He was listed without a record of his address as a freeman in the Goldsmiths Company in the 1713 and 1722 London Poll Books.
Indentures to be his apprentice were signed in 1726 by John the son of John Wibird, leather seller of London.
He was listed in 1727 at Strand and in 1750 at Westminster as a freeman of the Goldsmiths Company.
The Will of William Spring, Goldsmith late of London, was proved for probate on 25th June 1757 (National Archives reference PROB 11/831/191).