Notes for: WILLIAM TURNEY

Apprenticed in 1774 at the time of his father's will.

[Harvester Unpublished Finding Aids for Genealogical research - Indexes to Apprentices Indentures 1763-1774] 58/31 1771 Wm Turney to Rob Cox of Nottingham Hosier for 20 pounds. (This is not a proven fact, just a possibility)

London Gazette September 14th 1790
The Creditors of Mr Joseph Cowdall. late of Mumford's court, Milk Street, London, hosier, deceased, who have not already sent an account of their demands are desired to send in the same immediately to Mr William Turney of Wood street, London, hosier, one of his executors.

Marriages - Turney, Mr to Miss Bates.
The Times Newspaper 27th August 1793 (page 3 col.d)
On Thursday last, at Halifax Mr. William Turney of Wood St., London to Miss Bates daughter of Thomas Bates of Halifax.

William was a Hosier and had warehouses at Lad Lane and Milk St. according to Directories for the London area. He married Judith Bates of Halifax in 1793 and between then and his death they had three children. William, Thomas and John. Father William died in 1800 aged approximately 42 and Judith died in 1802 aged 34. Leaving three little boys to be kept and looked after. In Judith's will, her executors are her father Thomas Bates and her brother William Bates. Judith's father Joseph Bates brought the boys up in the Halifax area. We know that Judith's son William died in 1806 and is buried in Sedgebrook. The parish register states that he is the son of William and Judith of London which whilst true, was 4 or so years out of date by then. Maybe he died in Yorkshire and was taken to Sedgebrook.

DIRECTORY ENTRIES

Lowndes London Directory for 1782,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90 & 91.
William Turney - 28 Milk St., London. Hosier & Clothing

The New Complete Guide to all persons who have any trade or concern with the City of London and parts adjacent. 1783.
William Turney - 28 Milk St., London. Hosier & Clothing.

Andrews New London Directory 1789
William Turney - 17 Lad Lane, London. Hosier, Clothing, wholesale.

Kent's Directory 1788, 1789 & 1791, Merchants & tradesmen of London.
W. Turney - 20 Wood St., Cheapside, London. Hosier, Clothing, wholesale.

Wakefield's Merchant & Tradesmen's General Directory for London 1790
William Turney - 28 Milk St., Cheapside, London. Hosier, Clothing, wholesale.

Universal British Directory 1791- Traders
Turney William, Wholesale Hosier 20 Wood St, Cheapside & 130 Strand

Kent's Directory 1800
Tarney William - Wholesale Hosier, 17 Lad Lane.

New Annual Directory for 1800. principal Merchants, traders of Eminence in London, Westminster & Southwark.
Turney John - Apothecary, Pudding Lane, Eastcheap.
Turney William - Wholesale Hosier, 20 Wood St.

18th December 1797 - from Nottinghamshire Archives
William Trentham of Nottingham, hosier, William Turney of London, hosier [executors of John Jarman of Nottingham, hosier, deceased], sell land at Lambley to William Lowe & John Lowe both of Bassingfield, farmers & Edmund fisher of Lambley, farmer.

Post Office Annual Directory 1808
Trentham, Turney & Morton, Wholesale Hosiers. 17 Lad Lane.

The Will of William Turney of Wood St London

This is the last Will and Testament of me WILLIAM TURNEY of WOOD STREET, LONDON, hosier (the following are people named in his lengthy will) Judith Turney - wife Joseph Turney - brother William Berridge - servant Thomas Bates - father in law William Bates - brother in law John Turney - brother children - unnamed Benjamin Turney - brother Mary Tongue - sister Ann Tongue - sister
and I direct my said executors to deduct all such charges as they or other of them shall be put unto in or about the execution of the trusts hereby in them shall be answerable for the other but such of them only for his own acts ----- and that either of them shall be answerable for any loss or damage which may happen to my estate providing the same shall not happen by his wilful might or default. In witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament contained in 3 sheets of paper set my hand to this first two sheets thereof and to this last sheet my hand and seal this 29th day of August in the year of Our Lord 1796.

W.Turney
Signed sealed and published and declared by the said testator WILLIAM TURNEY as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto to the last three lines in the second sheet and part of the line before the said three lines in that sheet being first struck out.
ABEL TOMKINS of New Inn
JNO ROBINSON --- to TOMPKINS and ----- New Inn

This Will was proved at London the 21st day of February in the year of Our Lord 1800 before the right honourable Sir WILLIAM WYNNE Knight, Doctor of Laws ---------- or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of JOHN TURNEY the brother of the deceased and WILLIAM BATES the executors named in the said will to whom administration was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to adminster that is to say the said JOHN TURNEY before the worshipful JOHN SEWELL Doctor of Laws Surrogate of the said Commissary and the said WILLIAM BATES by commission.

The partnership heretofore subsisting between William Trentham sen., Thomas morton, William Trentham jun., and the trustees of the Will of William Turney, deceased, namely John Turney and William Bates at Nottingham, and in Lad-Lane, London, Wholesale Hosiers and Manufacturers, under the firm of Trentham, Turney and Morton was dissolved on the 1st day of October 1812, when the said William Trentham, sen., John Turney and William Bates retired from the trade, and notice of the dissolution of the said Partnership was published in the London Gazette of the 10th of November 1812 but by mistake the names of the said John Turney and William Bates were omitted in the advertisement; the trade since that period has been carried on by the said Thomas Morton and William Trentham jun., under the firm of Morton, Trentham & Co., and recently by them and Mancur, and will be continued by them under that firm. Dated this 20th day of November 1813. Signed:- Wm Trentham, Thos Morton, William Trentham jun., John Turney, Wm Bates, John Mancur.

[John Mancur, in 1824 Charles Brown's financial and literary agent and wholesale hosier at 17 Lad Lane, Cheapside] the only Mancur listed in Pigot's Commercial Directory for 1823-1824.