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see Autobiography of Francis Place ed. Mary Thale page 54. Where Place learnt to use a saw

William Taylor carpenter of Arundel Street voted 1780, 1784, 1788 and 1790. In the ratebooks in Arundel Street next to the Kings Arms from 1778 to 1795, and was therefore Simon Place's next door neighbour in the mid 1780s. St James' Chronicle 28.6.1781 the house of  Mr Taylor carpenter in Arundel Street fell down. "happily no Lives were lost, as the Inhabitants had just Time to leave it before it fell; but the greatest Part of the Furniture was broke to Pieces". William Taylor age 55 buried St…

see Autobiography of Francis Place ed. Mary Thale pages 86 and 87. Ousted Simon Place from his pub

The landlord of the Kings Arms in Arundel Street was a William Thomas,  (rate books 1776)  He went bankrupt (Oxford Journal 1.5.1779). The ratebooks for 1778 named George Hall there. In the trials of the Gordon rioters in 1780 a Mr Hill of the Kings Arms, Arundel Street was a witness.. Simon Place was there in the rate books of 1782 and 1785. In that year Thomas Thomas was in the ratebooks further down Arundel Street (presumably the Watermans Arms as Place stated). In 1789 to 1795…