Common Name Resource - Williams

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Furniture Makers - Source

• William, John, High St, Stamford, Lincs., cm and u (1838). Also a paper hanger, auctioneer and appraiser. On 1 November 1838 charged the churchwardens of St Michael's Church £1 18s for making and fixing crimson moreen curtains to the south window of the Church. [Stamford Town Hall Lib., T22]
• Williams, —, Glass House Yd, Aldersgate Bars, London, cm (1747). [Heal]
• Williams, —, Lancaster, carver (1784–1824). Named in the Gillow records 1784–87, 1791, 1800, 1822–24. [Westminster Ref. Lib., Gillow]
• Williams, —, Ipswich, Suffolk, chairmaker (1793). Subscribed to Sheraton's Drawing Book, 1793.
• Williams, —, 12 Cumberland St, Middlx Hospital, London, carver and gilder (1809). [D]
• Williams, —, Market Pl., Plymouth, Devon, cm and u (1814). [D]
• Williams, Benjamin, Corbridge, Staffs., joiner, cm and grocer (1822). [D]
• Williams, Charles, London, upholder (1709–27). In Leicester Sq. area 1709–13. In March 1713 his address was given as ‘next my Lord Sommers in Leicester Fields’ and in May of the same year as ‘east side of Leicester Square … and 4th house northward from Green St’. The latter address valued at £500 had a workshop at the rear. On 26 February 1713 he took an app. By 1717 however he had moved and in July of that year he insured a house described as his dwelling, west side, first passage westwards from Red Lyon St, south side of Ormond St. In 1727 the address was rendered as Red Lion St. [Heal; GL, Sun MS vol. 2, p. 209; vol. 11, p. 580; Hand in Hand MS vol. 17, p. 200; S of G, app. index]
• Williams, Charles, Bristol, u (1773–75). Bankruptcy announced Gents Mag., February 1773 and in the following year living in the parish of St Peter. Trading at 6 Dolphin St, 1775. [D; poll bk]
• Williams, Charles, Preston St, Exeter, Devon, cm (1821). Son bapt. St Mary Major, 28 January 1821. [PR (bapt.)]
• Williams, Charles, Park Row, Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, u (1827). [D]
• Williams, Charles, Eign St, Hereford, cm (1832–37). [Poll bks]
• Williams, David George, London, upholder (1809–25). One directory shows him at 4 Duke St, Manchester Sq. in 1811 but others give addresses in Gt Marylebone St. The number indicated was 41 from 1809 but one directory of 1814 states 11 while another of the following year lists 44. These may be errors. In 1820 claimed to be u to the Royal Family. [D]
• Williams, E., Bristol, u (1814–15). In Clare St in 1814 but in the following year at 42 Wine St. [D]
• Williams, Edward, Comus St, Liverpool, u (1818–21). The number in Comus St was 14 in 1818 and 12 in 1821. [D]
• Williams, Edward, Frankwell, Shrewsbury, Salop, cm (1838). [Shrewsbury freemen rolls]
• Williams, Elijah, Bristol, cm and u (1807–18). At 57 Broad Quay, 1807–10, but in 1812 the number was 77. In 1818 an Elijah Williams, u was trading at 11 Hillgrove St. [D]
• Williams, Ellis, Chester, cm (1824–26). Free 1824 and in this year his address was recorded as Love St. In 1826 living in Brook St. [Freemen rolls; poll bk]
• Williams, G., 10 Little Rider St, St James's, London, cm and chairmaker (1820). [D]
• Williams, George, Adderbury, Oxon., carver (1757). On 27 April 1757 married Elizabeth Harris of Adderbury in that village. He was aged 22. [Bodleian index of Oxf. marriage bonds]
• Williams, George, Market St, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, u (1788–1802). In May 1802 his stock in trade was sold off. This consisted of mahogany chairs, sofas, circular end and other dining tables, pier and swing glasses and a handsome secretaire. [D; Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 23 February 1789; Exeter Flying Post, 27 May 1802]
• Williams, George, Mint St, Southwark, London, horsehair manufactory (1804). [D]
• Williams, George, 69 King St, Golden Sq., London, cm and u (1805–18). [D]
• Williams, George, Lower Lane, Chester, cm (1812). [Poll bk]
• Williams, George, 6 Midghall St, Liverpool, cm (1816). [D]
• Williams, George C., Manchester, carver and gilder (1826–40). At 3 Princess St in 1836 and 73 Bridge St, 1838–40. [D]
• Williams, George, London, cm and u (1805–35). At 9 King St, Golden Sq., 1805–07, 41 Gt Marylebone St, Cavendish Sq., 1809–12, 69 King St in 1817 and 10 Little Ryder St, St James's from 1820. Also recorded as I. & David Williams. [D]
• Williams, Griffith, Chester, u (1730). Son of Hugh Williams of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Gent. and app. to Joseph Parker of Chester, u. Free 25 April 1730. [Freemen rolls]
• Williams, H., East St, Southampton, Hants., carver and gilder (1839). [D]
• Williams, Harry (or Henry), London, cm, u and undertaker (1817–39). From 1817–27 at 5 York St, Covent Gdn, where in February 1821 he took out insurance cover of £1,000 which included £600 for stock and utensils. At 26 Berners St, 1835–39. Supplied to Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire on 20 June 1838 a mahogany writing table at £6 6s, a writing chair at £9 9s and twelve ‘Japanese bamboo chairs’ for which £7 16s was charged. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 488, ref. 976100; John Rylands Lib., Manchester Univ., Dunham Massey accounts]
