CARTWRIGHT, Benjamin I & II, (Grimwade p.460)
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:01 pm
There were at least two Benjamin Cartwights, which Heal , Grimwade , myself and I think the PR1773 ,struggled to separate. Knowing that one died in 1771 enables a little more sense to be made of the various addresses.
A Benjamin Cartwright, probably BC I was fined for substandard buckles in the 1763 - 1769 period.
On 19 Oct 1768 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey (t17681019-11) reprorts
Benjamin Cartwright . I keep a silversmith's shop in Smithfield. On the
24th of September my shew-glass was broke between seven and eight in the
morning, before I came down stairs, my servant had got the boy at the bar;
I had two dozen and two stock-buckles in my shew-glass, and when I came to
count them, there were only seventeen remaining in the glass. "
Being Smithfield this is probably Benjamin 1
On 15 June 1771 the will and codicil of Benjamin Cartwright , Goldsmith of St Bartholomew the Great, City of London was proved at PCC.
The Will was dated 15th January 1766 , when he states " being weak in body" , and the Codicil is dated 9th September 1769. The codicil was obvious written because of the death of his servant, Mary Garlick, to whom a bequest had been made in the will.
His wife was dead before the writing of the 1766 will, in which he desires to be buried as near to her in Stepney Churchyard as possible. Most of the estate went equally to his son Benjamin Cartwright and his son-in law John Manley , the executors. His daughter was Dinah , wife of John Manley.
A Benjamin Cartwright, probably BC I was fined for substandard buckles in the 1763 - 1769 period.
On 19 Oct 1768 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey (t17681019-11) reprorts
Benjamin Cartwright . I keep a silversmith's shop in Smithfield. On the
24th of September my shew-glass was broke between seven and eight in the
morning, before I came down stairs, my servant had got the boy at the bar;
I had two dozen and two stock-buckles in my shew-glass, and when I came to
count them, there were only seventeen remaining in the glass. "
Being Smithfield this is probably Benjamin 1
On 15 June 1771 the will and codicil of Benjamin Cartwright , Goldsmith of St Bartholomew the Great, City of London was proved at PCC.
The Will was dated 15th January 1766 , when he states " being weak in body" , and the Codicil is dated 9th September 1769. The codicil was obvious written because of the death of his servant, Mary Garlick, to whom a bequest had been made in the will.
His wife was dead before the writing of the 1766 will, in which he desires to be buried as near to her in Stepney Churchyard as possible. Most of the estate went equally to his son Benjamin Cartwright and his son-in law John Manley , the executors. His daughter was Dinah , wife of John Manley.