Swain, Samuel, 9 Broker's Row, Moorfields London, u (1755– d. 1790). Son of Samuel Swain of Wandsworth, Gent. App. to James Rodwell, joiner on 18 November 1755, John Steel, draper on 1 July 1760 and Caril Pitt, a member of the Fishmongers’ Co. on 9 December 1760. Free of the Upholders’ Co. under the terms of the 1750 Upholders’ Act, 22 November 1762. Took as apps William Rawlins 1773–78, Samuel Wright 1773–81 and Thomas Moore 1766–78. Alderman of the City of London in 1784 and Master of the Upholders’ Co., 1787– 88. He traded at the sign of ‘The Woolpack’ and also that of ‘The Lamb’. Apart from 9 Broker's Row he also occupied 10. The address was also given as Bedlam Walk, between New Broad St and Old Bedlam, Moorfields. His trade cards [Leverhulme Coll., MMA, NY and GL] state that he furnished funerals and ‘Makes, Buys, Sells and Appraises all manner of Household Furniture’. In 1775 he insured his house for £800. An Elizabeth Swain, probably his widow, carried on the business after his death in 1790. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records; Sun MS vol. 240, p. 285; Heal]