• Williams, Henry, Long Acre, London, joiner and chairmaker (1717–58). In 1717 he was occupying a brick house and workshop on the south side of Long Acre, abutting the east side of Bagnio Walk. This property he insured for £250. His trade was given as ‘joyner’ but it is clear that from an early stage he was strongly involved in furniture making. In 1749 his address was simply rendered as Long Acre but his trade was then stated to be chairmaker. A reference of 1737 names him as cm. He was the successor to Richard Roberts as chairmaker to the Royal Family and his name frequently appears in the Lord Chamberlain's accounts as a regular supplier both of seating furniture and cabinet work. He was also extensively patronised by Frederick, Prince of Wales. Furniture was supplied to Windsor Castle, Somerset House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court and the Houses of Parliament. For Hampton Court he supplied in 1731 a wainscot bedframe for the State Bedchamber though the upholstery work was undertaken by Sarah Gilbert. In 1736–37 he supplied seating furniture for the Queen's Withdrawing Room at Hampton Court. This included 2 large armchair frames and 24 square stool frames en suite at £192. Also provided at the same time were four large settee frames, richly carved and gilt and eighteen square stool frames similarly finished all for the Queen's Gallery. The settee frames were charged at £60 and the stool frames a further £99. These items can perhaps be identified with two arm chairs now at Windsor Castle and existing sets of stools (see GCM). Apart from such expensive and rich furniture for state apartments, Williams supplied more mundane items and furniture for servants’ rooms. In 1752 a wainscot chest of drawers was supplied ‘for the New Page’. He also repaired furniture for the Royal Household and in the case of a set of nine walnut chairs he declared them to be ‘much out of Repair’ and charged for ‘taking them all to pieces, New Jointing them, mending, Scraping and polishing’. For Frederick, Prince of Wales he supplied in 1729 ‘a very neat Mahogany Windsor Chair’ for the Library at St James's Palace and charged £4 for this. Two further chairs of a similar type were supplied for the Blue room. These latter Windsor chairs were said to be ‘richly carved’ but were charged at the same rate of £4 each. Williams also made a set of six mahogany ‘Forest Chairs carved with scrolls &c’ for the Royal establishment at Swinley Lodge in 1739–40. In the household accounts of Prince Frederick are payments to Williams of £16 9s 6d in 1731 and £20 17s in 1732, the latter being for stools, chairs, a wainscot bedstead and a wainscot press. One of the most expensive items of furniture supplied to the Prince of Wales must have been the cradle made in preparation for the christening of his daughter Augusta in August 1737. ‘The Inside is white Satin, lac'd with Silver Lace, as are the Curtains. The Covering is Crimson Velvet, with Gold Lace, Fringes and Tassels. The Feet that support it are four Lions, finely carv'd and gilt’. This cradle was said to be valued at £500. In 1757 Princess Caroline was supplied at St James's Palace with ‘a Turkey walnut tree easy chair frame with very large brass socket castors’ costing £4 15s. This must have been one of the last of Williams’ commissions for from 1759 Catherine Naish becomes the main supplier of chairs and upholstery work to the Crown. Williams’ name appears in connection with commissions for a number of members of the aristocracy and gentry. In 1728 he supplied Sir Paul Methuen with a chair and a large mahogany frame for a marble table top. He is probably the ‘Mr. Williams’ who on 24 March 1727 charged Sir John Dutton of Sherborne House, Glos. £25 for a large lookingglass with a carved frame for his drawing room. In 1729 a further large glass with a gilt tabernacle frame was supplied costing £30. It is also likely that he was the ‘Williams’ who supplied a set of eighteen walnut framed leather covered chairs costing £19 11s 6d to Holkham Hall, Norfolk in 1720. In 1738 twelve leather chairs for the Steward's room were supplied but only £2 14s appears to have been charged for these. A Mr ‘Williams’ from London is recorded supplying the Lodge at St John's College, Cambridge with a gilt leather screen in 1748 at £6 13s. [GL, Hand in Hand MS vol. 17, p. 99; Westminster poll bk; GCM; DEF; PRO, LC9/288–92; Old Furniture, vol. 2 (1927) pp. 183, 185; Household accounts, Frederick, Prince of Wales, Duchy of Cornwall, vol. 1(2) p. 507, vol. 111, pp. 242, 248; C. Life, 24 May 1962, p. 1242; Furn. Hist., 1979; Gents Mag., August 1737; Winterthur, Delaware, Symonds papers 75×69.15, p. 87; Glos. RO, Sherborne D678, account 1790; V&A archives; St John's College account bks] B.A.
