Surman, Jeremiah, London, cm and furniture broker (1729–35). At Soho Sq., St Anne's where he maintained show and salerooms. In 1734 at York St, Covent Gdn. Bankruptcy announced, London Gazette, 7 May 1735. It is debatable whether he actually made furniture. He appears to have held stocks of furniture and also conducted auction sales. In July 1733 he sold by auction the stock of Francis Croxford, chair and cabinet maker. Two receipted bills in the Strafford papers in the BM refer to the supply of a mahogany basin stand on 13 January 1731 for £1 1s and a walnut table on 3 February 1731/32 at £1. Amongst the Holkham Hall, Norfolk accounts is a reference to the supply in 1730 of ‘2 codrell tables & 2 fire screens’ at a cost of £6 12s by ‘Surman’. [Heal; Conn., February 1933, pp. 89–94, June 1933, pp. 375–76; V&A archives]