Devon Exeter I-L

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The Devon book trades: a biographical dictionary. Exeter. Surnames: I-L

INGERSENT, Thomas. Paper maker. St. Edmund 1830. Married: Mary Ann Doble 28/6/1830 St. Edmund.

INSTITUTION. Library &c. Cathedral Yard 1835d. See Devon and Exeter Institution.

ISAAC & RODD. Booksellers. King Street 1836d.

ISAAC, William. Stationer. St. George 1830-35; George's Square 1833d-1835d. Married: Sarah. Children: Caroline Louisa bap. 24/11/1830, Mary Ann bap. 18/12/1833, William John bap. 29/7/1835 all at St. George.

ISAAC, William. Bookseller. 7, Paris Street 1837d.

JACKSON, Orlando. Printer. St. Sidwell 1803-20. Aged 17/30 1803. Born: Kenn 1784,Son of Richard and Elizabeth, bap. 3/6. Married: Jane Flood 13/4/1805 St. George. Son Richard bap. 22/1/1815 St. Sidwell, another son bap. 4/6/1820 St. Sidwell. In artillery 1803. Sources: Exeter militia list 1803; IGI.

JACOBS & Co. Quill and pen manufacturers 1841d-1847d, booksellers &c. 1848d. Harts Row 1841d-1848d.

JACOBS, Emanuel. Stationer, quill, pen and pencil maker. Market Street 1849d-1853d; nos 8-9 1848d-1851; 18, South Street 1855d+. Born: Exeter 1821/2, son of Esther, widow, born Lyme, Dorset 1790/1. Married: EFP 30/9/1852 8e. Sources: Census 1851 1869/299.

JACOBS, Esther. Bookseller &c. Harts Row 1837d-1840d. Born: Lyme, Dorset 1790/1. Married: widow 1851. Children: Emanuel, born Exeter 1821/2 successor. Sources: Census 1851 1869/299.

JACOBS, Jacob. Quill and pen manufacturer. North Street 1811d; High Street 1816d; Harts Row 1822d-1836d; no. 5 1823d.

JACOBS, John. Bookseller. Harts Row 1835d-1836d.

JAGO, Charles James. Printer. Cowick Street 1851. Born: Truro, Cornwall 1836/7, son of James, brushmaker. Sources: Census 1851 1867/156.

JANE, James. Printer. St. Paul 1828-30; Paul Street 1831d. Married: Mary. Children: Anna Maria bap. 27/7/1828, Sarah Isaac bap. 30/5/1830 both at St. Paul.

JARMAN, John. Compositor. 86, South Street 1851. Born: Exeter 1834/5, son of John, revenue clerk. Sources: Census 1851 1869/297.

JARMAN, Richard. Paper maker. 2, Portland Place, St. Leonard 1851. Born; Slaughterford, Wilts 1831/2. Visitor, unmarried 1851. Sources: Census 1851 1866/461.

JEANES, Edwin. Bookseller. Opposite Guildhall 1837; 56, High Street 1838d-1839d; 57, High Street 1840d-1841d; 270, High Street 1841-1842d; St. David's Hill [1841?]. Taken over business he had long conducted for William Strong EFP 12/10/1837 2d. List of books for sale EFP 24/5/1838 1ef. Adverts EFP 6/9/1838 2e, 23/1/1840 2d, 28/5/1840 2c. Bankrupt EFP 15/4/1841 3f. Stock for sale (notes that business started by Gilbert Dyer, succeeded by his son, then William Strong) EFP 15/7/1841 3e. Moved premises to Charles Coles opposite Grammar School EFP 2/12/1841 1a. Advert EFP 19/1/1843 2d. Book label (wrongly dated to ca.1820 by Attwood).

JENKINS, William. Engraver. 129, Sidwell Street 1850d.

JERANEAU(?), William. Printer. 6, Smythen Street 1851. Born: Exeter 1828/9, son of Anna, nurse. Unmarried 1851. Sources: Census 1851 1869/302.

JERMAN, W. Stationer. 90, North Street 1851d.

JESSOP, James. Bookseller, stationer 1848d-1851d, printer and lacemaker 1853d-1855d+. Sidwell Street 1848d-1855d+; no. 31 1849d-1851d, 1856d; 31, High Street 1855h; 69 South Street 1862d. Died: EFP 7/5/1862 5c [J.P.Jessep].

JERVIS, George. Printer. 13, Sandford Street 1851. Born: Guernsey 1837/8, son of Eliza, widow. Sources: Census 1851 1868/83.

