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See Castle Street East 1 to 15 & 11 Berners Street (in London Addresses dataset)

Alexander Robertson Land Tax 1780-1784 2 Castle Street East / SunFire 1794 Alexander Robertson, 16 Castle Street, Oxford Market, tailor

There were quite a few Alexander Robertsons around and it may just be coincidence that the two above were both in Castle Street. No Robertson appeared in Castle Street Land Tax lists in the 1790s so the insuring tailor above could have been a sub-tenant at Castle Street East or West., though East was perhaps more likely as John Gibson paid Land Tax at 16…

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Robertson ratebooks 7 Batemans Buildings c.1777? / subscribers to Universal Family Bible 1774 George Robertson, John Robertson, John Robinson, Bateman's Buildings (also Thomas Macklin (QV*) and Alexander Paterson (QV*) of Batemans Building / George Robertson, Batemans Buildings subscr 1774 to The Christian's Dictionary by John Fleetwood / SunFire 1777 John Robinson gent 7 Batemans Buildings / Public Advertiser 22.10.1777 auction of effects of George Robertson deceased at his late dwelling house on the west side of Frith Street, Soho…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addressesdataset

SunFire 1784 James Robertson gent Poland St (at a guess 37 Poland St as James Bine was a cabinet maker like James Robertson, but perhaps another of nos 34 to 37 to which Turst owned the ground rent) / the will PCC dated 12.12.1785 of James Robertson cabinet maker of Poland St mentioned his agreement for a lease of house "I now live in" in Poland St from Philip Elias Turst (QV*) Esq for 31 years from 5.12.1785 his wife Ann his mother Jean Hodge (£3 p.a. annuity) of Airth Stirlingshire £50 from Yeomen of the Guard proved 4.2.1786…

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 and Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

20, 50 & 51 Poland St ratebooks (Pennel or Pelling) Rose leaseholder 1788 / Westminster coroners jury 1767 / SunFire 1777, 1779, 1787 dealer in glass, china & earthenware Newport Alley / Pelling Rose potter of Newport Market voted 1780 Fox & Rodney 1784 Hood & Wray / Wakefields directory 1790 Pelling Rose silk dyer Spring Gardens / SunFire 1790 Pelling Rose dyer John St, Tottenham Ct Rd, & 2 Spring Gardens / will PCC 1794 Pelling Rose gent of Fulham , , mentioned…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Morning Herald 15.1.1781 Rouvier (from M L'Esprit at Paris) cuts and dresses gentlemen's hair, 34 Poland St near the Pantheon (same ad in Feb and March)

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Thomas Rowlandson DNB 1757-1827 lived at 50 Poland St from or before 1787 with his aunt Jane Rowlandson who had brought him up and a servant Mary Chateauvert. His aunt Jane died there April 1789 (her will PCC 1789), he had moved to the Strand by Christmas 1791 / ratebooks 50 Poland St 1789 Thomas Rawlinson / SunFire 1790 Thomas Rowlandson gent 50 Poland St

DNB says his companion and executrix Betsey Winter died in 1835 and that there is a drawing reputedly of her by him from the late 1780s. If she was the…

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Thomas Rowlandson DNB 1757-1827 lived at 50 Poland St from or before 1787 with his aunt Jane Rowlandson who had brought him up and a servant Mary Chateauvert. His aunt Jane died there April 1789 (her will PCC 1789), he had moved to the Strand by Christmas 1791 / ratebooks 50 Poland St 1789 Thomas Rawlinson / SunFire 1790 Thomas Rowlandson gent 50 Poland St

DNB says his companion and executrix Betsey Winter died in 1835 and that there is a drawing reputedly of her by him from the late 1780s. If she was the…

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 in London Addresses dataset

Lady Rush 45 Poland St ratebooks 1777-84 / will PCC 1758 Sir John Rush dated 30.9.1756 mentioned wife Leonora, daus Lydia, Elizabeth, Ann & Leonora, sons Samuel, Montague & Robert, daus of late daughter Martha Cunningham (Margaret, Martha & Jane), servant Martha Norton. Sir John Rush was knighted 1722, his 2nd wife was Leonora dau of Brig Genl Richard Sutton 1674-1737 and his wife Catherine Tolmer. Her cousin Richard Sutton History of Parliament was created baronet 1772. Her will PCC 1785 mentioned…

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 / and Newman Street 1 to 9 / in London Addresses dataset

(Charles) Clement Ryan 15 Poland St ratebooks 1786-1790 / Morning Post 20.4.1786 freehold for sale 15 Poland St with spacious schoolroom and back entrance to Noel St, poss. Rev Mr Ryan / Michael Clement Ryan OSA chaplain to Neapolitan ambassador / Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies 1790 Miss L-k-ns 15 Poland St / William Peter Francis Yeury registered press at 15 Poland St 1790 (Maxted) / SunFire 1781 Lucy Wyatte milliner & haberdasher 17 Wardour St / SunFire 1788 Lucy Wyatte…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

James Samuel 39 Poland St (Crispin) ratebooks 1792-4 / see work notes below

See Castle Street East 1 to 15 &c in London Addresses dataset

No 12 Castle St East Land Tax 1784-1796 Charles Satchwell 1800 Jno Talkington / Harris's List 1793 Miss L-the (Lo-th in index) age about 19

