ALEXANDER, William (Grimwade p.421-2)
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:35 am
Jacob Mills of Somerset in 1718, Robert Combes of Harmondsworth, Middlesex, John Smith of Middlesex and Silcox Croudson of Southwark all in 1725, Ratcliffe Baddily of Stafford in 1729, John Combes of Harmondsworth in 1733, Richard, the son of Richard Alexander, late wheelwright of Wiltshire, in 1738, presumably William’s nephew and free in 1748, William Yalden of Southton in 1740, Thomas Shrimpton of High Wycombe in 1748, free in 1756 and William Grove of Harmandsworth in 1754 all signed to be his apprentices.
William Alexander is listed in the Land Tax assessment books for an unidentified property in St Alban, Wood Street precinct until 1733, as William Alexander & Co from 1734-8, as both William Alexander & Co and in his own name for two adjacent properties from 1739-41, in the name William Alexander & Co for the same two properties from 1742-49, in both names for three properties from 1750-53, in both names for four properties in 1754 -57 and in both names for three properties in 1758. The assessments on the same properties in 1759-62 were made in the names William Alexander, Alexander & Shrimpton and Thomas Shrimpton. This situation is somewhat different to the one Grimwade describes.
The burial of Alderman William Alexander Esquire was registered at St Alban Wood Street on 30th September 1762.
There is a hint that the Alexander & Shrimpton partnership may have been between Richard Alexander, free in 1748 and Thomas Shrimpton, free in 1756 as the three properties were assessed in these names in 1763, the year following William Alexander’s death. This position continued to 1772. Thomas Shrimpton was assessed on all three properties in 1773.
William Alexander is listed in the Land Tax assessment books for an unidentified property in St Alban, Wood Street precinct until 1733, as William Alexander & Co from 1734-8, as both William Alexander & Co and in his own name for two adjacent properties from 1739-41, in the name William Alexander & Co for the same two properties from 1742-49, in both names for three properties from 1750-53, in both names for four properties in 1754 -57 and in both names for three properties in 1758. The assessments on the same properties in 1759-62 were made in the names William Alexander, Alexander & Shrimpton and Thomas Shrimpton. This situation is somewhat different to the one Grimwade describes.
The burial of Alderman William Alexander Esquire was registered at St Alban Wood Street on 30th September 1762.
There is a hint that the Alexander & Shrimpton partnership may have been between Richard Alexander, free in 1748 and Thomas Shrimpton, free in 1756 as the three properties were assessed in these names in 1763, the year following William Alexander’s death. This position continued to 1772. Thomas Shrimpton was assessed on all three properties in 1773.