Preston, Thomas

Lancaster, Lancs and Lincoln, Lincs.; upholsterer and cabinetmaker (fl.1758–86)

The son of William Preston deceased, he was apprenticed to R. Thorney in 1758 and free, 1785–86. This extended period between the start of his apprenticeship and his freedom is noteworthy as is also the remark in the freemen roll ‘of the City of Lincoln’. His brother William was a cabinet maker of Louth, Lincolnshire, and another brother, Joseph, became a cabinetmaker of Kendal, also in 1785-86.

Sources: DEFM; Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840 (2008), II, p. 319.