Charles Satchwell peruke maker took appr 5.11.1787 Jno Smithson for 7 yrs premium £10 / CS = 30.6.1782 St Marylebone by banns Elizabeth Jones / CS bach = 5.7.1778 St Pancras by banns Ann Moss sp / Charles s of CS & Ann born 10.7.1778 (note 5 days after wedding) bapt 9.1.1779 St Anne Soho / children of CS & Ann bapt Finchley 1790s / Charles Satchwell (adult) bur 10.2…

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Jennet Saul 39 Poland St (Crispin) ratebooks 1796-7 / Jennet Saul woman bur 14.5.1797 St Martin i t Fields / Jennet Saul ratebooks St Margaret Westminster 1782 Villers St, St Martin i t Fields Villers St 1790 / Gazetteer 4.11.1788 Mr & Mrs Saul both deceased late of the Jane Shore in Shoreditch / Ann Saul will PCC 1788 Shoreditch

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Jacob Schnebbelie DNB 1760-1792 ratebooks 7 Poland St 1792 / he died 21.4.1792 there / Jacob Christopher & Robert Blemell sons of Jacob & Carolina Schnebbelie bapt 21.10.1781 Canterbury Cathedral / William Hermonus Fenbrooke son of Jacob & Caroline Schnebbelie bapt 13.8.1786 St Andrew Holborn / John son of Jacob & Caroline Schnebbelie bapt 10.5.1795 St Bride Fleet St born 26.2.1792 / the will PCC 4.2.1800 dated 29.1.1800 of Lucy Mary Aretha Schnebblie widow of Kensington mentioned Caroline…

see Poland Street number not known in London Addresses dataset

John Henry Schrider Land Tax 1767 Hop Gardens, St Martin i t Fields / Johan Heinrich Schrader = St Anne Soho 9.11.1772 Elizabeth Gill botp banns (see Gill, Daniel ) / SunFire 1780 Jn Schreder cabinet maker Poland St / Sophie dau of John & Ann Schrader born 21.4.1783 bapt 13.5.1783 St James / John Christian son of John Frederick & Gertrude Schrader bapt 9.11.1788 St James / John Henry son of John Henry & Gertrude Schrader bapt 18.10.1789 St James / John Christian Schrader bur 7.3.1790 St James / John Schreider…

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

1777 news Diamonds stolen from Scott Esq in Poland St / 1 to 5 Poland St ratebooks leaseholder Alexander Scott / SunFire 1789 Alexander Scott of Brewers Green nr Chapel St Westminster insured 1 to 5 Poland St and other properties nearby in Broad St &c / SunFire 1814 execs of Alexander Scott insured same properties / his will PCC 1802 of Suffolk St, St Martin in the Fields mentioned leasehold messuages tenements & premises in Broad St & Poland St.. No-one mentioned in will appears to have been family or a…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Richard Scottock 42 (43) Poland St ratebooks 1774-9

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Samuel Scrimshaw 13 Batemans Buildings ratebooks 1774 / Samuel Scrimshaw & Co Berwick St, St James ratebooks 148-1749 / Samuel Scrimshaw liveryman Poulterers Company 1750 hair merchant in a court in Lombard St / Samuel Scrimshaw = St Mary Mag Old Fish St 11.4.1751 Sarah Coleman / Samuel son of Samuel & Sarah Scrimshaw bapt 29.1.1752 St Benet Gracechurch / Samuel Scrimshaw hair merchant Gracechurch St bankrupt 1753 found guilty 1759 of a conspiracy to send threatening letters, 3 years in Newgate / 1775 Samuel Scrimshaw…

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Messrs Palmer & Shakespeare ratebooks 9 Poland St 1792-5 / John Shakespeare glazier Poland St voted Fox & Hood 1790 / possibles: John Shakespear = St James 12.5.1761 Martha Room / John Shakespeare (his mark) = St James 4.8.1783 Eleanor Eddington (her mark) botp by banns / John Shakespear = St James 1789 Ann Cook / John Shakespear bur 1823 St James age 71 / and see Palmore, William

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David Shilfox 9 Batemans Buildings ratebooks 1783-1788 / David Shilfox ratebooks Little Newport St 1778 Greek St 1778-1783 / David Shilfox bach = St Clement Danes 14.6.1781 Jemima King sp botp banns / Daily Advertiser 29.3.1783 David Shilfox perfumer quitting business sale of harpsichord, pictures and other effects at his house in Greek St / David Shilfox hairdresser Batemans Buildings voted Fox 1784 / ratebooks 1788-1791 David Shilfox Oxford St, St James / coroners jury 1788 David Shilfox engraver Oxford St / directories 1789-1790…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Aldrick Shliephaken 6 Gt Pulteney St ratebooks 1771-1800 / Daily Advertiser 3.12.1778 due to recent fire at Gt Pulteney St Mr Shliephaken temporarily based at coal warehouse 34 Poland St / Ulrich Shliephaken embroiderer of Golden Sq took appr Mary Maver 1771 / children of Ulrick & Magdalene Shliephaken bapt St James, 1767 John Frederick, 1769 Henry Jochim, 1770 Sarah, 1773 Elizabeth Rosa, 1774 Susanna Elizabeth / Susanna Elizabeth Shliephaken = St James 16.5.1793 Maximilien Augustine Humble botp banns / Sarah Shliephaken =…