PLUMLEY, Charles & John (Grimwade p.628)

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Indentures were signed in 1806 by Charles, son of William Plumley, Citizen and Watchmaker, silversmith of Ludgate Hill to be his father’s apprentice.
He was christened the son of William and Sarah at St Bride, Fleet Street in 1791.
An undated document in connection with the application by John son of William Plumley for freedom of the City of London by patrimony in the Company of Watchmakers shows he was born in 1795.
He was christened the son of William and Sarah at St Bride, Fleet Street in 1796.
An advertisement regarding the availability of board and lodging for a single gentleman appeared in The Times newspaper of 4th October 1803. At a price of 120 guineas rooms were available from Mr Plumley, silversmith of 43 Ludgate Hill indicating that the business was of longer standing than would appear from the maker’s mark registered by Charles and John from that address at Goldsmiths Hall in 1825 and presumably previously the trade of their father William.
The burial aged 40 years of a John Plumley late of Old Kent Road recorded at St Bride, Fleet Street in 1834 appears relevant.

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W Plumley is listed as a silversmith at 43 Ludgate Hill in the 1819 London Post Office Directory.

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Between March and September 1819 John son of William Plumley admitted into the freedom of the city in the company of clockmakers by patrimony. William's year of admission was 1780 and John's year of birth was 1796. Ludgate Hill is noted in the upper right hand corner of the paper.