Freeman, William

St Andrews, Norwich, Norfolk; cabinet maker (fl.1811–39)

William Freeman, cm was enrolled as a freeman of Norwich on 24 February 1811. He is recorded in the poll bk of 1812 at St Andrew's and that of 1830 in the parish of St Simon and St Jude. Robson's Directory, 1839 lists him as a general furniture maker and broker at St Andrews. A plain mahogany two door cupboard of approximately this date has been noted with ‘From Freemans/MANUFACTORY/St. ANDREWS NORWICH’ stencilled on the back (illus. Jones, Regional Furniture (1993), p. 79.). William Hicklenton, cm, app. of William Freeman, was admitted a freeman of Norwich on 3 May 1818.

Source: DEFM; Jones, ‘An Anthology of Regional Furniture with Maker's Identification’, Regional Furniture (1993).