Croft, Samuel, Battle, Sussex, carpenter, joiner, cm and looking-glass maker (1773–77). In October 1773 Croft described his business as ‘old-accostomed’ and he may well have been trading for several years before this date. The object of the advertisement he issued in that month was to obtain a foreman for the carpentry and joinery side of the business and he stated that if the applicant was well-qualified he would have no objection to taking him as a partner. He stated that he could undertake all sorts of cabinet making and could resilver glasses. In April 1777 Croft declared that he was retiring from business and offered to let his carpenter's and joiner's shop, dwelling house, gate-way, yard and large garden. He had in stock at this time a quantity of cabinet and upholstery goods that could be taken at ‘a fair Appraisment’. [Sussex Weekly Advertiser, 25 October 1773, 14 April 1777]