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Bernard, John (1697-1701)

Bernard, John, London, u (1697–1701). In 1697 supplied to St Paul's, London, ‘12 high fine Russia Leather Chaires, 1 Great Chaire, 50 velvet cushions, 2 great Chaires, frames of walnut finely carved’, the bill totalling £129 12s 6d. Further bills survive, for £63 18s, £11 9s for curtains etc.; and £32 0s 8d in 1698–99 for ‘one great chair’ and 12 caned chairs. [Wren Soc., vol. xv, pp. 36–37, 42, 48] Acted as third party in the lease of a messuage in Latchford in 1701. [Oxford RO, Misc. A1 I/1]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.