tea table. His bill, dated 15 August 1721, totalled £28 8s 6d. Thomas Turner of Long Acre sent a bill to Ursula Towneley of Towneley Hall, dated 20 December 1735, for mending and polishing a wallnutree writing desk and supplying a wallnutree dressing glass, costing a total of £2 16s. [Preston RO, Towneley papers, DDTO P/10/2 and 16th–17th Peter Rents, 1739] John Turner, cm of Long Acre, was named on 10 June 1741 in a deed of sale of property in Craggs Ct, Middlx, with Robert Lillyman of Middle Temple. [Derbs. RO, Brookhill Hall deeds, 62/4]

Turner, Thomas, Kneetford (Knutsford?), Cheshire, cm (1759). Took app. named Orrett in 1759. [S of G, app. index]

Turner, Thomas, Cambridge, cm (1780). Insured his house for £200 in 1780. [GL, Sun MS vol. 287, p. 638]

Turner, Thomas, 46 Devonshire St, Red Lion Sq., London, u (1809–11). [D]

Turner, Thomas, 139 New Bond St, London, u and cm to their Majesties (1809–40). Recorded in partnership with Henry Turner, 1809–25. [D] In 1816 they together submitted a three-page account and business letter concerning furniture supplied to Sir Henry Carr Ibbetson of Denton Hall, Yorks., costing £144 11s 6d. Some items survive at Constable Burton Hall, near Leyburn, Yorks. Thomas alone sent a bill to Sir Henry for £1 8s in 1821, for ‘hire of a black stained Easy Chair’ for two months. Bill head shows Royal Arms and reads: ‘Thomas Turner, UPHOLSTERER & CABINET MANUFACTURER To His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. 139, NEW BOND STREET. Army & Navy Equipage. Pleasure Tents made or let on hire. GOODS APPRAISED. FUNERALS FURNISHED. PAPER HANGINGS & DECORATIONS.’ [Calder Valley Museum, John F. Goodchild Coll.] The Royal accounts describe the highquality furniture Turner supplied, 1830–40. The accounts of the quarter ending 5 April 1831 list items supplied to St James's Palace, including a ‘Mahog. deep oval foot tub’, at £5 12s, four rosewood chairs, £11 12s, a Pembroke table, £6 12s, and mahogany furniture including a ‘berjere dressing chair’, £9 5s. For Brighton Pavilion Turner provided ‘12 Japanned chairs’ costing £88 4s, and a mahogany ‘Bergere dressing chair w. Brass Moulding’, £9 5s. Turner also carried out cleaning and upholstery work at St James's Palace and Brighton Pavilion. For Windsor Castle Turner was ordered on 22 August 1832 to supply four Spanish mahogany dwarf wardrobes with sunk pilaster edges to the doors and small carved paterae in the friezes, costing £77 and delivered on 29 September 1832. Items ordered for St James's, and delivered on 5 June 1833 totalled £285 4s 6d and included a Spanish mahogany washing table with tray top, kneehole dressing table on pedestals, and a square footstool covered in needlework, ‘for the Queen's use’; four couch bedsteads, seven Honduras mahogany dwarf tray-top wardrobes costing £102 18s; five mahogany writing tables, the tops covered in purple morocco leather, £52 10s; seven more costing £62 9s 6d; ten plain mahogany writing tables, £60; six mahogany pedestal pot stands with tambour sliding fronts and veined marble tops, £36; and twelve mahogany linen airers on claw feet, £13 4s. Further items from Turner were delivered to Windsor Castle on 29 September 1835; ‘10 large massive sofas, carved wainscot frames, in English gothic, stuffed backs & seats, each with 3 cushions covered with crimson plush, frames French polished, each £48’, totalling £485; six large armchairs and twenty-four single chairs to match, totalling £102; ‘3 octagonal wainscot loo tables, gothic canted pillars, framed quadrangles in blocks, octagon feet and concealed castors, the top lined brown Morocco with gold border, castors, the top lined brown Morocco with gold border, the edge & rim moulded, the whole French polished’, each £22 10s; and ‘6 wainscot occasional tables, tops in brown morocco leather with embossed gold borders, moulded frame, on shaped Gothic standards, octagon feet, concealed castors, each £15. Turner charged £168 15s for ‘lengthening out 25 banqueting stools into seats 6ft. long, each new loose frame stuffed and covered with crimson plush, each £6. 15s.’, and carried out jobbing work at Windsor and Buckingham Palace until 1840. In December 1835 Turner charged £374 4s for altering ten Gothic sofas ‘to Elizabethan character’ by enriching them with wainscot, buhl, carved lions’ heads, and Stars of the Order of the Bath, and making two new ones, for the Waterloo apartments. In September 1837 Turner supplied a satinwood writing table covered in green Morocco leather, and a ‘Single Head Couch’ stuffed in striped linen, costing £20 15s. [PRO, LC11/71–77, 80, 86, 89, 95–98; Windsor RA, Item 17, Box 1 (Estimates), item 2; E. T. Joy, English Furniture, 1800–1850, p. 187] See Henry Turner, J. & H. Turner, Turner & Co., and Turner & Smith.

