Punchard, Robert, London and Norwich, upholder and auctioneer (1772–d. 1798). Son of Jeremiah Punchard of Norwich, u. App. to Nathaniel Spurling in London and free of the London Upholders’ Co. by servitude, 17 June 1772. By September 1780 he had returned to Norwich and in 1784 was trading from an address at Elm-hill St. His will was proved at Norwich in 1798. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records; poll bks; Norfolk Record Soc., index of wills]