Coupland, Robert

Leeds, Yorkshire; upholsterer (fl.1777–80)

Apprentice to Thomas Bradford of Doncaster, Yorkshire.

In 1777 he advertised that he had recently returned from London ‘with all kinds of Most Fashionable upholstery goods’ which he intended to make up and sell from his shop in Briggate, formerly occupied by the late John Lambert.

In the following year the address his given as ‘near the Cross’, at the shop formerly occupied by Messrs Horsfell & Richardson. Also in this year he advertised for a journeyman upholsterer to assist him in his business. 

In 1780 he described himself as an appraiser and distiller [Leeds Intelligencer, 18 March 1777; 9 January 1778, 25 August 1778, 22 April 1780].

Source: DEFM