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Williams, Robert (1774-93)

Williams, Robert, London, upholder and cm (1774–93). At Bow St, Covent Gdn, 1774–77. In 1777 he moved to King St, Covent Gdn and was at 28 till 1789 and then 40 from 1790– 93. In 1777 he took out two insurance policies with the Sun Office, one was for £2,000 which included stock and utensils valued at £1,000. This was for the 28 King St address. He appears to have been using the Bow St address also in this year for he insured a further £300 value of stock and utensils there. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 261, pp. 29–30]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.