Loxham, Edward

Liverpool, Lancs.; upholsterer (fl.1761-80)

Son of Edward Loxham, mariner and petitioned freedom by patrimony in 1761. He had an account with Gillows of Lancaster before 1763 but the balance was only £2 2s 6d, to which he added 12s 6d for a ‘neat mahogany stand’ in 1763. By 1767 trading from an address in Castle St, and from 1769–77 at 9 Cleveland Street. He bound John Williams as a apprentice, but in May 1767 he absconded and Loxham advertised his description in the hope that he might be apprehended. The business was probably small, for in 1777 he was combining his trade with the post of Overseer of the Poor. In 1773 he had been described as an upholder, dealer, and chapman. Probably the business was not particularly profitable. He was declared bankrupt in 1772 and was again insolvent by 1780. [Freemen's committee book; Bailey's list of bankrupts; Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 8 May 1767, 17 December 1773, 25 May 1780]

Sources: DEFM; Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840 (2008), II, p. 260.