Turner, Thomas, 51 Richmond St, Manchester, cm (1817). [D]

Turner, Thomas, York, cm (1823). Son of Thomas Turner. App. to John Taylor, cm on 27 October 1823. [York app. reg.]

Turner, Thomas, 29 Market Pl., Alnwick, Northumb., cm and joiner (1834). [D]

Turner, Thomas, Somerset Pl., Ripon, Yorks, joiner and/or cm (1834). [D]

Turner, Thomas, Dudley, Worcs., cm and u (1838). [D]

Turner, Thomas, Wolverhampton St, Dudley, Worcs., carver, gilder, picture frame and looking-glass manufacturer (1840). [D]

Turner, Thomas, Russell St, Chester, cm (d.1840). Death aged 60 on 5 November 1840 reported in Chester Chronicle, Cheshire and North Wales Advertiser, 13 November.

Turner, Thomas, New St, Wellington, Salop, chairmaker and wood turner (1840). [D]

Turner, W., Manchester, chairmaker (b.1803–1819). Charged with being concerned in committing various robberies in Chester Guardian and Cambrian Intelligence, 8 April 1819.

Turner, W. Lord & Co., London. Early 19th-century Regency table sold at Christie's 29 March 1984, lot 65 is stamped ‘TURNER, W. LORD & CO LONDON

Turner, W. R., 9 Gt Dover St, Southwark, London, lookingglass manufacturer, carver and gilder (1817–25). [D]

Turner, William, Lower Brook St, London, carver and gilder (1774). [Poll bk]

Turner, William, Snow Hill, Holborn Bridge, London, carver, gilder and printseller (1784–93). Recorded at no. 38 in 1784 and no. 40, 1790–93. Named in Bailey's list of bankrupts, 1789. [D]

Turner, William, Chelmsford, Essex, chairmaker (1786–88). Son William Richard bapt. on 1 October 1786, and daughter Rebecca Rigby on 11 July 1788. [Essex RO, PR (bapt.)]

Turner, William, Liverpool, cm (1777–94). Addresses given at Duke St, 1777–94 and 21 Stanley St in 1781. [D] Notice concerning the assignment of his estate for his creditors, and sale of stock in trade, given in Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 25 May 1789. Stock consisted of ‘Jamaica, Spanish & Honduras MAHOGANY in logs, boards etc. OAK BOARDS & DEALS — The greatest part of which is a heavy cut for the Cabinet-makers use. Any person in want of one or more apprentices to the business of a Cabinet maker, may be accommodated with any number from one to six, who are already well instructed in the business …’. Dividends on his estate and effects announced in the same paper on 11 April 1791, but still listed in a directory of 1794 at Duke St.

Turner, William, Stone, Staffs., cm (1798). [D]

Turner, William, Liverpool, cm (1802–39). Addresses given at 21 Bent St in 1802; 1 Russell Pl. in 1811; 1 Christian St in 1835; 140 Islington in 1837; and 20 Islington in 1839. Admitted freeman on servitude to Samuel Chubbard on 7 July 1802. Assigned app. named John McComb from Mathew Gardner in 1815 after six years service; McComb petitioned freedom in 1818. [D; Liverpool freemen reg. and committee bk]

Turner, William, Lancaster, u (b.1797–d.1837). Admitted freeman, 1817–18. Took an app. on 4 October 1821; one jointly with John Hodgson on 13 June 1825; and one on 8 May 1830. Notice given in Lancaster Gazette, 13 May 1826 of the continuing partnership of Turner & Hodgson. Father of Sir William Turner. Died on 7 March 1837 aged 40, and buried in Lancaster Priory Churchyard. [Lancaster app. reg. and freemen rolls]

Turner, William, Bradford St, Birmingham, cm and u (1818–28). Recorded at no. 55 in 1828. [D]

Turner, William, Huddersfield, Yorks., cm and u (1818–30). Trading at ‘Top-o'-th'-Town’ in 1818 and King St, 1822–30. [D]

