Purdie, Andrew, London, cm (1785–1811). In 1785 at 2 Little Queen St, Lincoln's Inn Fields where he took out insurance cover of £100 on utensils, stock and goods in trust. By 1790 he had moved to 22 Queen St Holborn, an address previously occupied by a Henry Purdie; but in 1792 was at 98 High Holborn in partnership, trading as Purdie & Hinchcliff. The partnership lasted until 1799 but from 1800 Purdie was trading on his own behalf from the High Holborn address. In 1803 he was included in the list of master cabinet makers in Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 329, p. 524]