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Goldworkers List (Section VII).

Born around 1768.
Duty paid on 6th August 1784 for the Apprentice Indentures of Thomas Kearse by William Duncan goldsmith of St James, London.
Maker’s mark entered at Goldsmiths Hall in 1802 as a goldworker at 86 Queen Anne Street East, St Marylebone.
Probably died 1840.
London Deaths & Burials Index for St Marylebone register dated 6th March 1840 for a Thomas Kearse aged 72 years; last address Foley Street.

He married Mary Laurance at St Marylebone in 1814.
Their son William Laurence was christened at same church in 1815
Land Tax on property in Foley Street was assessed on Thomas continuously from 1815.
The Will of Thomas Kearse, late of 48 Foley Street, Marylebone, was proved for probate on 25th March 1840 (National Archives reference PROB 11/1924/321).