Reid, John, William, George, Ann(e) & James, 53 Goodge St, London, cm (1781–1856). John Reid first paid rates on 53 Goodge St in 1781, and died in February 1803. From 1813– 23 George Reid is named as the occupier; and in 1824, Anne Reid. After 1824 it is either George or Ann; in 1838, Ann and William Reid; and from 1840–56, James Reid. William and John are named amongst the vouchers for Burton Constable, Yorks. In 1782 they received £34 7s 11½d; and between April and May 1783 they charged £45 10s 2d for dyeing and making up fabrics, and providing ‘a neat 3–6 field bed stained Mahogany’, £2. In 1784 Reid's supplied for Mrs Constable's Dressing Room and Family Bedchamber ‘24 sheets of fine India paper White ground Trees & birds at 18/-’, for £21 12s; and ‘10½ doz. of borders “Reed and Ribbon” at 5/-’, for £2 16s 3d. The firm's commissions for Mrs Constable's Sitting Room, Breakfast Room and best Apartments totalled a cost of £177 1s 2d. The wallpaper in the Family Bedchamber is still there. Further payments were made in 1794 for £33 16s 2d for decorating and upholstery work; and on 6 December 1788, £34 0s 10d for furnishings. In 1787 the firm supplied Wilton carpets costing £49 7s 10½d and in May 1789 received a further payment of £83 18s 7d. [Holborn Lib., rate bks; Humberside RO, Burton Constable papers]