INNOCENT, John (Grimwade p.557 and 754)
Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:17 pm
An examination of the registers at Goldsmiths Hall show that Grimwade Unidentified Mark No 3647 is more likely to be John Jones mark of 5th May 1777 rather than John Innocent.
Philippa Granville in Silver in England, page 163.
"a bucklemaker, John Innocent of Little Newport Street, was accused af casting hallmarks from marked buckles 'to buckles moulded in sand' but apparently this was a false accusation by a disgruntled apprentice since no evidence against him was found in his shop or workshop"
Information from Prideaux 1896, vol II.
3 June 1767 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey ref t17670603-36
"J. Innocent. I am a silversmith , and keep a shop in Little Newport-street . The prisoner came into my shop last Saturday, and cheapened a pair of buckles; I asked him 18 s. he bid me 12, and went away"
There are assorted addresses given for him in insurance documents and pollbooks 1780 —1794
John Innocent , Silversmith, Newport Street (1780)
John Innocent , Goldsmith of Cranbourn Alley St Anne Soho (1780)
John Innocent , Jeweller of Cranbourn Street St Anne Soho, (1784)
John Innocent , Goldsmith of Newport Street St Anne Soho (1788)
John Innocent , silversmith ,Newport Street. (1794)
13th April 1791- Proceedings of the Old Bailey ref t17910413-28
JOHN INNOCENT I am a goldsmith and jeweller .. .. I was standing at my window, looking at a silver-bladed knife which a woman brought in to sell; I heard my window smash; and, looking, I saw the prisoner Cawsey endeavouring to grapple for the diamond ring out of my window: I went to my door; and my son, Robert Innocent, ran after him, and brought him back, and he was searched, and nothing found upon him; we thought that he might have swallowed it; and the justice allowed us to keep him at our house a week.
Nice job checking for its re-emergence!
3rd July 1797 - Will of John Innocent, Newport Street Cranbourn Passage proved at Prerogative Court of Canterbury,
Philippa Granville in Silver in England, page 163.
"a bucklemaker, John Innocent of Little Newport Street, was accused af casting hallmarks from marked buckles 'to buckles moulded in sand' but apparently this was a false accusation by a disgruntled apprentice since no evidence against him was found in his shop or workshop"
Information from Prideaux 1896, vol II.
3 June 1767 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey ref t17670603-36
"J. Innocent. I am a silversmith , and keep a shop in Little Newport-street . The prisoner came into my shop last Saturday, and cheapened a pair of buckles; I asked him 18 s. he bid me 12, and went away"
There are assorted addresses given for him in insurance documents and pollbooks 1780 —1794
John Innocent , Silversmith, Newport Street (1780)
John Innocent , Goldsmith of Cranbourn Alley St Anne Soho (1780)
John Innocent , Jeweller of Cranbourn Street St Anne Soho, (1784)
John Innocent , Goldsmith of Newport Street St Anne Soho (1788)
John Innocent , silversmith ,Newport Street. (1794)
13th April 1791- Proceedings of the Old Bailey ref t17910413-28
JOHN INNOCENT I am a goldsmith and jeweller .. .. I was standing at my window, looking at a silver-bladed knife which a woman brought in to sell; I heard my window smash; and, looking, I saw the prisoner Cawsey endeavouring to grapple for the diamond ring out of my window: I went to my door; and my son, Robert Innocent, ran after him, and brought him back, and he was searched, and nothing found upon him; we thought that he might have swallowed it; and the justice allowed us to keep him at our house a week.
Nice job checking for its re-emergence!
3rd July 1797 - Will of John Innocent, Newport Street Cranbourn Passage proved at Prerogative Court of Canterbury,