Turner, William, Leeds, Yorks., chairmaker (1822–39). Recorded at 14 Marquis of Granby Yd, Quarry Hill, c.1822–37 and 75 Bridge St in 1839. Also listed at 9 Granby Yd, Quarry Hill in 1830. [D]

Turner, William, Low St, St Peter's, York, fancy chairmaker (1822). [D]

Turner, William, Lymington, Hants., cm (1823–24). [D]

Turner, William, Crane St, Chester, u (1826). [Chester freemen rolls and poll bk]

Turner, William, Magdalen St, Colchester, Essex, chairmaker (1826–39). [D]

Turner, William, Bird St, North Shields, Northumb., cm and joiner (1827). [D]

Turner, William, 15 Vine St, Hatton Wall, London, bedstead maker (1829–39). [D]

Turner, William, York, cm (1834). Son of John Turner, paver of Mint Yd, York. App. to John Milner & Thomas Harland, cm on 23 January 1834. [York app. reg.]

Turner, William Macdonald, Tallow Hill, Worcester, carver and gilder (1835). Admitted freeman on 1 December 1835. [Worcester freemen rolls]

Turner, William, 14 Miller St, Manchester, cm (1836–40). Recorded in one directory at no. 18 in 1840. [D]

Turner, William & Co., Church St, Lancaster, chairmaker (1822). [D]

Turner, William, 59 Bath St, City Rd, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Turner, William, 2 Hampton St, Walworth, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Turner, William, 52 Ossculton St, Somerstown, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Turner, William Henry, Old Park, Bristol, u (1839). [D]

Turner & Co., Newington Butts, London, u etc. (1816–19). Trading at no. 16 in 1816 and at Garden Row in 1819. [D]

Turner & Co., 139 New Bond St, London, u (1826–27). [D] See Henry and Thomas Turner and Turner & Smith.

Turner & Ellis, Tipton, Dudley, Worcs., cm and u (1838–39). [D]

Turner & Gee, 49 Wardour St, London. Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.

Turner, Hill & Pitter (or Pither), Strand, London. In 1732 made (or provided materials for) the green velvet state bed at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, for Sir Robert Walpole, at a cost of £1,219 3s 11d. [M. Jourdain, The Work of William Kent, p. 84]

Turner & Hodgson, Friar St, Lancaster, cm, u and paper hangers (1825). [D]

Turner & Hullah (or Hulloh), 27 Broker's Row, Moorfields, London, u, cm and auctioneers (1803–06). Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. [D]

Turner & Smith, London, u and cm (1796–1808). Trading at 132 New Bond St, 1796–1808. Submitted an account covering thirty-one foolscap pages for furniture supplied between August 1798 and April 1803 to the value of £2,315 19s 1d to Sir Henry Carr Ibbetson, Bart of Denton Hall, Yorks. The bill describes pieces of good quality mahogany furniture including bedroom suites, chairs and Pembroke Tables, which are now preserved at Constable Burton Hall, near Leyburn, Yorks. Named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. [D; Calder Valley Museum, John Goodchild Coll.; Furn. Hist., 1968] See Henry and Thomas Turner and Turner & Co.

Turner & Watkins, 12 Berwick St, Soho, London, cm and u (1805–07). [D]

Turnley, Isaac, Jarvis's Gallery, Francis St, Hull, Yorks., cm (1838–39). [D]

Turnley (or Turnly), John Samuel, Garden Row, London Rd, Southwark, London, fancy chair and sofa manufacturer, cm and u (1803–29). Recorded at no. 1, 1805–07; nos 1 and 2 in 1812; nos 6 and 34 in 1817; as J. Turnley & Co. at no. 1 in 1820; and as Turnley & Sons at no. 1, 1826–29. Named as Turnly in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 20 November 1822 for £1,100 including £400 on warehouses and workshops, £650 on stock, utensils and goods in trust. Three trade cards survive showing furniture of the 2nd quarter of the 19th century. One in the GL reads: ‘I. TURNLEY & SONS, Wholesale Manufactory FOR Solid & Imitation Rosewood, Zebra, Mahogany & other Sofas, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bed Pillars, Mattresses, Writing Desks, Tea Caddies, Looking Glasses & every description of CABINET FURNITURE. GARDEN ROAD, SOUTHWARK, London. Mahogany & Veneer Merchants.’ Another trade card adds ‘Fancy Drawing Room, Solid Rosewood, Mahogany & other Chairs’, and states they import Dutch rushes. The third card [Landauer Coll., MMA, NY] is similarly worded. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 490, ref. 997858; E. T. Joy, English Furniture, 1800–1851, p. 221]

