Taylor, Robert snr, Exeter, Devon, cm (b.1744–d.1826). Took out a Sun Insurance policy in 1777 for £500 of which £450 accounted for stock and utensils. Listed in Exeter Pocket Journal, 1791 and 1796; and in election squibs, 1816. Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793. R. Taylor & Son advertised in Western Luminary, 31 August 1819 stating: ‘Extensive stock of cabinet furniture to be sold at reduced prices until the unmanufactured stock is disposed of, they being about to decline the Manufactory of Cabinet Furniture. A large stock of well-seasoned mahogany to be disposed of. The upholstery business will be continued as usual in all its branches together with the chair & sofa manufactory, carpets, paper hangings, Bedding, an assortment of furniture, prints & moreens, glasses etc.’. R. Taylor jnr took over his father's business in 1821. Death of Robert Taylor snr at St Sidwell's, Exeter, aged 82, reported in The Alfred, 22 August 1826. [GL, Sun MS vol. 258, p. 497] Probable confusion with: