BASKERVILLE, George (Grimwade p. 432)

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Grimwade gives his last mark as 3 March 1780 but notes that Heal records him up to 1792.
However the will of a George Baskerville of St Bartholomew the Great was proved at PCC on 5 March 1782.

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MIke has bowled me a googlie that indicates we may have two silversmith George Baskervilles involved.
Grimwade hints this might be the case stating " He appears to have had an exceptionally long working life but ...... "

The register of St Bartholomew the Great records the burial of a George Baskerville aged 45 years (thus born around 1737) on 14th March 1782 who is probably the testator silversmith of the Will proved in 1782
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However the George Baskerville given in Grimwade entered his first mark at Goldsmiths Hall in 1738. When our testator was an baby !
So either we have two separate silversmiths, or the age given in the church record was erroneous. It is quite possible that 1782 death may have been of a son of the Grimwade George Baskerville.
Again if anyone has a copy of this will, I'd be appreciative of a copy or transcript please ?

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My wife went to the National Archives recently and reports

The George Baskerville, Gentleman of Crosby Square proved at PCC on 31 December 1777 appears to have no connection with the silversmith fraternity . A red Herring !

The Will of George Baskerville, Silversmith of St Bartholomew the Great proved 31 December 1782 (TNA/PRON11/1088/147) gives the following information
Signed 19 June 1781. Witnessed by Richard Rake, James Stobie, and Ann Maria Stobie . The Stobies are likely to be near neighbours or household servants .
The sole executor, or rather executrix, was his widow Sarah Baskerville .

Now if someone can find the marriage....... !

[MCB]

The George Baskerville whose Will was granted probate in 1777 was probably the son of Ralph Baskerville of Bedford who had been made a freeman of the Glovers Company by redemption in 1741, who was listed in Land Tax assessment records from 1742-67 and the London Poll Book of 1750 as an attorney at Nag’s Head Court, Gracechurch Street. He was later assessed to Land Tax from 1768-77 and listed in the 1768 Poll Book in the Glovers Company at Crosby Square, Bishopsgate Street, the address in the probate record.
A previous post shows that the George Baskerville who died in 1781 could not have entered the mark of 1738 at Goldsmiths’ Hall. He is also unlikely to have entered the marks of 1745-55 which Grimwade mentions. The foregoing appears to establish George Baskerville, the son of George of Winterbourne indentured in 1732 to Joseph Sanders of the Goldsmiths Company, was another person.
Further research has established Albion Buildings was situated in St Bartholomew the Great precinct. No evidence has come to light that George Baskerville, father and son, had occupied the property. The George Baskerville aged 45 years whose burial was registered at St Bart’s in 1781 and whose Will was granted probate in 1782 was presumably therefore the one assessed to Land Tax on otherwise unidentified property in St Bart's precinct from 1770-81, the one listed there in the 1773 Parliamentary Report, the one who entered marks in partnership with Thomas Morley from there in 1775, a mark alone from there in 1780 and the silversmith who was listed from there in Inland Revenue records to have paid duty in 1778 for the indentures of Josiah Snatt (Grimwade p.665).
Still no marriage record has come to light for them but the widow Baskerville continued to be assessed to Land Tax on the property in Albion Buildings from 1782 until 1795. If she had also continued to run the business it could explain why Heal (thought he?) had noted George Baskerville there until 1792.

Mike

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The sole...executrix, was his widow Sarah Baskerville.

2 July 1738 "July ye 2d 1738 by vertue of a License of Mylord Arch Bishop of Cantebury bearing Date ye 1st of July was married Mr George Baskerville and Mrs Sarah Bowcock by me J Lestourgen Reader." Castle Street Chapel, Leicester Square.