SCOTT, Digby (Grimwade p.653-4)

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SCOTT, Digby (Grimwade p.653-4)

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The christening of Digby, son of Digby and Mary Scott, was recorded at St Martin, Birmingham in 1753.
Duties were paid in 1777 by Digby Scott, pistol finisher of Birmingham, for the Apprentice Indentures of William Field. It is not clear whether these relate to Digby senior as master.
Digby Scott married Mary Cracknall at St Martin, Birmingham in 1777.
He paid monies for Land Tax Redemption at Greenwich in 1798. Grimwade’s earliest mention of Scott’s partner Benjamin Smith II (Grimwade pages 661-2 and 767) at Greenwich was Smith’s marriage there in February 1802; possibly Scott had arrived first.
His burial aged 63 years was recorded at St Alphege, Greenwich in 1816; his last address was Royal Hill, Greenwich.
The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914 Volume I pages 398 and 424 by John Culme provides further detail of the business founded in Greenwich by Scott and Smith, its involvement with the business of Rundell Bridge and Rundell and its ultimate purchase in 1886 by Mappin and Webb.
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From The Times (London, England) November 23, 1816, "Died....On the 20th instant, at his residence, Royal Hill, Greenwich, after a lingering illness, Digby Scott, Esq. in his 63rd year."
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The Will of Digby Scott, late of Greenwich, was proved for probate on 11th April 1817 (National Archives reference PROB 11/1591/40).
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9 April 1801 Digby Scott Widower married Sophia Anderson Spinster at Saint Alphege Greenwich. (Sophia was the name of Digby Scott's wife given in his will.)
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