Turnock, Daniel, Derby St, Leek, Staffs., cm (1834–35). [D]

Turpin, Richard, Appleton Gate, Newark, Notts., cm and u (1805–22). [D]

Turpin, Robert, Tyne St, North Shields, Northumb., cm (1827–34). Recorded at no. 34 in 1834. [D]

Turpin, Thomas, Pontefract, Yorks., joiner and cm (1834). [D]

Turpin, William, Blue Bell, Brampton, Cumb. joiner and cm (1828–29). [D]

Turrell, J. W., Somerstown, London, cm (1830). [Gt Yarmouth poll bk]

Turrin, William, Bedford St, Covent Gdn, London, cm and glass grinder (1718). Supplied items for the Duke of Montrose's London house in Bond St in 1718, costing a total of £234 15s. The account lists a walnut writing desk and card table, chimney and pier glasses, sconces and ‘Bells to sconces with silvered hook’, japanned chairs, settee and card table. [Scottish RO, GD 220/6/1192/17] Probably Turene, —, Turin, —, and/or William Turing.

Turtle, John, London, carver and gilder (1809–39). Recorded at Lombard St, 1809–11; and 22 Upper St Martin's Lane, 1835–39, as a furniture broker in 1839. [D]

Turton, James, Gowthorpe, near Selby, Yorks., joiner, cm and u (1826–37). [D]

Turton, John, Rotherham, Yorks., cm (1828–29). [D]

Turton, Joseph, Snaith, near Selby, Yorks., cm (1822). [D]

Turton, Jos., ‘Masbro’, Rotherham, Yorks., cm (1830). [D]

Turton, William, London (1771). See Lawrence Fell and William Turton.

Turvin, Samuel, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb., upholder (1741). Took app. named Williamson in 1741. [S of G, app. index]

Tushaine, —, address unrecorded, carver (1706). Recorded in the Castle Howard, Yorks. archives in the Mason's & Carpenter's Book, 1702–08. [Beard, Georgian Craftsmen]

Tuson, Robert, probably London, cm and u (1759–75). Supplied furniture to Charles Rogers, a distinguished connoisseur and collector of London. Tuson's name first appears in his accounts on 14 July 1759, ‘covering the Reading Chair with Horsehair’, for £1 1s; and on 25 October 1759 charging £23 for ‘an Amboyna Cabinet, Table, &c.’ On 18 September 1760 he supplied a ‘large Amboina Slab Table’ for £6 18s, and a ‘Mohogony Claw reading Table’, £1 11s 6d; on 1 July 1767, ‘28 Mahogany Frames vaneered with Amboina at 7sh each, with Hooks’, £10; on 23 December 1772 ‘a Sarcophagus-like Cabinet’, £17 15s, and on 17 January 1775 ‘a Lion's tail of Mahogony for the Sarcophagus’, 17s. The sarcophagus cabinet is now in the Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery. The doors and sides are carved with serpentine fluting in the manner of certain Roman sarcophagi, and it stands of four ponderous, well-carved paw-feet. Another central support in the form of a lion's tail was later added to the front. [C. Musgrave, Adam and Hepplewhite Furniture, p. 127; Apollo, December 1960, pp. 196–98] See Thomas Wood, connected with the amboyna cabinet supplied on 25 October 1759.

Tuson, Roger, Dorington St, Brook's Mkt, London, cm (1784). [Bristol poll bk]

Tustian, Thomas, Bett's St, St George's in the East, London, cm (1784). [Bristol poll bk]

Tustian, William, Whitechapel, London, cm (1768–70). Advertised in Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, September 1768– 70, that he had a booth at the annual Stirbitch (Stourbridge) Fair held in September just outside Cambridge, where he sold mahogany and walnut furniture of his own manufacture ‘with proper allowances to those who sell again’. [Furn. Hist., 1978] Declared bankrupt, Gents Mag., August 1770.

