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Moore, John (1775-86)

Moore, John, Stratford, London, cm and upholder (1775–86). Recorded ‘next the George’, 1775–80, when he took out Sun Insurance policies in 1775 for £400 on his house; in 1776 for £200 on his warehouse; in 1778 for £2,000, including £1,350 on utensils and stock, and £200 on his warehouse; in 1780 for £2,880 including £750 on utensils and stock in workshops and warehouses; and a further policy in 1780 for £1,800, including £400 on his house, workshop and warehouses, and £1,160 on utensils, stock and goods. Named in Bailey's list of bankrupts in 1786. [GL, Sun MS vol. 242, p. 499; vol. 249, ref. 369998; vol. 270, p. 236; vol. 280, p. 119; vol. 287, p. 195]

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