Woodward, Samuel

Parliament Street, Nottingham; cabinet maker (fl. 1779–91)

In 1779 Woodward insured some houses for £600. In that year he was trading in Parliament Street where his business was still being conducted in 1783 [The London Archives (TLA), Sun MS vol. 279, p. 173]. He had thought seriously of setting up business in America but by May 1783 had given up this idea and indicated in an advertisement his intention of carrying on his ‘Building, Joinery, and Cabinet Making Business’ in Nottingham [Nottingham Journal, 3 May 1783, 31 July 1784].

In July of the following year he advertised for craftsmen and in 1791 he was one of the masters who signed the Nottingham Cabinet and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices.

Source: DEFM