Lambe, Richard, 24 High St, Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex, u and cm (1805–40). In 1810 he was paid £2 9s for the use of 94 chairs, two tables and two glasses at the Shire Hall, Lewes. Further payments were made from 1810–11 for upholstery materials and furniture amounting to £58 19s 2d and on 15 February 1812 a further £63 10s for furniture. This patronage was in connection with the furnishing of the new County Hall in Lewes. After 1832 the business traded as Richard & William Lamb. In May 1838 they advertised for an app. in the upholstery and paper hanging side of their business who would ‘be treated as one of the family’ though a premium was expected. An oak library table in a Jacobean revival style bearing a lead plaque underneath inscribed ‘Rd. Wm. Lambe, cabinet makers, Lewes 1838’ was included in Christie's sale of 7 February 1980, lot 79. [D; poll bks; E. Sussex RO, QAH/1/ ES(264), QAH/1/7/E2, no. 259; Sussex Agricultural Express, 19 May 1838]