Moon, William

London; chair and coffin maker (fl. 1775–94)

Recorded at 7 White Hart Court, Long Acre, West Smithfield (1775); Long Lane (1777); and at 141 St John's Street (1779–94).

Moon purchased a Sun Insurance policies in 1775 for £200 of which stock accounted for £28; and in 1779, as chair maker, broker and undertaker, for £300, £100 accounting for utensils, stock and goods.

In 1777 he employed twelve non-freemen for three months and six weeks as a Citizen & Fruiterer.

William Moon, Coffin and Chair Maker, Broker, and Sworn Appraiser, At his Manufactory, No. 141 St. John Street, near Smithfield. Where the Public may be supplied with all sorts of Mahogany, Walnut-tree, Cherry-tree and Beach Chairs, on the lowest Terms of any Man whatsoever who doth Justice to his Customers. The most Money given for any Parcel or House of Goods. All things necessary for Funerals at an Hour's Notice in Town or Country, c. 1794 [Heal,28.147]. © The Trustees of the British Museum

Another trade card is in the John Johnson Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford.

Source: DEFM. Stabler, ‘Furniture Makers' Trade-Cards and Bill-Heads in the John Johnson Collection’, FHS Newsletter (May 2007).