• Williams, Henry, Wood St, Walthamstow, London, cm and u (1839). [D]
• Williams, Henry, 53 Union St, Southwark, London, chair and sofa maker (1839). [D]
• Williams, Hugh, 33 Park Lane, Liverpool, cm (1839). [D]
• Williams, I. B., 129 Strand, London, dressing case manufacturer, stationer etc. (1837). [D]
• Williams, Isaac, Aldersgate St, London, cm (d. 1804). This business does not appear to have been listed in London trade directories. Isaac Williams was however regarded as a sufficiently important craftsman for his death aged 85 at Walham Green near Fulham to be reported in the Gents Mag., January 1804.
• Williams, J., Bristol(?), cm (d. 1806). Death at Hotwells, Bristol, reported, Gents Mag., December 1806.
• Williams, J., 124 Thomas St, Bristol, cm and furniture broker (1821). [D]
• Williams, J., Union St, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hants., chairmaker (1839). [D]
• Williams, James, Canterbury, Kent, u (1680). [Canterbury freemen rolls]
• Williams, James, London, upholder (1769). Son of Benjamin Williams of Coate, Oxon., farmer, and brother to Thomas Williams. App. to Thomas Ridgeway, a member of the Skinners’ Co. but by trade an u. Free of the Upholders’ Co. under the 1750 Upholders’ Act, 6 December 1769. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]
• Williams, James & Thomas, 12 Ivy Lane, Newgate St, London, upholders, cm, appraisers, auctioneers, undertakers (1770). In January 1770 advertised the opening of a shop in Ivy Lane. [Public Advertiser, 17 January 1770]
• Williams, James, Hull, Yorks., cm (1801). Father of the James Williams who was app. to William Jarratt in March 1801. [App. reg.]
• Williams, James, Nantwich, Cheshire, chairmaker (1803). Married at Nantwich, 21 February 1803. [PR (marriage)]
• Williams, James, 1 Bedford's Ct, Long Millgate, Manchester, cm (1817). [D]
• Williams, James, Market Pl., Preston, Lancs., chairmaker (1818–25). [D]
• Williams, James, 16 Theobalds Rd, London, cm and u (1826– 27). [D]
• Williams, James, St John's Pl., Hereford, cm and u (1830–40). A bill dated 3 July 1830 for twelve rush seated chairs at 7s 3d each made out to a Capt. Pateshall survives. [D; Herefs. RO, F60/205]
• Williams, James, 8 Morford St, Bath, Som., cm (1833). [D]
• Williams, James, Market Pl., Chippenham, Wilts., cm (1839). [D]
• Williams, James, Madeley, Salop, cm (1840). [D]
• Williams, Job, Orange Grove, Bath, Som., upholder and fancy chairmaker (1805). [D]
• Williams, Job, 8 Hall's Buildings, Windmill St, Manchester, cm (1817). [D]
• Williams, John, Oxford, u (1681–1718). On 3 November 1681 married to Jane Darton of Walcot at the Southampton Chapel, Charlbury. In 1692 supplied a set of twelve oak chairs covered with russia leather to Christ Church, Oxford for £6 with a tall backed armchair for which 15s was charged. Both survive, the leather covered chairs now being in the Chapter House. In 1718 took app. named Whitfield. [Bodleian index of Oxf. marriage bonds; W. G. Hiscock, Christ Church Miscellany; S of G, app. index; C. Life, 8 December 1944, p. 991]
• Williams, John, Chester, cm (1742). Son of Thomas Williams of Preston, Lancs., sailor. Freeman of Preston but in 1742 living in Chester. [Preston freemen records]
• Williams, John, Bristol, u (1754–75). In Gents Mag., September 1754 his bankruptcy was announced. In this year he was living in the parish of Christchurch. In 1775 trading at 27 Castle Green. [D; poll bks]
• Williams, John, Bristol, carver and gilder (1786–99). In 1787 at Square Lane and on 14 June insured his household goods for £900. A trade card of 1788 [BM, print dept] gives the address as ‘opposite the Floating Dock, Hot Well Road’. An address in Hotwell Rd is also recorded 1792–93. In 1795 at St Augustine's Back, and 1799 at 17 Trinity St. In December 1786 he insured two houses in the city of Gloucester and two shops for £200. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 341, p. 393; vol. 346, p. 120]
• Williams, John, 91 Fenchurch St, London, upholder (1788–1802). Son of Samuel Williams of Colebrook, Radnor, Gent. Free of the Upholders’ Co., 9 January 1788 and living at 91 Fenchurch St, 1788–1802. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]
• Williams, John, 13 Little Bardy Leg Walk, Southwark, London, upholder (1783–92). Son of Joseph Williams of Little Bardy Leg Walk, Southwark, carpenter. App. to Edward Richardson, 2 April 1783 and free of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude, 6 June 1792. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]
