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Backwell, Edward (c. 1619–1683), goldsmith and banker
G. E. Aylmer
Backwell, Edward (c. 1619–1683), goldsmith and banker, the son of Barnaby Backwell of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, a yeoman, was apprenticed in 1635 to Thomas Vyner, a leading goldsmith. He became free of the Goldsmiths' Company in 1651, of which he was to be prime warden in 1660....
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Backwell, Edward (c. 1619–1683)
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Edward Backwell (c. 1619–1683) by unknown engraver, pubd 1797 © Copyright The British Museum
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Barantyn, Drew (c. 1350–1415), goldsmith and mayor of London
Lorna E. M. Walker
Barantyn, Drew (c. 1350–1415), goldsmith and mayor of London, was the younger son of Thomas Barantyn, lord of Chalgrove in Oxfordshire (he had an older brother, Thomas, who died in 1400). Barantyn's talents as a craftsman rather than his family connections were to be the key to his success in the world. He was apprenticed to ...
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Bowes, Sir Martin (1496/7–1566)
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Sir Martin Bowes (1496/77–1566) by unknown artist, 1562 unknown collection / Christie's; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bowes, Sir Martin (1496/7–1566), goldsmith and mayor of London
C. E. Challis
Bowes, Sir Martin (1496/7–1566), goldsmith and mayor of London, was born in York in the parish of St Cuthbert, Peaseholme. Despite his disclaimer in 1549 that at the time of his going thirty-eight years previously to London at the age of fourteen (...
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Cane, Andrew (c. 1589–1656x61), goldsmith and actor
John H. Astington
Cane, Andrew (c. 1589–1656x61), goldsmith and actor, was the son of Robert Cane of Windsor, butcher; he may be the otherwise unnamed ‘Keane’, son of Robert Kene and Lucresia Andrews, who was baptized at the parish church of St John, Windsor, on 2 March 1589. He was apprenticed to ...
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Child, Sir Francis, the elder (1641/2–1713)
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Sir Francis Child the elder (1641/22–1713) by unknown artist © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Child, Sir Francis, the elder (1641/2–1713), goldsmith and banker
Philip Winterbottom
Child, Sir Francis, the elder (1641/2–1713), goldsmith and banker, was baptized on 14 December 1642, the sixth son of Robert Child, clothier of Heddington, near Devizes, Wiltshire, and his wife, Jane. He had eight brothers and two sisters. On 6 March 1657 Child...
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Courtauld family (per. 1708–1780), goldsmiths
Helen Clifford
Courtauld family (per. 1708–1780), goldsmiths, came to prominence with Augustin [ii] Courtauld (1685–1751), the second son of Augustin [i] Courtauld (1655–1706), a merchant from St Pierre in the Île d'Oléron near La Rochelle, and his first wife, Julia Giron (1661–1686)...
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Crespin, Paul Daniel (1693/4–1770), goldsmith
Tessa Murdoch
Crespin, Paul Daniel (1693/4–1770), goldsmith, was born in London, the son of the Huguenot Daniel Crespin of St Giles-in-the-Fields, London. In June 1713, at the late age of nineteen, Paul Crespin was apprenticed to Jean Pons, goldsmith. Between July 1720 and December 1721 he entered his first two marks at ...
