A-Z of Entries

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Peter Raimbach proprietor 38 Poland St Land Tax Redemption 1798 / SunFire 3.4.1798 Peter Raimbach, King St, Soho, also Poland St (glazier) / his son Abraham Raimbach engraver DNB 1776-1843, Peter Raimbach "came when a child to England" "married Martha Butler daughter of a Warwickshire farmer" / John Gabriel s of Peter & Martha Raimbach bapt 17.11.1772 Lambeth / Moses son of Peter Raimbach victualler of King St Soho appr 6.3.1794 to Richard West junior Citizen & Salter of London free 2.7.1801 bur 28.4.1839 from Bloomsbury…

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

Samuel Raphael ratebooks 59 Poland St 1789-1805 / Samuel Raphael = St Martin in the Fields 12.4.1780 Frances Lusette / Sun Fire 1780 Godfried & Samuel Raphel taylors 4 Crown Court, Hog Lane (Bishopsgate?) / Samuel Raphael taylor Poland St bail for Ann Galerino charged with assault on Sarah Whale / Godfrey Raphael bur 18.2.1818 St James age 79

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

George Reid Esq ratebooks 1788-1792 10 Poland St / called Justice Reid's office in newspapers, his clerk 1788 D Brian. Reid came into conflict with St James parish (see my entry for Ideson, Luke) for not passing fines on to parish poor relief / George Reid Poland St voted 1790 Fox & Hood / Nat Arch HO 42/26/30 list of magistrates 10.7.1793 George Reid in Kings Bench prison / Nat Arch HO 42/26/41 letter 15.7.1793 from George Reid of the Strand to the Home Secretary asking him to ignore the slander against him…

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

Susanna Reynell 10 Poland St ratebooks 1779-80 / SunFire 1782 Susanna Reynell schoolmistress Portman St, Portman Sq

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 45 to 48 in London Addresses dataset

Samuel William Reynolds DNB 1773-1835 ratebooks 46 Poland St 1797-1803 renumbered to 47 in 1799

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

George Richards 13 Poland St ratebooks 1777-1786 / coroners jury 1767 Geo Richards Poland St robe maker / George Richards Poland St voted 1780 Lincoln / George Richards buried 17.5.1783 St James / ? George Richards = Westminster 26.7.1752 Jane Wright

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Henry Riches 34 Poland St ratebooks 1784-6 Andrew Riches 1787 / Andrew Riches ratebooks Little Windmill St (east) 1785-6 / Henry Riches ratebooks Brewer St 1787-90 / Henry Riches coal merchant Poland St voted 1784 Fox / SunFire 1785 Henry Riches 34 Poland St dealer in coas & wood his wife a laundress / Henry Riches coal merchant Little Windmill St coroners jury 1785 / Henry Riches chandler Brewer St voted 1790 Hood / Henry s of Henry & Mary Riches born 20.4.1773 bapt 9.5.1773 St Marylebone / Henry s of Henry & Mary…

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

6 Poland St ratebooks lease held in 1780s by execs of William Ride, occupied by Mrs Wright till 1789 / Sun Fire 1791 Ann Ride spinster 6 Poland St / ratebooks 1792 Ann Bond

William Ride carpenter of Chappel St voted 1774 Percy & Clinton / Sun Fire 1778 Ann Ride milliner corner of Newport St, St Martins Lane / sale 14.10.1780 at premises of William Ride deceased / Ann Ride milliner of St Anne Soho took appr Mary Baker 1780  Elizabeth Underwood 1782 / Nat Arch C 211/22/R46 Ann Ride lunatic 1786 C12/2145/35…

see Newman Street 1 to 9 in London Addresses dataset

Dorothy Riggs 8 Newman St Land Tax 1784-96 / SunFire 1780 Dorothy Rigg spinster Newman St / Sun Fire 1785 Dorothy Rigg spinster 57 Upper Charlotte St, Rathbone Pl / Dorothy Rigg Land Tax 1781-94 Charlotte St, 1785 North St, 1790 18 Upper Cleveland St, 1798 Warren St / (Nat Arch IR 1) Dorothy Rigg mantua maker St Marylebone took appr 1.8.1799 Mary A Bridger for 4 yrs premium £20 / Dorothy Rigg adult bur 8.12.1806 St James Piccy / Thomas Rigg will PCC 1792 of Newman St, St Marylebone, left estates in Hants & Sussex to Dorothy…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Joseph Riseley 43 (44) Poland St ratebooks 1779

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

George Ritso 1773 paymaster of the interest of Exchequer bills, Tally Court / SunFire 1777 George Ritso at Mr Harris's coal merchant 2 Poland St / 1801 George Ritso £150 pension as servant of late Princess of Wales / 1825 died at Bath age 85 Louisa relict of late George Frederick Ritso (maiden name Grinch, they married 1763)

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…

See Batemans Buildings in London Addresses dataset

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…