Farr(i)er, John

Soho, London; cabinet maker and upholder (fl.1782-1808)

Farr(i)er took out Sun Insurance policies in 1782 for £1,300 of which utensils, stock and goods accounted for £850; and in 1784 for £1,000, utensils and stock accounting for £440; recorded at 4 Gerrard Street in 1784 [Guildhall Library, Sun MS vol. 299, p. 415; vol. 324, p. 605]. Listed trading as an upholder at 11 Leicester Street, Leicester Square, 1790-93. 

Possibly the same man, John Farrer, who was named in Sheraton's list of master cabinet makers, 1803. He was recorded as an upholsterer, cabinet maker & upholstery warehouseman at Princes Street, Leicester Square (1802-09); and trading at no. 5 in 1808.  

Source: DEFM