"Sandylands Drinkwater - the progress of a smallworker establishing a business " was published by Silver Studies, in the 2012 (No 28 ) issue. It is available from http://www.thesilversociety.org
This a very full and useful account of this silvermith by Bruce Jones, a collector of winelabels and co-editor of the Wine Label Circle Journal. In particular it a gives a very detailed picture of how wealthy a silversmith could become in this period as Bruce Jones has made extensive use of the Bank of England records of Drinkwater's holdings of Goverment stock.
Family details from the article
Sandylands was born around 1705, the son of William Drinkwater, Gentleman, of the parish of St Clement Danes, Westminster.
As Sandylands Drinkwater of the Parish of Christ Church, London, Batchelour [sic] he married Rebecca Bradley, Spinster of St Clement Danes , at St Clements Danes in September 1729. He was 24, she 19. They were actually brother and sister in law — her mother as a widow having married William Drinkwater in 1718 when Sandylands was 13 and Rebecca was 8.
DRINKWATER, Sandylands (Grimwade p.495, 746)
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Re: DRINKWATER, Sandylands (Grimwade p.495, 746)
The National Archives ref C 12/328/34
Document type: bill only.
Pitts v King.
Plaintiffs:
John Pitts of Grest Queen Street, St Giles on the Fields, Middlesex, Sandylands Drinkwater, goldsmith of Gutter Lane and Richard Snagg, apothecary of old Bailey, London (executors of Mary King, deceased of St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, who was widow and executrix of Jeremiah King, late citizen and embroiderer of London, deceased; said Jeremiah King and Mary King has two daughters Susan King, spinster deceased late of St George Bloomsbury and Elizabeth King, now the wife of Edward Hasker, upholsterer of Fetter Lane).
Defendants:
John King of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, Jarvis Trapp and Edward Hasker and Elizabeth Hasker his wife.
Subject matter:
Failure of John King to repay a loan made to him by Jeremiah King
Document type: bill only.
Pitts v King.
Plaintiffs:
John Pitts of Grest Queen Street, St Giles on the Fields, Middlesex, Sandylands Drinkwater, goldsmith of Gutter Lane and Richard Snagg, apothecary of old Bailey, London (executors of Mary King, deceased of St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, who was widow and executrix of Jeremiah King, late citizen and embroiderer of London, deceased; said Jeremiah King and Mary King has two daughters Susan King, spinster deceased late of St George Bloomsbury and Elizabeth King, now the wife of Edward Hasker, upholsterer of Fetter Lane).
Defendants:
John King of Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, Jarvis Trapp and Edward Hasker and Elizabeth Hasker his wife.
Subject matter:
Failure of John King to repay a loan made to him by Jeremiah King
Re: DRINKWATER, Sandylands (Grimwade p.495, 746)
Last Thursday a Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths was held at their hall in Foster lane, when Mr. Sandiland Drinkwater, late an eminent Silversmith in Gutter-lane, was elected Prime Warden of the said company, for the ensuing year.
Source: The General Evening Post - 23rd-26th May 1761
Source: The General Evening Post - 23rd-26th May 1761