Braman, William, London, upholder (1700–13). App. to Abraham Ashley, blacksmith, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 17 September 1700. Took apps named Samuel Marriot, 1703–15, John Whittle on 13 November 1711, and Henry Coward on 28 September 1713, both for £35. Took out a Hand in Hand Insurance policy on 28 July 1712 on a rented house on the east side of Warwick Lane, parish of St Faith, next to the Bell Inn, for £225. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records; PRO, IRI/1–2; GL, Sun MS vol. 10, ref. 8517]