Clarke, John & Yardley, Samuel, Coventry, Warks., u, cm, joiners, cider merchants, brickmakers and farmers (1777–83). In 1777 insured house and workshops for £100 and utensils and stock for £730 out of an entire insurance cover of £2,200. By 1781 insurance cover had fallen to £850 of which £280 was for utensils and stock. Corresponding figures for 1782 are £700 and £360 and for 1783 £700 and £170. In 1783 only John Clarke is named on the insurance records and his address is given as Smithford St. [GL, Sun MS vol. 257, p. 595; vol. 292, pp. 354–55; vol. 302, p. 267; vol. 314, p. 72]