Tustin, Thomas, St Thomas's, Bristol, cm (1774–84). Supplied furniture to Rev. Hodges of Glos., costing a total of £26 5s 2d. His bill mentions two sets of chairs, of which a mahogany oval-back chair and two of a set of six elbow chairs painted with red decoration on a white ground, survive in the family. [Poll bks; Bristol Art Gallery files]

Tute, William, Sawney Pope St and Stafford Pl., Richmond Row, Liverpool, cm (1830). App. to John Mears, and admitted freeman on 13 November 1830. [Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tutoft (or Tut(t)op), Charles, Westminster, London, cm and upholder (1749–99). Polled as Tutoft of Broad Way in 1749; and recorded in directories as Tutop at Tothill St, 1781–99. Subscribed to Chippendale's Director, 1754. Took app. named Thomas Bennet in 1756 for £15 15s. Death reported in Gents Mag., September 1785, so his business was presumably continued in his name, or by a tradesman of the same name. [D]

Tutson, —, address unrecorded, cm (d.1746). Notice in General Advertiser, 27 June 1746 read: ‘On Monday last a Cart being overturned near Great Pandon [Great Parndon] in Essex, the Horse was hung, and Mr. Tutson, a Cabinet Maker who was passing by, endeavouring to disengage the poor Creatures, receiv'd a Kick on the Thigh, which broke it and he died in a very few Hours.’

Tutt, Henry, Market St, Rye, Sussex, cm and paper hanger (1832). [D]

Tutt, John, Rye, Sussex, cm (1830). Declared bankrupt, London Gazette, 21 May 1830.

Tutt, Samuel, Chichester, Sussex, turner and bedstead maker (1823–26). Recorded at St Pancras in 1823 and Canal Basin in 1826. [D]

Tutton, James, Broad St, St Giles's, London, carver and gilder (1789). [D]

Tutton, John, address unrecorded, u (1818). Supplied two sets of scalloped-edge book shelves, painted ‘mineral green’ for Georgina, Duchess of Bedford, at a cost of one guinea in 1818. [Bedford Office, London]

Tuxford, John Lefevere, Church St, Boston, Lincs., cm (1835). [D]

Twaddel, William, Hanover St, Long Acre, London, glass grinder (1769–70). In 1769 supplied eighteen plates of looking-glass, 27¼ × 17½ inches to Robert Adam for use at Kenwood, Middlx. The receipted bill for £19 7s is dated 10 February 1770. [Wills, Looking-Glasses]

Twanbrook(e), Edward, Chester, cm (1698–1728). Son of Edward Twanbrook, Gent., late of Wallback, Daresbury. App. to William Ingham, cm of Chester, after 1690, and admitted freeman in March 1698. Took apps named Cottingham in 1717, Joseph Burrowes in 1720, and Thomas Calkin in 1725. Former app., Samuel Smith, admitted freeman in September 1721. Elected councilman in 1720. In 1728 complaint was made against Twanbrook for obstructing the shop of R. Hackney, glass grinder, in Fairtime. [S of G, app. index; Chester app. bks, freemen rolls and City records]

Tweddle, Henry, King's Arms Lane, Carlisle, Cumb., carver and gilder (1834). [D]

Tweed, James, London, cm, u, chair and bedstead manufacturer (1820–28). Recorded at 118 Rosemary Lane, 1820–27, Darby St, Rosemary Lane in 1824, as James & Co. in 1825 and at 13 Globe Rd, Mile End Rd, 1827–28. Declared bankrupt, Brighton Gazette, 20 May 1824. [D]

Tweedy, Joseph, Whickham, Co. Durham, joiner, carpenter and/or cm (1834). [D]

Twemlow (or Twamlow), John, Congleton, Cheshire, cm (b.1777–d.1830). Trading at Market Pl., 1816–18 and High St, 1822–28. Death aged 53 on 20 March 1830 reported in Chester Courant and Anglo-Welsh Gazette, 6 April. [D]

Twemlow (or Twamlow), Ralph, Congleton, Cheshire, cm (1789–93). Trading at High Town, 1789–90. [D]

Twentyman, Daniel, Workington, Cumb., joiner, cm and/or looking-glass silverer (1828–34). Trading at Jane St in 1829 and Washington St in 1834. [D]

Twiddy, George, St Michael at Thorn, Norwich, u (1784–86). [Poll bks]

Twiddy, James, St Michael at Thorn, Norwich, cm (1827–30). Son of James Twiddy, cordwainer; admitted freeman on 5 May 1827. [Norwich freemen reg. and poll bk]

Twigg, William, Uppingham, Rutland, saddler and u (1741). Took app. named Browne in 1741. [S of G, app. index]

Twiggs, Edward, Exeter, Devon, cm and u (1823–40). Trading at Coombe St, 1823–31, and Mint Lane, 1834–40. Sons, both William, bapt. at St Mary Major on 18 May 1823, and 12 October 1831; daughters Frances on 12 January 1827; and Matilda at St Olave's on 7 February 1836. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal; PR (bapt.)]