• Williams, John, Preston, Lancs., cm (1802–22). Son of John Williams of Bristol, clockmaker. John Williams snr was a freeman of Preston. John Williams jnr was trading in Preston in 1802 and in that year signed the Preston Cabinet Makers’ and Chair Makers’ Book of Prices, 1802. John jnr was also a Preston freeman. In 1822 he was recorded as ‘formerly of Preston’ and his three sons were also listed as freemen in that year. [Preston Guild records]
• Williams, John, Bristol, cm (1809–20). At Gloucester Rd in 1809, Counterslip in 1813 and 62 Redcliffe St in 1820. [D]
• Williams, John, Bristol, cm (1810–31). At Christmas Steps 1810–15; 19 Milk St, 1819–26; 6 Horse Fair 1827–30 and Bridewell Lane in 1831. [D]
• Williams, John snr, parish of St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon, cm (1812). His son John jnr was made free 1812. [Freemen rolls]
• Williams, John jnr, parish of St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon, cm, (1812–19). Son of John Williams snr and free 1812 by succession. Died in May 1819 aged 38 ‘after a few days illness’. [Freemen rolls; Exeter Flying Post, 20 May 1819]
• Williams, John, 232 Whitechapel Rd, London, cm (1813). [D]
• Williams, John, High Wycombe, Bucks., chairmaker (1814). Son bapt. 1814. [PR (bapt.)]
• Williams, John, Duddeston St, Birmingham, cm (1818). [D]
• Williams, John, East St, Horncastle, Lincs., joiner and cm (1819–35). [D]
• Williams, John, Sittingbourne, Kent, cm and turner (1839). [D]
• Williams, John Powell, Lower Maudlin St, Bristol, carver and gilder (1821). [D]
• Williams, Joseph, London, upholder (1712–37). Free of the Upholders’ Co., 22 October 1712. Took as app. Sarah Chapman, 1716–37. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]
• Williams, Jos., opposite Beaufort Buildings, Strand, London, cm (d. 1760). In 1760 his late dwelling house at Beaufort Buildings was offered for sale. [Harris, Old English Furniture, p. 29]
• Williams, Joseph, Ker St, Devonport, Devon, cm (1838). [D]
• Williams, Joseph, 4 Dartmouth St, Birmingham, bedstead maker and chairmaker (1839). [D]
• Williams, Joseph, Cook St, Chester, u (1839). Free 3 June 1839. [Freemen rolls]
• Williams, M., Bodmin and Truro, Cornwall, u and cm (1804– 10). In January 1804 he announced his move from Bodmin to premises in Lemon St, Truro. Here he stocked ‘tables & chairs of all descriptions, Drawers, Pier & other looking glasses, beds, bedding, mattresses, paper hanging etc.’. He offered to hang bells and to take old items in part-exchange. An app. was advertised for and it was indicated that a premium would be expected. By March 1810 Williams had decided to give up the trade and offered his stock at reduced prices for ready money. He also offered to lease his shop and dwelling house for a term of fourteen years. This property was in Lemon St near the back entrance of the New Market place. That stock not already disposed of was advertised for sale by auction in May. On offer were ‘several setts of Mahogany chairs, a handsome Pier looking glass, Box & Swing ditto, a large Easy chair, a large Glass Case, also a writing desk & several articles of kitchen furniture’. [Royal Cornwall Gazette, 7 January 1804; 24 March 1810, 5 May 1810, 19 May 1810]
• Williams, Mary, High St, Bridgwater, Som., cm (1840). [D]
• Williams, Morgan, King St, Covent Gdn, London, joiner (1803). Included in the list of master cabinet makers in Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.
• Williams, Nathaniel jnr, Bristol, cm (1784–1824). Living in the parish of St James in 1784. In 1817 at 62 Redcliff St and in 1824 at Cathay. [D; poll bk]
• Williams, Nicholas, South Gate St, Exeter, Devon, joiner (1716). In May 1716 he offered for sale ‘all sorts of Chests of Drawers, Hanging Presses, Clock cases, Cabinets, Scrutores, Commode Tables, Desks, Book cases and Looking glasses of the newest fashion and best Fineer'd work in Walnut tree, also Japan'd work with variety of other Household Furniture by wholesale or Retail’. Also offered rooms to let furnished or unfurnished. [Protestant Mercury or the Exeter Post Boy, 18 May 1716]
• Williams, Nicholas, Penryn, Cornwall, cm (1788). Bankruptcy announced June 1788 and a dividend was offered to creditors in May 1791. [Exeter Flying Post, 5 June 1788, 24 July 1788, 26 May 1791]
• Williams, Peter, Foregate St, Chester, cm (1812–31). Free 1812. Took his son Thomas as app. in 1831. [Freemen rolls; poll bks; app. reg.]
