Old, Thomas

14 Fish Street Hill, London; upholder and cabinet maker (fl.1778–84)

Made free of the Upholders’ Company under the terms of the 1750 Upholders’ Act, 7 March 1781. He appears to have been trading as an upholder and cabinet maker as early as 1778. In this year he purchased insurance cover of £600 of which £400 was in respect of utensils and tools [Guildhall Library (GL), Upholders’ Co. records; Sun MS vol. 264, p. 415].

Source: DEFM