BENSLEY, Thomas ( - 1789) ‹ LBT 16293 ›

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Floruit: 1751–1789

  floruit 1751 (A)—1789 (B);  Male, married

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	1789	O.D.N.B.

Family Relationships

Relationship	Name	Occupation	Comments	Conf
spouse:	TRUBSHAW, Ann (mar. BENSLEY) ‹ LBT 04019 ›			95
child:	BENSLEY, Thomas ( - 1835) ‹ LBT 16292 ›	Printer		100
child:	BENSLEY, Benjamin ‹ LBT 35333 ›			60

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company	McKenzie, D.F. (1978), #0701

Occupations (2)

Occupation	Comment
Printer	Master
Publisher

Had Apprentice(s): (23)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Date	Event	Comments
ARMSTRONG, Robert ‹ LBT 16057 › (fl. 1800-1800)				Turned-over
BENSLEY, Thomas ( - 1835) ‹ LBT 16292 › (fl. 1781-1835)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
CARTER, Joseph ‹ LBT 16294 › (fl. 1792-1792)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
CLARIDGE, William ‹ LBT 16295 › (fl. 1786-1786)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
COOKE, William ‹ LBT 16296 › (fl. 1773-1773)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
COOPER, John ( - 1808) ‹ LBT 16297 › (fl. 1802-1808)	£105	Guardians		Bound	Guardians = John Miller & James Brookes.
ELLIS, John ‹ LBT 16298 › (fl. 1802-1802)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
FIGGINS, Henry ‹ LBT 16299 › (fl. 1798-1798)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
KING, William ‹ LBT 16300 › (fl. 1805-1805)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
MACFARLANE, Moses ‹ LBT 16301 › (fl. 1795-1795)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
MEACOCK, Edward ‹ LBT 16302 › (fl. 1754-1754)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
NICHOLSON, William (1777 - 1814) ‹ LBT 16303 › (fl. 1802-1814)	£63	Revd. William Nicholson		Bound
SEAMONS, James ‹ LBT 16304 › (fl. 1800-1800)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
SEARS, William ‹ LBT 16305 › (fl. 1804-1804)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
SHOTTEN, John Edward ‹ LBT 16306 › (fl. 1791-1798)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
SMITH, Anthony ‹ LBT 16307 › (fl. 1779-1779)	£10	Father		Bound
SMITH, William Haddon ‹ LBT 16308 › (fl. 1800-1800)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
STEPHENS, William ‹ LBT 16309 › (fl. 1796-1796)	£10	Char. - Herefordshire Soc.		Bound
THWAITES, Thomas ‹ LBT 16310 › (fl. 1784-1806)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
WARWICK, John ‹ LBT 16311 › (fl. 1795-1795)	£10	Char. - Herefordshire Soc.		Bound
WRIGHT, John ‹ LBT 16312 › (fl. 1767-1767)	None mentioned	N/A		Bound
BENTLEY, Charles ‹ LBT 20802 › (fl. 1787-1813)				Turned-over
POWELL, Lawrence ‹ LBT 22661 › (fl. 1791-1791)				Turned-over

Addresses (24)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1753-04-03	Little Britain		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1760-06-03	St Martin in the Fields		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)	- Parish of
1766-03-04	St Martin in the Fields		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)	- Parish of
1772-03-03	St Martin in the Fields		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)	- Parish of
1774-03-01	St Martin in the Fields		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)	- Parish of
1775, (1775)	2 Swan Yard, Strand		Plomer 4
1779-04-13	St Martin in the Fields		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)	- Parish of
1780-12-05	Swan Yard, Strand		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1785, (1785)	2 Swan Yard, Strand	Printer	Pendred, J. (1955)	- opposite Somerset House
1785-09-06	Swan Yard, Strand		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1787-03-06	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1788-12-02	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1788-04-01	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1789-07-07	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1791-02-01	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1791-02-01	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1793-12-03	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1793-07-02	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1793-02-05	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1795-02-03	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1795-03-03	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1796-08-02	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1797-10-03	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)
1800-02-04	Bolt Court, Fleet Street		McKenzie, D.F. (1978)

Events (15)

Date	Event type	Description
Aug 1751	City Freedom	Servitude - COL/CHD/FR/02/0757
6 Aug 1751	Freed - Redemption	- as Binsley, having obtained an Order of the Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen for his being admitted into the freedom of the City of London in the Company of Stationers. It is Ordered that he be admitted.
3 Apr 1753	Appr - Binding	Edward Meacock (LBT/16302)
3 Dec 1754	Appr - Turn-over/Out	Edward Meacock (LBT/16302) to Halhead Garland (LBT/21393)
3 Jun 1760	Appr - Binding	John Wright (LBT/16312)
4 Mar 1766	Appr - Binding	William Cooke (LBT/16296)
3 Mar 1772	Appr - Binding	Anthony Smith (LBT/16307)
1 Mar 1774	Appr - Binding	Thomas Bensley (LBT/16292) his son.
13 Apr 1779	Appr - Binding	William Claridge (LBT/16295)
5 Dec 1780	Appr - Binding	Thomas Thwaites (LBT/16310)
3 Feb 1784	Appr - Turn-over/Out	Thomas Thwaites (LBT/16310) to Thomas Swain (LBT/28803)
6 Sep 1785	Appr - Binding	Joseph Carter (LBT/16294)
6 Mar 1787	Appr - Turn-over/In	Charles Bentley (LBT/20802) from Thomas Palser (LBT/19197)
1 Apr 1788	Appr - Binding	John Warwick (LBT/16311)
2 Dec 1788	Appr - Binding	Moses MacFarlane (LBT/16301) - see FURTHER NOTES

Further Notes

If O.D.N.B. (2004) is correct and Thomas Bensley (LBT/16293) died in 1789, then apprentices after that date listed in McKenzie, D.F. (1978) must be given to Thomas Bensley (LBT/16292), all those in 1789 and after have therefore been re-allocated. ---

Sources and References

Original Sources	Comments
Stationers' Company - Binding and Freedom Records - McKenzie, D.F. (1978), #0701