• Williams, Richard, Cucumber Ct, Shipyard, by ‘The Ship Tavern’, Strand, London, cm and sedan chairmaker (1749). [Westminster poll bk]
• Williams, Richrd snr, Liverpool, carver and gilder (1790–96). At 53 Paradise St in 1790 but 18 Dale St in 1794 and 13 Dale St in 1796. In the latter year he also conducted a confectioner's shop at 12 Dale St. [D]
• Williams, Richard jnr, Carson's Ct, Vernon St, Liverpool, cm (1801–12). App. 1801 and in 1812 petitioned for freedom from Edward Lowe. Free 14 October 1812. [Freemen rolls]
• Williams, Richard, Irish Lane, Leytonstone, London (1831–40). [Census]
• 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]
• Williams, Robert snr, 8 Pitt St, Liverpool, cm (1781). [D]
• Williams, Robert jnr, Liverpool, cm (1818–29). App. to Nathan Newall and free 11 June 1818. Dead by 1832. [Freemen reg.]
• Williams, Samuel, ‘The Golden Lion & Ball’, St Paul's Churchyard, London, leather gilder (1709–36). Shown at the St Paul's Churchyard address 1720–36 which was described as his dwelling house. He specialised in the supply of leather covered furniture. In 1709 he sold a six leaf screen ‘with Indian figures on a black Japan ground’ and a four leaf screen with a black ground to the Duke of Montrose for £6 8s. On 4 June 1718 Richard Towneley of Towneley Hall, Lancs. was invoiced for four gilt leather elbow dressing chairs, a couch bed and gilt leather for a window seat, the whole amounting to £13 18s. He was promptly paid on 6 June. St John's College, Oxford purchased from Williams on 15 April 1736 ‘twenty black Spanish leather chairs, walnut tree frames’ at 14s 6d each with a charge of 5s for packing. These were for the Common Room. [GL, Sun MS vol. 10, ref. 16618; Scottish RO, GD 220/6/1129/8; Preston RO, Towneley DDTO Q/10/4; St John's College, Common Room file]
• Williams, Samuel, Hadleigh, Suffolk, cm (1824). [D]
• Williams, Samuel, Bristol, cm (1775–94). Shown at 12 Castle Mill St 1775 and Castle Green, 1794. [D]
• Williams, Sarah, Gloucester Lane, Bristol, cm (1795). [D]
• Williams, Sarah, Pithay, Bristol, cm (1826). [D]
• Williams, T., 17 Clarence St, Cheltenham, Glos., cm and u (1839). [D]
• Williams, Thomas, Stone Cutter St, St Bride's, London, chairmaker (1734–46). Fined for refusing parochial office in the parish of St Bride, Fleet St, 1734, 1739, 1744 and 1746. [GL, MS 6561, p. 55]
• Williams, Thomas, London, cm and u (1756–75). At Bow St, Covent Gdn, 1763, Hermitage Bridge, 1767–68 and 8 Gt Tower St, 1769–75. His trade card giving the Bow St address is Rococo in character and uses engravings of a chair and a cabinet in this style. In 1756 provided furniture to a value of £61 5s 6d to Peter Du Cane for his house, Braxted Park, Essex. The payment of £73 for furniture supplied to Sherborne Castle in 1773 to a ‘Mr. Williams’ probably refers to this maker. An invoice dated 1770 from Thomas Williams to a T. Thornhill is in the collection of the V&A. [D; Heal; Essex RO, D/DDC/A13 folio 59; Digby family papers]
• Williams, Thomas, Aldersgate St, London, carver (1767). A freeman and member of the Joiners’ Co. In 1767 took out a licence to employ three non-freemen for three months. [GL, City Licence bks, vol. 5]
• Williams, Thomas, London, upholder (1761–86). Son of John Williams of Coate, Oxon., farmer and brother to James Williams. App. to William Cope and Nicholas Parkes, a draper, 11 September 1761. Free of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude, 5 April 1769. At Bennett St, Rathbone Pl. 1778, Maddox St, Hanover Sq. 1781 and Duke St, Manchester Sq. 1786. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records]
• Williams, Thomas, Ivy Lane, London, u (1773). Bankruptcy announced, Gents Mag., October 1773.
• Williams, Thomas, Dudley, Staffs., joiner and cm (1793). [D]
• Williams, Thomas, address unknown, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803.
