Knowles, John (1729-47)
Knowles, John, ‘The Cabinet and Four Coffins’, Tooley St, Southwark, London, joiner, cm, appraiser and undertaker (1729–47). On 16 October 1729 took out insurance cover amounting to £500 much of which was connected with his stock in trade. Apart from his dwelling house, in which some stock was kept, a timber warehouse is mentioned. His trade label has been recorded in a walnut chest of drawers of early 18th-century date. [Heal; GL, Sun MS vol. 29]
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