Broughton, Christopher, Norfolk St, Strand, London, upholder (1699–d. by 1749). Took app. named William Wimpenny, 1699–1714. Took out Hand in Hand Insurance policies on 1 July 1707 and 9 June 1714 for £550 on 2 houses. Advertised in The Post Man, 1 November 1709, ‘A Large House in Norfolk Buildings with a Coach-house and Stables to be Let, Furnished to Unfurnished’. His son, Francis, admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by patrimony in 1749. [GL, Hand in Hand MS vol. 5, ref. 13670; vol. 13, p. 370; GL, Upholders’ Co. records]