LINSLEY, William (Grimwade p.329, 348, 353)

[MCB]

He was christened the son of John and Sarah Linsley of Long Alley at St Leonard, Shoreditch in 1771. His father was a watch case maker.
No records of an apprenticeship have been found but he became a freeman of the Skinners Company (see below).
He married Jane Haliday at St Luke, Old Street in 1792; they were both from that parish.
Their son William was christened at St Luke’s in 1797. In due course William junior also became a watch case maker.
In partnership with Thomas Bligh he entered marks in 1798 and 1799 at Goldsmiths’ Hall as case makers from 16 Great Sutton Street.
He entered his own mark as a case maker from 68 Banner Street, Bunhill Row in 1800 and continued there until 1827.
William James Carr in 1815 and George Elliott Bartlett in 1819, both of London, signed to be the apprentices of William Linsley of the Skinners Company, Carr’s indentures identifying his master as the watch case maker from Banner Street.
In 1827 he notified Goldsmiths’ Hall he had moved to 2 Cottage House. Grimwade does not identify the area in which this property was located.
The record of Jane Linsley’s death is not to be found
He was registered as a widower from Haggerstone when he married Charlotta Vaughan, a widow from St Leonard, Shoreditch parish, at St Mary, Haggerstone in 1830.
The 1838 Electoral Register listed him at Hertford Place, Haggerstone regarding ownership of 4 properties in Daggett’s Court, Moorfields which an earlier register showed he had owned since 1802.
Although the surname is listed as Lindsley it was almost certainly his burial aged 61 years, late of Haggerstone, which was registered at St Luke’s church on 30th April 1838 as the Will of William Linsley, gentleman late of St Leonard’s, Shoreditch, was proved for probate on 19th May 1838 (National Probate register PROB 11/1895/263)

[davy26]

I'm interested in Linsley because he cased (at least) two watches for Ralph Gout, a watchmaker whom I have studied in detail. Both were located in Bunhill Row circa 1825 when the particular cases were made.

Just to update the details for Linsley here, he was apprenticed to Thomas Gibbard - for more on this see my blog http://theoldwatchword.blogspot.co.uk/2 ... any-2.html

[dognose]

Hi David,

Welcome to the Forum.

Thanks for sharing these details with us, it is appreciated.

Just for the record, John Linsley was recorded as having an unclaimed bank dividend in 1813. It remained unclaimed, and later passed to the Government:



Source: The Names and Descriptions of the Proprietors of Unclaimed Dividends on Bank Stock, and on All Government Funds and Securities, Transferable at the Bank of England. - Teape and Jones - 1823

Just speculation of course, but perhaps likely that John never shared the details of his investment with his family and had passed away prior to 1813. As his address was recorded as Banner Street, perhaps William took over his father's business.