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Moulder, Thomas (1687-1729)

Moulder, Thomas, Cambridge, u (1687–1729). The accounts of Christ's College note on 1 June 1687 that a bill of Thomas Peters ‘the upholsterer’ was ‘recovd by his Apprentice Tho Moulder’. Payments to Thomas Moulder, u, are recorded in the accounts of St John's College from 1692–1710 and 1726–29. The early ones recording quite detailed payments; 1695 ‘for 15 gilded leather skins nails and work about ye screen in ye Masters Lodge £5. 10.6.’, 1697 ‘for 65 yds of Matting for a room in ye Masters Lodge ye bill £1. 1.8.’, 1706 ‘for a new stool covered with Blew Bays 7s. 6d.’, 1710 ‘for a Damask bed bolster and six cane chairs c matts a work in the Masters Lodging £26. 1.2.’. Two payments between 1696–98 are recorded in the accounts of Trinity College. [Archives of Christ's, St John's and Trinity Colleges] R.W.

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