• Williams, Thomas, 23 New Compton St, St Giles, London, carver and gilder (1809). [D]
• Williams, Thomas, Duddeston St, Birmingham, chairmaker (1818). See also John Williams in this street, 1818. [D]
• Williams, Thomas, Cheltenham, Glos., auctioneer and u (1827). Bankruptcy announced, Liverpool Mercury, 30 March 1827. A T. Williams trading as a cm and u was in business at 17 Clarence St in 1839. [D]
• Williams, Thomas, Coffee-house Lane, Bridgwater, Som., cm and u (1830). [D]
• Williams, Thomas, 13 Silver St, Liverpool, cm (1839). [D]
• Williams, Thomas, Excise Passage, Exeter, Devon, cm (1839). Daughter bapt. at the Church of All Hallows, Goldsmith St, 27 June 1839. [PR (bapt.)]
• Williams, Thomas Stephen, 161 Snargate St, Dover, Kent, cm and u (1839). [D]
• Williams, William, Crown Ct, Long Acre, London, chairmaker (1749). [Westminster poll bk]
• Williams, William, St Martin's Lane, London, u (1749–55). Subscribed to Chippendale's Director, 1754. [Westminster poll bk]
• Williams, William, parish of St James, Bristol, carver and gilder (1754–85). In 1775 at 30–31 St James's Churchyard. In January 1785 his stock-in-trade and household furniture was offered for sale following on his death. The St James's Churchyard address was described as a dwelling house and the goods on offer from his stock included ‘a very neat Assortment of Pier and Swing Glasses, in Gilt and Mahogany Frames, with Girandoles to match; Quantity of Prints and Paintings, with a variety of Glass and Print Frames, with many other Articles in the above Business’. [D; poll bks; Bonner and Middleton's Bristol Journal, 8 January 1785]
• Williams, William, Bristol, cm (1793–1815). At Thomas St in 1793 and Stoney Hill in 1815. [D]
• Williams, William, Gerrard St, Soho, London, paper hanger, carver and gilder (1776). Bankruptcy announced, Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 27 December 1776.
• Williams, William, London, upholder (1778–86). Son of William Williams snr of Deptford, London. App. to William Rhodes 18 April 1778 and free of the Upholders’ Co. by servitude, 6 May 1778. At this date he was at 66 Paternoster Row and at this address took out insurance cover of £300 of which £250 was for utensils and stock. At 22 Ludgate Hill, 1784–86. [GL, Upholders’ Co. records; Sun MS vol. 267, p. 69]
• Williams, William, 5 Kirkman's Buildings, Tottenham Ct Rd, London, cm (1786). In October 1786 insured his house and one adjoining in John St for £400. [GL, Sun MS vol. 341, p. 56]
• Williams, William, London, upholder and cm (1790–93). At 13 Berwick St, Soho but in 1793 used also an address at 4 Chapel St, Spitalfields. [D]
• Williams, William, 29 Barbican, London, upholder and furniture, bedding and carpet warehouse (1801–20). Son of Richard Williams of the county of Salop, Gent. Free of the Upholders’ Co. by redemption, 7 October 1801. Possibly the William Williams who subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. [D; GL, Upholders’ Co. records]
• Williams, William, Pontack Lane, Liverpool, cm (1812). App. to Mathew Gardner and free 5 October 1812. [Freemen rolls]
• Williams, William, Newington Butts, London, upholder and undertaker (1817). [D]
• Williams, William, Cheltenham, Glos., cm (1818). Freeman of Evesham, Worcs. but living in Cheltenham in June 1818. [Evesham poll bk]
• Williams, William, Wyebridge Gate, Hereford, cm and joiner (1822). [D]
• Williams, William, 12 Marchmont St, Burton Cresc., London, cm (1829). [D]
• Williams, William, Marlborough St, Faringdon, Oxon., cm and u (1830–40). [D]
• Williams, William, 11 Leece St and 2 Deane St, Liverpool, cm (1839). [D]
• Williams, William, 18 Camden St, Islington Green, London, carver and gilder (1839). [D]
• Williams & Gibton, 39 Stafford St, (London?), cm (c. 1830). Maker's label or impressed mark recorded on a mahogany Wellington Chest and a Davenport of c. 1830–40 in style. [Phillips%E2%80%99, Greenham Ct, Newbury, sale 3 August 1967]
• Williams & James, New Bridge St, Exeter, Devon, cm and u (1816–39). The business is recorded in Williams’ name only in 1816 and he is described as a cm. The partnership is recorded in a directory of 1839. [D]
• Williams & Needin(?), address unknown (1758–59). Name recorded on an account of 19 March 1758 to Lord Monson for £17 9s 4½d. The work carried out included the repair of a japanned dressing glass frame and the fitting of a glass plate to it for which 18s was charged. The account was paid 25 April 1759 and received by a Richard Harper. [Lincoln RO, Monson 12]
