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Yate, Richard (1820-21)

Yate, Richard, London, chairmaker (1820–21). Of 122 Wardour St took out a Sun Insurance policy on 24 February 1820 for £1,400 including £890 on stock, utensils and goods in trust in his house, workshops and open yard, and £400 on workshops and counting rooms. Of 26 Berwick St took out Sun policies on 30 November 1820 and 2 May 1821 for £1,000, £910 On stock, utensils and goods in trust in his house, workshop, on roof and in open yard. A further policy of 2 May 1821 was taken out with William Harris for £1,600, including £550 on Yate's house, £500 on workshops behind, and £550 on a house at 27 Berwick St in tenure of Bell, a chaser. [GL, Sun MS vol. 483, refs 964024 and 972999; vol. 488, refs 980130–31]

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