Twiggs, Henry, Exeter, Devon carver and gilder (1829–32). Twiggs, carver and gilder of Theatre St had son Henry bapt. at St Paul's on 20 May 1829. Listed at Coffin's Pl., High St, 1830–32. [D; Exeter Pocket Journal; PR (bapt.)]

Twisse, William, Dorchester, Dorset, u (1702). Paid 5s to be admitted freeman of the Borough of Dorchester Co. on 24 September 1702. [Mayo & Gould, Municipal Records of the Borough of Dorchester, p. 428]

Twisse, William, London, upholder (1712). App. to his father of the same name in June 1712. [GL]

Twist, John, Devonshire Pl., Commercial Rd, London, cm, u and chairmaker (1823–28). Trading at no. 2, 1823–24. Took out Sun Insurance policies on 20 October 1823 and 19 January 1824 for £450 on stock, utensils and goods in trust or on commission in workshop at the corner of Barossa St, Commercial Rd. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 494, refs 1008873 and 1012572]

Twist, John, Whitechapel Rd, London, furniture broker, cm and u (1826–28). Trading at no. 181 as a broker, 1826–27, and no. 194 as cm and u, 1827–28. [D]

Twist, Samuel, Burscough St, Ormskirk, Lancs., cm (1825). [D]

Twitty, James, Worcester, cm and joiner (1779–80). Former apps admitted freemen: Francis Price in 1779 and Thomas Smith in 1780. [Worcester freemen rolls]

Twyman, Stephen, 56 High St, Ramsgate, Kent, cm (1838). [D]

Tyler, —, London, cm (1769–86). Supplied furniture and furnishings for a house in Hertford St in 1769 for which he received payments of £17 5s 6d, £145 8s 6d and £16 4s 6d. The patron is not specified. Further small payments were made in 1784–86. [Scottish RO, GD 157/814–5] Possibly Joseph Tyler.

Tyler, Frederick, Potter St, Bishop's Stortford, Herts., carver and gilder (1838). [D]

Tyler, George, The Shambles, Worcester, chairmaker (1820–40). Listed at Bank St, 1820. [D] Succeeded by Mary Tyler, possibly his widow or daughter, at The Shambles.

Tyler, Henry John, London, cm and u (1826–35). Trading at 47 Tabernacle Walk, Windmill St, Finsbury, 1826–27, no. 46, 1827–29, and Brittania Row, Hoxton, in 1835. [D]

Tyler, John, London, looking-glass frame maker (1784–1830). [Colchester poll bks]

Tyler, John, 64 Banner St, Old St, London, cm, upholder and undertaker (1817–29). [D] See Samuel Tyler and Tyler & Son at this address.

Tyler, Joseph, London. The Duke of Gordon's accounts for 1738 record items provided by Tyler for his London houses: ‘A chimney glass in a walnut frame’, costing £2 19s; and ‘A chimney glass in a carved & gilt frame’, £6 4s. [Scottish RO, GD 44/51/26] Possibly:

Tyler, Joseph, London, cm, carver and u (1754–84). Recorded at St Anne's, Westminster, 1759–62, Wardour St, Soho in 1763, and no. 54 in 1779. Subscribed to Chippendale's Director, 1754. Took apps named William Dixon in 1759 for £40, and John Foster in 1762 for £42. Listed in statements regarding working conditions of journeymen, cm and chairmakers in Lloyds Evening Post and British Chronicle, 1761. Subscribed to Thomas Mortimer's Universal Director, 1763. Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1779 for £700 of which £200 accounted for utensils and stock. Polled at Westminster in 1784. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 272, p. 47; Lewis notes on Chippendale subscribers]

Tyler, Joseph, Broad St, Bloomsbury, London, cm, u, chair and sofa manufacturer (1815–39). Recorded at no. 58 in 1815, 1820 and 1826–39; and no. 57, 1816–19 and 1825. [D]

Tyler, Joseph, 22 Pithay Bristol, cm and u (1833–35). [D]

Tyler, Mary, The Shambles, Worcester, chairmaker (1835–37). [D] Possibly widow or daughter of George Tyler, who she succeeded.

Tyler, Robert, 30 Castle St, Leicester Sq., London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Tyler, St John, Boston, Lincs., cm (1826). [D]

Tyler, Samuel, 47 Long Lane, West Smithfield, London, cm (1777). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1777 for £200 of which utensils and stock accounted for £60. [GL, Sun MS vol. 255, p. 56]

Tyler, Samuel, 64 Banner St, Bunhill Row, London, cm and undertaker (1805–11). [D] See John Tyler and Tyler & Son at this address.

