Cooke, William

London, upholder (fl. 1726–33)

The son of John Cooke of Warwick, weaver, apprenticed to Purbeck Savage 2 December 1718 and turned over to J. Sanderson, freeman draper, 11 May 1720. Made free of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude, 5 October 1726.

Probably the William Cooke concerned in a Chancery suit against Thomas Jobber of Aston, Shropshire, in 1732–33 [Guildhall Library, Upholders’ Company records; Furniture History, 1979].

Source: DEFM