Merryfield (or Merrifield), William

‘The Three Chairs & Crown’, Fleet Ditch (or Side or Market), London; upholder (fl. 1722–60)

Member of the London Merchant Taylors' Company.

Purchased a Sun Insurance policy on 20 July 1722 for £500 on goods and merchandise in his house.

Served as Constable at St Bride's in 1726; Collector for the Poor in 1736; Scavenger in 1741; Questman in 1743; and Churchwarden in 1746 [The London Archives (TLA), Sun MS vol. 14, ref. 25944; GL, MS 6561, p. 46].

Apprenticed Henry Broughton in 2 October 1754 [Guildhall Library (GL), Merchant Taylors' Company apprenticeship bindings books, MS 34038/20].

Source: DEFM