Tyler, William, 22 Chapel St, Paddington, London, cm and upholder (1820). [D]

Tyler & Allchin, 4 Trien St, Theobalds Rd, London, chair and sofa makers (1839). [D]

Tyler & Son, 64 Banner St, Bunhill Row, London, cm, u and undertakers (1820–28). [D] See John and Samuel Tyler at this address.

Tymperon, Robert, Stamford, Lincs., cm (1726–72). Taken as app. in 1739 and admitted freeman in 1749; but also recorded as having taken apps named Manby in 1726, Frisby in 1752 and Girling in 1758, so certainly two tradesmen of the same name are concerned here. Advertised in Cambridge Chronicle, 24 December 1762 that he had purchased the stock of the late John Cook, u of Stamford. In 1772 Henry Tatam, cm did fealty for a tenement in Butcher Row, late Robert Tymperon. Both Tatam and Tymperon were employed by the 9th Earl of Exeter. Tymperon appears in the Burghley Estate account books for many years, and supplied an upholstered sofa bed in 1750. Later in the century he received a pension. [S of G, app. index; C. Life, 29 August 1974, pp. 562–64; V&A archives] See Henry Tatam.

Tymwoll, Edward, Plymouth, Devon, cm (1711). Took app. named Collins in 1711. [S of G, app. index]

Tyndal(l) (or Turndall), Athelston(e) (or Athelstane), Bristol, upholder (1715–39). Took app. named Raymond in 1717. Polled in 1715; of Christ Church parish in 1722, St John's in 1734 and St Augustine's in 1739. [S of G, app. index]

Tyne, Benjamin, 3 Berry St, Liverpool, u (1827). [D] See Bartholomew and Martin Tyrer.

Tyrer, Bartholomew, Liverpool, u (1810–39). Addresses given at Pitt St, 1811–23; no. 39 in 1824; 3 Knight St in 1827; 1 Berry St, 1827–29; no. 2 in 1834; also 4 Roscoe St, 1827–34; 5 Berry St and 19 Roscoe St in 1835; 3 Berry St and 10 Roscoe St in 1837; and 66 Roscoe St in 1839. Son of Bartholomew Tyrer, tallow chandler. Admitted freeman on 8 November 1810. Took app. named Thomas Little and Edward Marshall in 1810; and Charles Brandreth in 1811 (after two years service with Thomas Savage Tyrer snr), all three petitioning freedom in 1818. Took apps named Nathan Dutton in 1818, Samuel Hughes in 1819, William Pearson in 1821, Daniel Thistleton in 1822, Thomas Rose in 1824, Joseph Peppitt in 1825, James Guy in 1826, John Haigh in 1827, Samuel Kay in 1828, William Swann and Thomas Green in 1830, John Fisher in 1832, and John Bennet in 1835. Took app. named Thomas Savage Tyrer jnr in 1827, admitted freeman in 1835. [D; Liverpool freemen reg., committee bk and app. enrolment bk] See Benjamin Tyne and Martin Tyrer.

Tyrer, George, 57 Fontenoy St, Liverpool, cm (1823). [D]

Tyrer, James, Liverpool, cm (1812–27). Addresses given at Essex St, Toxteth Park in 1812; 20 Hodson St in 1816; 8 Adlington St in 1821; no. 3 in 1824; and 5 Edward St in 1827. Admitted freeman on servitude to Thomas Savage Tyrer snr on 5 October 1812. [D; Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tyrer, John, Ker St, Devonport, Devon, carver and gilder (1838). [D]

Tyrer, Martin, 5 Berry St, Liverpool, cm and u (1835). [D] See Benjamin Tyne and Bartholomew Tyrer.

Tyrer, Richard, Liverpool, cm (1780–1806). Petitioned and admitted freeman on servitude to Richard Tyrer in 1780, paying 6s 8d. His son, James Tyrer, painter, born 1781, petitioned freedom on birthright in 1806. [Liverpool freemen's committee bk]

Tyrer, Robert, Liverpool, joiner and cm (1780–d. by 1795). Recorded at Old Hall St in 1782. Admitted freeman in 1780. His son, William Tyrer, joiner, petitioned freedom on birthright in 1784. Took app. named William Swain in 1785, petitioned freedom in 1796; and John Ratcliffe in 1790, petitioned in 1799. Declared bankrupt, Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 29 June 1780. Notice given in same paper, 10 January 1782 of the assignment of his estate and effects for his creditors, and sale by auction of the house, workshop and yard in Old Hall St occupied by Tyrer. Notice in Billinge's Liverpool Advertiser, 20 July 1795, concerned dividends on the bankruptcy in 1780 of Robert Tyrer, now deceased. [Liverpool freemen's committee bk]