• Williams & Woodin, opposite Beauford Buildings, Strand, London, u (1759). Advertised the sale of Chaillot work, Gobelins work, carpets etc. [Public Advertiser, 24 December 1759]

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• Williams, Evan. Thursday [1 Jan] was married at Marlborough, Mr. E.Williams, bookseller, in the Strand, to Miss Neate, eldest daughter of the late Robert Neate, of Salthorpe, in Wilts (Daily Advertiser 6 Jan 1789). Partnership between Evan Williams and Thomas Williams, both of No. 11 Strand and No. 156 Leadenhall-street was dissolved June 30, 1799. The business to be carried on by Evan Williams, in the Strand, and Thomas Williams, in Leadenhall-street, each on his own account (London Gazette 9 Aug 1800). Died in the Strand, April 14, 1814, Frances, wife of Mr. E.Williams, bookseller, and eldest daughter of Robert Neate, Esq., of Salthorp, Wilts., 51 (Gent. Mag. Apr 1814, 421). Large office pens, particularly well cut - Made and sold by E.Williams, Stationer to the Duke and Duchess of York, No. 11 Strand, London (MC 14 Nov 1814)
• Williams, J. Married Oct. 2, 1804, Mr. J.Williams, printer, to Miss Bond, daughter of Nath. Bond, Esq., of Bow-street (Gent. Mag. Oct 1804, 976)
• Williams, John I. John Williams, bookseller, begs leave to acquaint his friends, and all other ladies and gentlemen who please to honur him with their commands, that he has opened a shop on Ludgate Hill (within two doors of Bell-Savage Yard) ... (Daily Advertiser 15 Feb 1760). This day at noon will be published, price 1s. Love and chastity, a poetical essay. Occasion'd by the melancholy catastrophe of Miss Bell. Humbly inscribed to the ladies of Great Britain. By Joseph Andrews. Printed for John Williams, bookseller, on Ludgate-Hill (Daily Advertiser 22 Jan 1761). On Tuesday evening [1 Dec] died Mr. Williams, bookseller and stationer on Ludgate Hill (Daily Advertiser 3 Dec 1761)
• Williams, John II. Given gratis, at Mr. Williams's, bookseller, No. 38, Fleet-street; and at Mr. Dixwell's printer, in St. Martin's Lane, an abstract of a new essay on the venereal disease, wrote by Dr. Becket ... (Daily Advertiser 24 Dec 1767). On Saturday [16 Jan] died after three days illness, Mr. [John?] Williams, bookseller, in Fleet-street (Daily Advertiser 18 Jan 1779)
• Williams, John III. Married April 17, 1798, Mr. John Williams, stationer, to Miss Elizabeth Sumner, both of Holywell-street (Gent. Mag. May 1798, 441). John Williams, stationer, patentee manufacturer of improved bookbinding, No. 55, Holywell-street, Strand, respectfully acquaints the public he is removing to large and central premises, No. 20, Cornhill, opposite the Change. The house in Holywell-street, to be disposed of, well established for the trade (Times 21 Apr 1801)
• Williams, S. [Mrs?]. On Saturday next [23 Jan] will be publish'd in three volumes, octavo The entertaining travels enterprizes and opinions of the Chevalier Taylor ... Printed for S.Williams, Bookseller and Stationer, at the New Circulating Library on Ludgate Hill (Daily Advertiser 19 Jan 1762)
• Williams, Thomas. Partnership between Evan Williams and Thomas Williams, both of No. 11 Strand and No. 156 Leadenhall-street was dissolved June 30, 1799. The business to be carried on by Evan Williams, in the Strand, and Thomas Williams, in Leadenhall-street, each on his own account (London Gazette 9 Aug 1800).
• Williams. Wanted, a smart and well educated youth ... Apply to Mess. Flight and Williams, stationers, No. 318 High-Holborn (Daily Advertiser 17 Oct 1786)

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• Charles Williams (caricaturist) (died 1830) was a British caricaturist, etcher and illustrator. He was chief caricaturist between 1799 and 1815 for the leading British publisher S. W. Fores. He worked in a style similar to James Gillray. In his earlier works, Williams used the pseudonyms Ansell or Argus; with George Cruikshank and others he illustrated The Every-Day Book by William Hone, edited 1825–26. WikiPedia

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• Cotton, John, apprentice bookseller, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1773. Apprenticed to Williams, William, £52/10/00 IR/1/58, fo. 134.
• Harris, John, apprentice bookbinder, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1763. Apprenticed to Williams, John, £31/10/00 IR/1/56, fo. 002.
• Harwood, Sacheverell, apprentice bookseller, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1773. Apprenticed to Williams, William, £40/00/00 IR/1/58, fo. 134.
