Thomas, John, Truro, Cornwall, u and cm (1805–d. by 1822). Advertised in Royal Cornwall Gazette, 2 April 1808 giving address ‘Directly opposite Pearce's Hotel, 8 Lemon St.’ and offering thanks for ‘that distinguished patronage he has uniformly experienced since his first commencement in business’. Stated that he was ‘lately returned from London’, and having had the opportunity of ‘seeing the present mode of furnishing, he will be enabled in future to complete his orders in the furnishing in general, in the very first stile.’ He had also purchased paper, chintzes, carpeting, hearth rugs, drawing room and dining chairs etc. Announced in the same paper, 16 July 1808, that he had commenced business as an auctioneer; and on 25 April 1812 that he had again just returned from London ‘with an entire assortment of every article’ for his ‘Fashionable Upholstery & Cabinet Warehouse’, 8 Lemon St. ‘He most earnestly recommends his assortment of Mahogany, which from its superior quality & great variety, he has no doubt will give much satisfaction, having given that particular branch of his business the most attention, by selecting the very best woods the London markets would produce, & which will be manufactured by most approved workmen. Mahogany in Plank & Veneers. Bed Pillars etc. sold wholesale at the London Prices.’ Advertised similarly, still at Lemon St, on 10 April 1819. On 21 October 1815 he took two shares of £25 in the Truro Shipping Co. in order ‘to acquire vessels for the coasting trade’. His widow gave notice in Royal Cornwall Gazette, 16 March 1822, that the premises in Lemon St, ‘where the upholstery & Cabinet business had been carried on for the last 14 years with great success’, were to be let. [D; Cornwall RO, AD69]