Tyrer, Thomas Savage snr, Liverpool, cm (1796–d.1811). Addresses given at 63 Park Lane in 1804, no. 71 in 1805, no. 72 in 1807, and 28 Stanhope St, 1810–11. Admitted freeman in 1796. Took apps named Thomas Blayney in 1802, James Taylor in 1803, and James Tyrer in 1804, all three petitioning freedom in 1812; and Charles Brandreth in 1809, later assigned to Bartholomew Tyrer and petitioning freedom in 1818. Died in December 1811. [D; Liverpool freemen's committee bk]

Tyrer, Thomas Savage jnr, Berry St, Liverpool, u (1835–37). Listed at 19 Hill St, Harrington, 1837. Admitted freeman on servitude to Bartholomew Tyrer on 2 July 1835. [D; Liverpool freemen reg.]

Tyrer, William jnr, Tyrer St North, Liverpool, cm (1820). Admitted freeman on 7 March 1820. By 1833 a different hand had annotated ‘Reverend’ and crossed out ‘junior’ and ‘cabinet maker’ in the Liverpool freemen reg.

Tyrer, Wilkinson & Co., Lord St, Preston, Lancs., cm (1802– 05). Signed the Preston Cabinet Makers’ and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices, 1802, on behalf of the masters. [D]

Tyr(r)ell, George, London, carver and gilder (1821–39). On 21 June 1821 Tyrell, carver and gilder of Warwick Pl., Bedford Row, Bloomsbury, insured a house in tenure from Nathaniel Stainton at 29 Drury Lane. George Tyrrell was trading at 1 Warwick Pl., 1826–27 and 72 Chancery Lane, c.1835–39. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 488, ref. 980796] See Nathaniel Stainton.

Tyrrell, J., 262 Whitechapel Rd, London, cm and u (1839). [D]

Tyrrell, Robert, address unrecorded, upholder (1700). Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 7 August 1700. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tyrrell, Timothy, Reading, Berks. and London, upholder (1769–1802). Recorded at Minster St, Reading in 1778; Salisbury Ct, Fleet St, London in 1781; and Queen St, Cheapside in 1786. Son of Timothy Tyrrell. App. to John Underwood snr or jnr, on 7 June 1769, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 3 July 1776. Recorded as a City Remembrancer in 1794 and 1802. In 1761 his father, Timothy Tyrrell snr rented a house in Reading to the father of the architect, Sir John Soane. Timothy jnr was a life-long friend of Soane, to whom his son, Charles, was articled, 1811–17. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records; D. Stroud, The Architecture of Sir John Soane, 1961]

Tyrrell, William, address unrecorded, u (1710). Supplied to Hatfield House, Herts., a wainscot bedstead costing £10 10s, six walnut chair frames, £3 3s, and two walnut square stools, 12s. [Hatfield House MS Bills 459]

Tyson, George, 45 West Bar Green, Sheffield, Yorks., fancy chairmaker and earthenware dealer (1822). [D]

Tyson, James, 42 Solly St, Sheffield, Yorks., chairmaker (1830). [D]

Tyson, Joseph, Lancaster, chairmaker and candlebox maker (b.1738–d.1803). Between 1 January 1779 and 6 December 1797 took five app. chairmakers. Polled in 1784. Died on 16 February 1803 aged 65, and buried in Lancaster Priory Churchyard. [Lancaster Ref. Lib.]

Tyson, M., Lancaster. Named in the Gillow records, 1827–29. [Westminster Ref. Lib.]

Tyte, James, 29 Chancery Lane, London, cm and u (1786–94). Took out a Sun Insurance policy on 24 July 1786 for £2,500 including £400 on his house and workshops, and £1,200 on utensils, stock and goods in trust. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 338, p. 195] Heal records him as James Tysse.

Tyte, Richard, address unrecorded, upholder (1712–19). Son of Richard Tyte, labourer of Stepney, Middlx. App. to George Walker on 3 September 1712 and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 9 September 1719. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records] Presumably brother of:

Tyte, William, address unrecorded, upholder (1718–33). Son of Richard Tyte, labourer of St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlx. App. to George Walker on 3 September 1718, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 6 October 1725. Took app. named William Simpson, 1725–32/33. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]

Tytherleigh, Arthur, Harvey's Buildings, High St, Taunton, Som., cm (1830). [D]

Tytler, William, address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.