Bosley (or Boseley), John, St Bride's, London, cm and joiner (1712–39). Addresses given at ‘The Crown’, Fleetditch, 1712–19, and Ditch Side, 1717–39. Took out insurance policies as a joiner on 16 August 1712 with the Hand in Hand Co. for £150 on his house; with the Sun Co. on 3 October 1713; the Hand in Hand Co. on 22 September 1718 for £150 on his house and two others; and with the Sun Co. on 9 July 1719 on his warehouse and four houses adjoining in tenure. As cm, served at St Bride's as Questman in 1717, Sidesman in 1720, and Churchwarden in 1739. [GL, Hand in Hand MS vol. 10, ref. 23629; vol. 19, p. 165; GL, Sun MS vol. 3, p. 65; vol. 9, p. 353; GL, MS 6561, p. 28]