PAYNE, Southern (Grimwade p.348)

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He was in the Clockmakers Company by 1753 when he paid Duty for the apprentice indentures of William Davis.
He paid further Duty for the apprentice indentures of John Bidwell in 1766.
Robert, the son of James Dolton, late shoemaker of Goswell Street, signed indentures in 1777 to be his apprentice.
He was assessed to Land Tax on property in Bridgwater Square from 1757 to 1784 where, from number 17, he entered maker’s marks at Goldsmiths Hall in 1775 and 1784 as a watch case maker. The assessments from 1785 for the same property were made on James Richards (Grimwade p.307, 340) possibly indicating that Southern Payne had retired.

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He was apprenticed to his father Richard Payne of the Clockmakers Company in 1743. His father Richard Payne may have been the case maker Grimwade referred to on page 316 of his book.
Thomas Pepper I (Grimwade p.619) signed indentures to be his apprentice in 1757.
He is listed on page 245 of Watchmakers and Clockmaker of the World as master of the Clockmakers Company in 1778.