Proctor & Chadley, 27 Albemarle St, London, cm and u (1818–20). Successors to Chipchase & Proctor at this address. One of the partners was William Grosvenor Proctor, formerly the manager and then a partner with the Chipchases in the former business. There were possibly two persons by the name of Chadley involved, for from 1821 Robert & George Chadley were in possession of the Albemarle St business, then at no. 28. Proctor moved in October 1820 to 29 Argyle St, where he set up on his own in the same trade. Henry Leigh Esq. of Stoneleigh, Warks., whose family had previously patronised Chipchase & Proctor, bought furniture from the new partners in 1818. The major item supplied in February 1818 was a bookcase with ‘brass trellis work & rose colour'd silk curtains in the doors’ which was charged at £34 13s. Other items supplied from February to April 1818 increased the total to £90. The business was still of substantial size in January 1820 when insurance cover came to £4,000 of which £3,800 was for stock and utensils in the workshops, warerooms and in an open yard. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 483, ref. 962562; Shakespeare Birthplace Turst, Leigh receipts, DR 18/5]