PENNY, John (Grimwade p.306)

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Indentures were signed in 1763 for John, son of William Penny of Soho, to be the apprentice of Henry Billinghurst (Grimwade p.441), Clockmaker of Aldersgate Street.
He entered a maker’s mark at Goldsmiths Hall in 1777 from 14 Princes Street, Barbican and notified a change of address to Aldersgate Buildings, Aldersgate Street in 1778.
He paid duties for the apprentice indentures of Matthew John Wright in 1779 and Samuel Holderness in 1784.
His son John was his apprentice at Aldersgate Street from 1787.
He paid Land Tax on property in that street from 1779-1804, the last book referring to “the late John Penny”