Keen, John (1775-1790)
Keen, John,
London; broker, chair and cabinet maker (fl.1775-90)
At 59 Fleet Market when purchasing insurance of £1,000. Only £30 of this was in respect of utensils and stock kept at Fleet Market, but he had a manufactory at 29 Rosamund Row, Clerkenwell and utensils and stock here was valued at £225 with a similar sum in addition for stock in the yard [Guildhall Library, Sun MS vol. 244, p. 129].
At 10 Northampton Row, Spitalfields, Clerkenwell when buying insurance cover of £500 in 1790. Of this £300 was in respect of workshops, a wareroom, a counting house and a shed [Guildhall Library, Sun MS 22 June 1790, ref. 570731].
Source: DEFM