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

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

Mrs Alfrey 7 Poland St ratebooks 1780-6 / William Allfree = 16.4.1781 St James to  Ann Ouder their children Richard William bapt there 1782 William 1784 / John Allfrey committed to Kings Bench prison 3.12.1776 at suit of George Gundry discharged by Insolvent Debtors Act 21.1.1782. See my entry for George Gundry (at 22 Poland St)

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

Frederica Weichsel nee Weirman in DNB Elizabeth Billington 1765-1818 / ad for Mrs Weichsel 7 Poland St 24.3.1778 & 8.3.1779 Morning Post, she died 1786. Her landlady was presumably Mrs Alfrey (QV*). Charles Weichsel bach = St Martin in the Fields by lic botp 18.9.1804 Stefana Rovedino sp wits Antonio Mariotti, Carlo Antonio De Gricy (?)

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

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

Capt Henry Wray ratebooks 7 PolandSt 1788 / Henry Wray RN = 24.4.1783 St James Elizabeth Ideson / Luke Henry son of Henry & Elizabeth Wray bapt 6.2.1784 St James / Anjel dau of Henry & Elizabeth Wray bapt 1.9.1786 Westminster / will PCC 1825 Henry Wray Guernsey dated 13.12.1819 all to Angel Wray proved 30.12.1825 by Angel Wray Rosetti wife of Anthony Rosetti

Nat Arch ADM 254/223/59 Henry Wray of Seagull sloop 1796. Commander 1795-1817 Henry Wray Nat Arch ADM 9/4/888 . See Ideson, Luke

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Samuel Gribble 7 Poland St wine maerchant bankrupt 1777 (certificate 1780) / Samuel Gribble = 20.12.1760 St Martin in the Fields Jane Vaughton / Charles son of Samuel Gribble & Jane bapt 8.4.1771 Westminster / Samuel Hicks Gribble merchant late of Broad St Buildings, London meeting of creditors 1794

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Captain David Collins of Marines DNB 1756-1810 signed the preface to his book at 6 Poland St 1797 / Nat Arch HO 42/41/82 f246-7 letter from Capt David Collins 6 Poland St to Home Office 29.11.1797 / . Andrew Staley (QV*) was probably the owner-occupier of the house at that time

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

Vincenzo Lunardi DNB 1759-1806 the first balloonist in England gave his address in September 1784, shortly after his first ascent, in a newspaper advert as 6 Poland St. This may have been convenient for the Pantheon where he displayed his balloon. His landlady would have presumably been Mrs Wright (qv)

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

At the Old Bailey in 1779 Abraham Dalby age 13 was a witness who said his master was Mr Holmes of 6 Poland St and that his master's son was a waiter in a Fleet St tavern

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

6 Poland St ratebooks 1780-9 Mrs Wright (poor). The note poor may imply she was let off paying the rates. This does not necessarily mean she was living in greater poverty than some of her neighbouring householders.  Others marked as poor in the ratebooks were Joseph Bennett at 20 Poland St and John Heslop at 25 Poland St. The name Wright was very common but two burials around the time her tenancy ended were Elizabeth Wright adult bur St Martin in the Fields 21.3.1789, Sarah Wright adult bur 3.9.1789 St James