8 October 1799 James Stretch Saint Leonards Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex Optician paid apprentice indenture duty for John Holmes.
30 January 1813 James Stretch of Queenshead Lane in the Parish of Saint Mary Islington in the County of Middlesex will proved at London. The Executors were William Watkins Optician, William Blake Watch Case Maker, and William Robson Clock Maker. London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, Clerkenwell, London, England; Reference Number: DL/C/450; Will Number: 51