Spence, William, Simpson's Fold, Leeds, Yorks., cm and u (1791–1820). Named in the Leeds Cabinet and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices, 1791 as a journeyman cm in basic sympathy with its contents. Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. Trading at Simpson's Fold by 1816, the number being 61 in 1818–20. By 1822 the business at this address was being conducted by Anne Spence & Sons. Anne may have been William's widow. Recorded in one directory of 1816 as Spencer, presumably wrongly. [D] See George Spence at this address.