HOBDELL, Richard (Grimwade p.376)

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Goldworkers List (Section VII).

Born in 1765.
Christening record for St Mary, Aldermanbury dated 24th November 1765.
Married Patience Dutton on 26th January 1788 at St Mary, Islington. The bridegroom was recorded as of the Islington parish, the bride from Aldermanbury.
Trade Directory entries 1789 as a jeweller at 22 Silver Street, Wood Street and 1790 as a goldworker and jeweller at 29 Addle Street, Aldermanbury.
Christening records are at St Alban, Wood Street dated 1800-3 for 2 of their children.
Died 1822.
London Deaths & Burials Index for St Alban, Wood Street register dated 18th August 1822. Aged 57 years; last address St Mary, Lambeth.
Wife Patience was living in the Goldsmiths Almshouses at Acton in 1851 aged 83 years and died in 1856.

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In an undated document applying for his freedom of the City of London in the Company of Goldsmiths he declared he was the son of Henry Hobdell, goldsmith (Grimwade p.547-8).
A document in 1816 by Anthony Cox (Grimwade p.355) applying for his freedom of the City of London in the Company of Goldsmiths declares he had been an apprentice of Richard Hobdell for 7 years from 1798.
Indentures were signed in 1799 for Richard son of Richard Hobdell, goldsmith of Addle Street to be his father’s apprentice. In the same year Indentures were similarly signed for George (Sharman?) son of John, silversmith of White Cross Street.
Lists of Duties paid by Richard Hobdell for other Apprentice Indentures include Nathaniel Troughton in 1800 and Robert Russell in 1803.

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Goldworkers List (Section VII).

Born in 1765.
Christening record for St Mary, Aldermanbury dated 24th November 1765.

Richard's christening record lists his parents as Henry and Katherine. The placement of their names in the records doesn't look correct at first glance, but when the layout of the entire page is taken into account it makes sense to me.

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Trade Directory entries 1789 as a jeweller at 22 Silver Street, Wood Street and 1790 as a goldworker and jeweller at 29 Addle Street, Aldermanbury.

1803 Richard Hobdell 29 Addle Street Gold Worker & Jeweller listed in Kent's Directory.