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Using his magic for unearthing website transcription errors Pat (Silverly) has found Edward Fairbrother on the 1841 UK Census listed as Farchother! Fairbrother was 76 years old and still a bucklemaker at Bull and Mouth Street. He also discovered an 1843 Post Office directory entry for Fairbrother at...

The Will of Joseph Felix Podio, late of St Mary’s, Whitechapel, was proved for probate on 21st June 1833 (National Archives reference PROB 11/1818/4).

The Will of Benjamin Pilkington, gentleman late of St Mary, Islington, was proved for probate on 17th September 1855 (National Archives reference PROB 11/2219/267).

He was apprenticed to his father Abraham Ferron of the Clockmakers Company in 1753. William Michael, the son of Michael and Martha Ferron, was christened in Westminster in 1763. Michael was not free until 1769. In the same year he entered a mark at Goldsmiths Hall as a case maker from his father’s b...

Abraham, the son of Louis Ferron watch maker of St Ann, (Soho) Westminster was apprenticed in 1725 to Stephen Gugeon (Goujon on Grimwade p.318) of the Clockmakers Company and made free in 1737. He entered a mark at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1734 as a case maker from Great St Andrew Street, St Giles in the...

I agree Phil. At first sight John Troup & Sons appeared to be watch and clockmakers but as they were also listed as jewellers they may have produced a pencil holder. It would be a stretch of the imagination however, as with the ones registered by J H Taylor and J Thornton, for any of their regis...

Hello Simon Accepting that the Town Mark is the one for Chester an 1821 hallmark would also have carried a leopard's head and very probably a Duty Mark.This would leave the assay year as 1887 as you say but a trawl through Chester Gold & Silver Marks 1570 to 1962 by Ridgway & Priestley looki...

The Will of Samuel Pike, gentleman late of St Luke, Old Street, was proved for probate on 26th November 1835 (National Archives reference PROB 11/1854/151).

The Will of Robert Peppin, silversmith late of Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, was proved for probate on 7th April 1835 (National Archives reference PROB 11/1846/11).

He signed his indentures Farbrother.
Last recorded by Grimwade in 1804 when entering a mark at Goldsmiths’ Hall from Bull and Mouth Street an Edward Fairbrother was assessed to Land Tax on property there until 1834 when the available assessment books end.
No further records have been found for him.

He was christened the son of Edward and Sarah Ellis of Ditch Side at St Sepulchre, Holborn in 1698. He was apprenticed to Thomas Nicholls of the Skinners Company in 1713 and made free in 1720. Grimwade records he entered a mark at some time from 1720-32 as a free Skinner from Golden Cup, Carey Lane,...

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The Will of William Pennystone or Penystone alias Penstone, goldsmith late of St Sepulchre, was proved for probate on 18th March 1712 (National Archives reference PROB 11/526/100).

The Will of Samuel Peacock, jeweller late of St Sepulchre, was proved for probate on 11th March 1828 (National Archives reference PROB 11/1738/135).

He was made free by patrimony in the Clothworkers (sic) Company in 1754 or 1755. Extract from page 668 of the Dictionary of National Biographies : The eldest son of John Ellicott (1706-1772), clockmaker to the king, having been admitted to partnership around 1769 succeeded to his father’s business a...

He was born Antoine Du Chesne in 1707, the son Claude, a clockmaker and his wife Elizabeth. He was apprenticed to William Richards (Grimwade p.641) of the Goldsmiths Company in 1721 and free in 1729. He married Anne Gagnon at St James, Paddington in 1730; both were from St Ann, Soho parish. He enter...

The Will of Edward Peacock, Goldsmith late of St Martin in the Fields, was proved for probate on 11th February 1729 (National Archives reference PROB 11/628/68).

The Will of John Northam, late of Kensington, was proved for probate on 23rd October 1849 (National Archives reference PROB 11/ 210/279).

A William Ellerby of Spilsby, Lincolnshire was apprenticed in 1786 to John Lewin Newman of the Paviors Company. He was made free in 1802. He married Ruth Manningford in 1799 at St Martin, Ludgate; they were both from that parish. From 1799-1823 five children of William and Ruth Ellerby, including El...

He entered a mark in 1807 at Goldsmiths’ Hall as a small worker from 44 Wardour Street, Soho. Louisa Sophia the daughter of George and Sarah Eichhorn was christened at St Ann, Soho also in 1807. He married Sally Hutchinson at St Bride’s Fleet Street in 1810. He was assessed to Land Tax on property i...

The Will of William Nickolds, plated ware manufacturer late of St Marylebone, proved for probate on 13th June 1840 may be relevant (National Archives reference PROB 11/1929/309).