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Marshall, Thomas (1756-63)

Marshall, Thomas, Leeds, Yorks., cm (1756–63). Recorded in Kirkgate, with warehouse in Briggate, 1763. Took app. named Smith in 1756. Son of James Marshall cm; admitted freeman of York in 1757, and polled there, but of Leeds, in 1758. Advertisement in Leeds Intelligencer, nos 465–66, 1763 read: ‘A Cabinet Maker in full business wants one or two apprentices, — apply to Mr. Thomas Marshall, Cabinet Maker in Kirkgate, Leeds, at whose warehouse in Briggate may be had all sorts of Cabinet and Chair work made in the newest and most genteel Taste, and at reasonable prices.’ [S of G, app. index; York freemen rolls] James Marshall jnr of York and Leeds traded in Briggate, Leeds in 1761.

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.