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Butte(r)feild, James (1718-25)

Butte(r)feild, James, address unrecorded, upholder (1718–25). Son of John Buttefield, mercer, of Buckingham; app. to Daniel Cooper on 3 December 1718, and admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude on 8 December 1725. Took app. named James Short 1738–46. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records] Possibly:

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