John Cardell (1710 - 1771)

Born 6 Dec 1710 in London Bishopsgate, Middlesex, England

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Died 21 May 1771 at age 60 in Stepney, Middlesex, England

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Biography

John Cardell was born to John Cardell, a Clothworker and Jane Cawdry, the daughter of a Clothworker, on December 6th, 1710 in Bishops Gate, London, in the parish of St Botolph.^[1] The record was noted in the Quaker minutes of the Devonshire House Monthly Meeting in London.^[2] The entry reads;

"John Cardell son of John Cardell, Citizen and Clothworker of London, and Jane his wife, was Born on the sixth day of ~ December, 1710, in Bishop Gate street, in the Parish of Buttolphs Bishops Gate - Present, Margaret Wigan Midwife ----} Eliz: Clarke - Mary Satchwell} Margaret Cawdry Ann Holland".

John followed his father into the clothworking trade and became a new Freeman in the Company of Clothworkers on December 7th, 1731. He set up business as a Setter.^[3] After his father's death in 1733, John continued to figure in Livery records. In 1742, he took on as an apprentice his cousin, Thomas Howard. At that time, John was working from Hog Lane, Moorfields in London. ^[4] Some few years later, and up until his death in 1771, John operated his business at a four-acre tenter ground in an area that equates today with the “southern parts of Settles, Parfett and Myrdle Streets” in Whitechapel.^[5] In late 1767, John took on as an apprentice another young relative (possibly his nephew), David Polhill Greene, the son of Jonathan Greene and Elizabeth Cardell.^[6] After his uncle's death four years later, Greene was turned over to a new Master and didn't achieve his freedom until 1776.^[7]

Despite being disowned by the Quaker Meeting, John's death on May 21st, 1771 was registered at Devonshire House where it was recorded that he was, "[a]ged about 61 Years, [and] Died ... of Lunacy... ". He was buried on May 24th at the Friends Burying ground near Bunhill. John's burial record confirms that he was "of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town in the Parish called St: Dunstan Stepney".^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQBB-HHW : 11 December 2014), John Cardell, 06 Dec 1710, Birth Note; citing p. 89, London & Middlesex, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.
2. ↑ Find My Past, (2020). “England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841”, (Database on-line), (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA/RG6/BAP/1504880),

   “First name(s): John | Last name: Cardell | Birth year: 1710 | Birth date: 06 Dec 1710 | Birth place as transcribed: Devonshire House| Birth county as transcribed: London | Father's first name(s): John | Mother's first name(s): Jane | Meeting place: London, Middlesex | Monthly meeting-Quarterly meeting: London, Middlesex| County: London, Middlesex | Country: England Archive reference” RG6/328 | Description : LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex: Births | Record set: England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841| Category: Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records | Subcategory: Parish Baptisms | Collections from: Great Britain, England”,

   “1710 Devonshirehouse Births. John Cardell son of John Cardell, Citizen and Clothworker of London, and Jane his wife, was Born on the sixth day of ~ December, 1710, in Bishop Gate street, in the Parish of Buttolphs Bishops Gate - Present, Margaret Wigan Midwife ----} Eliz: Clarke - Mary Satchwell} Margaret Cawdry Ann Holland.”

3. ↑ Records of London's Livery Companies Online, “Apprentices and Freemen 1400-1900”, (https://www.londonroll.org/event/?company=clw&event_id=CLEB4453 Accessed: 09 April 2021).

   Freedom by Patrimony Date: 07/12/1731,

   New Freeman- John Cardel, setters Business, Co Clothworkers

   Witness- John Perry, Citizen and Draper - Houndsditch, London. Notes: "John Perry als. Peirie".

   Witness-Nath. Kerfoot, Citizen and Dyer - Shoreditch, London.

   Father of Freeman-John Cardel, Co Clothworker.

4. ↑ Records of London's Livery Companies Online, “Apprentices and Freemen 1400-1900”, (https://www.londonroll.org/event/?company=clw&event_id=CLEB16250 Accessed: 09 April 2021).

   Date: 04/05/1742, Apprenticeship

   Bond Length: 7 years, Note: "in Cons. £5 Charity Money"

   New Apprentice: Thomas Howard, Occupation not stated - Location unknown, Hertfordshire,

   Father of Apprentice: Thomas Howard, Wheelwright - Cheshunt, Hertfordshire,

   Master: John Cardell, Co Clothworker, Art. Clothworker - Hog Lane Moorfields, London.

5. ↑ “Fieldgate Mansions Myrdle Street”, Survey of London: HistoriFrom sometime in the 1740s until his death in 1771,es of Whitechapel Online (https://surveyoflondon.org/map/feature/705/detail/ accessed: 09 April 2021).

   “While Baynes and a successor, Anthony Forman, had taken action to develop their land, the part of the London Hospital estate immediately eastwards remained quiet until the 1780s. There was a four-acre tenter ground in its south-west corner, where now the southern parts of Settles, Parfett and Myrdle Streets run, present by the 1740s and occupied by John Cardell up to 1771.”

6. ↑ Records of London's Livery Companies Online, (C) Copyright the University of London and contributing Livery Companies, “Apprentices and Freemen 1400-1900”, (https://www.londonroll.org/event/?company=clw&event_id=CLEB17954 Accessed: 09 April 2021).

   Apprenticeship Date: 02/12/1767,

   New Apprentice: David Polhill Greene (Male), Location unknown, Middlesex. (Son of Jonathan Greene, Occupation not stated - Parish of Saint Bottolph without Aldgate, Middlesex. Gent, Is dead), Bond Length: 7 years/ Bond Value: __ / Start Date: 02/12/1767.

   Master Co. Clothworker: John Cardell (Male), Clothworker - Tenter Ground White Chapel, Middlesex.

7. ↑ Records of London's Livery Companies Online, (C) Copyright the University of London and contributing Livery Companies, “Apprentices and Freemen 1400-1900”, (https://www.londonroll.org/event/?company=clw&event_id=CLEB965 Accessed: 09 April 2021).

   Freedom by Servitude Date: 08/05/1776,

   New Freeman- David Polhill Greene, Co Clotherworkers, Setter - Blackman Street, Southwark, Surrey. Notes: "with Mr. Alsager"

   Master, John Cordell, Co Clothworkers, Notes- Name also recorded as John Cardell later in the entry.

   Master, Turnover master: John Williams, Co Founder, Witness.

   Alsager, Blackman Street, Southward, Surrey. Notes- Not indicated whether David Polhill Greene lived or worked with Mr. Alsager.

8. ↑ Find My Past, (2020). “England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841”, (Database on-line), (https://www.findmypast.com.au/transcript?id=TNA/RG6/BUR/724770),

   “First name(s): John | Last name: Cardell | Age: 61 | Birth year: 1710 | Death Year: 1771 | Death date: 21 May 1771 | Burial Year: 1771 | Burial date: 24 May 1771 | Burial place as transcribed: Devonshire House | Burial county as transcribed: Middlesex | Meeting place: Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London | Monthly meeting: Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London |Quarterly meeting: London, Middlesex | County: London | Country: England | Archive reference: RG6/673 | Description: LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Burials | Record set: England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841| Category: Life Events (BDMs) | Subcategory: Parish Burials| Collections from: Great Britain, England”.

   “John Cardell of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town in the Parish called St: Dunstan Stepney Aged about 61 Years, Died 21st of 5th Month 1771 of Lunacy as appears by the Warrant from Thos. Phillips, Coroner and was buried 24th/ near Bunhill. N.B. He [stood/staid?] disowned by Devonshire House [?Mo/y or y] Meeting.”