Cole, James

Market Place and Long Causeway, Peterborough, Northamptonshire; upholsterer, cabinet and chair maker and appraiser (fl. 1768–92)

In 1770 he advertised that he could supply furniture in mahogany, walnuttree and wainscot; and three years later, when seeking two journeyman chair makers, stated that ‘none need apply but what are good hands, as their work will be chiefly in mahogany’ [Cambridge Chronicle, 24 September 1768, 24 February 1770, 13 November 1773].

Total insurance cover was £600 in 1779, £700 in 1782 and £1,400 in 1792 of which utensils, stock, goods, warehouse and workshop accounted for £320, £400 and £500 respectively [The London Archives (TLA), Sun MS vol. 271, p. 497; vol. 299, p. 565; vol. 388, p. 552].

Source: DEFM