• Rea, George, apprentice stationer, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1765. Apprenticed to Williams, William, £50/00/00 IR/1/55, fo. 159. Stuard, Charles, apprentice bookseller, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1754. Apprenticed to Williams, William, £50/00/00 IR/1/52, fo. 009.
• Williams, John, bookbinder, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1763. Apprentice Harris, John, £31/10/00. IR/1/56, fo. 002.
• Williams, William, bookseller, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1773. Apprentice Cotton, John, £52/10/00. IR/1/58, fo. 134.
• Williams, William, bookseller, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1773. Apprentice Harwood, Sacheverell, £40/00/00. IR/1/58, fo. 134.
• Williams, William, bookseller, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1754. Apprentice Stuard, Charles, £50/00/00. IR/1/52, fo. 009.
• Williams, William, bookseller, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1779. Sun policy 411838, £400, 1779.
• Williams, William, stationer, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1765. Apprentice Rea, George, £50/00/00. IR/1/55, fo. 159.
• Williams, Aaron, Saint Vedast, LON, engraver. 1768: IR/1/25/169 £20/00/00 Norton, John Thomas.
• Williams, Enock, Dursley, GLO, cardmaker. 1726: IR/1/11/096 £8/00/00 Wintle, John, parent: Richard of Arlington GLO
• Williams, Hannah, LON, cit. & stationer. 1747: IR/1/18/038 (McK 8854) £15/00/00 James, Rose, parent: Andrew dec
• Williams, Henry, Sanderton, BUC, papermaker. 1769: IR/1/26/095 £7/00/00 Stacey, William.
• Williams, John, LON, cit. & stationer. 1711: IR/1/01/036 (McK 8856) £50/00/00 Aldersey, William, parent: Abra, late of Custom Ho, gent
• Williams, John, Saint Barholomew the Great, LON, printer. 1770: IR/1/26/187 £3/00/00 Penstone, John.
• Williams, John, Saint Martin in the Fields, LON, stationer. 17720625: IR/1/28/218 £21/00/00 Homan, Simpson.
• Williams, John, Shrewsbury, SHR, bookbinder. 1763: IR/1/56/002 £31/10/00 Harris, John.
• Williams, Robert, Hollingbourne, KEN, papermaker. 17751106: IR/1/28/183 £2/00/00 Bottle, John.
• Williams, Robert, Hollingbourne, KEN, papermaker. 17751223: IR/1/28/206 £2/00/00 Normington, Isaac.
• Williams, William, Shrewsbury, SHR, bookseller. 1754: IR/1/52/009 £50/00/00 Stuard, Charles.
• Williams, William, Shrewsbury, SHR, stationer. 1765: IR/1/55/159 £50/00/00 Rea, George.
• Williams, William, Shrewsbury, SHR, bookseller. 17730219: IR/1/58/134 £52/10/00 Cotton, John.
• Williams, William, Shrewsbury, SHR, bookseller. 17730301: IR/1/58/134 £40/00/00 Harwood, Sacheverell.

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• Williams, Henry, 17700514. To: Spicer, Nehemiah, LON, seal engraver, IR/1/26/141 £50/00/00.
• Williams, Isaac, 1755. To: Andrews, Benjamin, Saint Martin in the Fields, LON, stationer, IR/1/20/060 £10/00/00.
• Williams, John, 1717. To: Hook, John, LON, cit. & stationer, IR/1/05/137 (McK 4134) £30/00/00. Parent: Daniel of westminster, gent
• Williams, John, 17441106. To: Norwood, Joseph, LON, cit. & stationer, IR/1/18/066 (McK 5844) £10/10/00. Parent: John
• Williams, John, 1748. To: Galpine, Samuel, LON, cit. & stationer, IR/1/18/173 (McK 3117) £10/10/00. Parent: Thomas
• Williams, John, 1753. To: Palmer, John, Bristol, GLO, stationer, IR/1/51/285 £31/10/00.
• Williams, John, 1760. To: Price, Stafford, Salisbury, WIL, bookseller, IR/1/54/020 £20/00/00.
• Williams, Thomas, 1723. To: Hennekin, Michael, Saint Martin in the Fields, LON, PS, IR/1/09/073 £30/00/00.
• Williams, Thomas, 1746. To: Smith, William, Oxford, OXF, printer, IR/1/17/201 £20/00/00. Parent: Henry
• Williams, Thomas, 1767. To: Brice, Andrew & Co, Exeter, DEV, printer, IR/1/56/174 £15/00/00.
• Williams, William, 17160604. To: Lenthall, John, LON, cit. & stationer, IR/1/04/191 (McK 4965) £53/15/00. Parent: Philip of Dublin dec
• Williams, William, 1763. To: Rudder, Samuel, Cirencester, GLO, printer, IR/1/24/040 £25/00/00.