JERVIS, James. Compositor's apprentice. 11, Catherine Street 1851. Born: Cheriton Bishop 1834/5, son of Mary Ann, charwoman, widow. Sources: Census 1851 1868/310.

JOHN DE SHIREBORNE. See Shireborne.

JOHNS, Samuel. Postboy. 2, Adelaide Court, St. Sidwell 1851. Born: Bratton Clovelly 1794/5. Married: Anne, born Georgham 1803/4. Children: born St. Sidwell 1830/1, 1840/1,1845/6, Cullompton 1832-33. Sources: Census 1851 1868/135.

JOHNS, William. Bookbinder's apprentice. Holloway Street 1851. Born: Exeter 1832/3, son of Martha, widow, sempstress. Sources: Census 1851 1868/527.

JONAS, Benjamin. Quill manufacturer &c. 123, Fore Street 1845d-1847d. Described as silversmith from 1848d.

JONES, Frederick. Lithographic artist. Magdalen Street 1851. Born: Bristol 1826/7. Unmarried, visiting Jane Tole, librarian 1851. Imprints: single prints (Somers Cocks) 1853: 620. Sources: Census 1851 1868/453.

JONES, John. Working jeweller and engraver. Goldsmith Street 1828d.

JOSLIN, William J. Apprentice compositor. 6, Portland Place 1851. Born: Chulmleigh 1831/2, son of Mary Anne, widow, plainworker. Sources: Census 1851 1868/191.

JUKES, F. Print publisher. Imprints: Single prints (Somers Cocks) 1791: 794, 795.

JURY, John. Photographic artist. New North Road 1848d.

KEATE. Postboy. Born: c1770. Married: Ann, born Barnstaple 1771/2. Children: born Barnstaple 1810/1. Died: by 1851 when widow living in Elstons Court, St. Sidwell. Sources: Census 1851 1868/180.

KEEN, James. Printer. St. Pancras 1832. Married: Elizabeth Osborne 17/12/1832 St. Pancras.

KEENAN, Francis. Print publisher. Imprints: 1800: Keenan (Somers Cocks S25).

KEMP, Henry. Paper maker. Trews Weir Paper Mills 1851. Born: Rickmansworth, Herts 1816/7. Married: Elizabeth, born 1818/9 Chesham, Bucks. Children: born Chesham 1840/1, Guildford, Surrey 1842/3. Sources: Census 1851 1866/435.

KENDALL, J. Engraver. To publish print of Cathedral EFP 9/5/1822 4d.

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KENT, Edward. Reporter. 5, Nelson Place 1835d.

KERSLAKE, Mary. Paper maker. Trews Weir Cottages 1851. Born: Cullompton 1780/1. Married: widow 1851. Visitor with Robert Broom, paper maker 1851. Sources: Census 1851 1866/434.

KERSLAKE, William. Paper maker. 40, Holloway Street 1851. Born: Bradninch 1809/10. Married: Grace, born Down St. Mary 1801/2. Children: born Exeter 1837-41. Sources; Census 1851 1868/488.

KERSLAKE, William. Paper maker. 40, Holloway Street 1851. Born: Holsworthy 1766. Married: Jane, born Uplowman 1766. Sources: Census 1851 1868/488.

KING, John. Engraver. Continuing business of Woodman EFP 26/2/1784 3b.

KING, Peter. Compositor. 2, Poltimore Square 1851. Born: Brixham 1823/4. Married; Ellen, laundress, born Crediton 1825/6. Children: born Exeter 1847-49. Sources: 1868/264.

KINGDON, James & Son. Paper stainers and upholsterers. 180, Fore Street 1835d.

KINGDON, Jane. Paper stainer and upholsterer. 180, Fore Street 1833d-1855d+. Born: St. Petrock, Exeter 1785/6. Married: widow 1851. Children: born Exeter 1810-27. Succeeded T.M.Kingdon & Co, trading as Jane Kingdon and Son. Employed 16 men, 25 women, 3 boys 1851. Sources: Census 1851 1869/257.

KINGDON, Thomas. Paper stainer and carpet warehouse. Fore Street 1809d-1816d. Trading as Hunt and Kingdon 1809d.

KINGDON, Thomas Medland & Co. Paper stainers and upholsterers. Fore Street 1822d-1827d; no. 189 1823d; no. 180 1828d-1832d; St. Mary Arches 1832. Buried George's Meeting aged 49 21/4/1832. Succeeded by Jane Kingdon & Son. Also carpet and floor cloth warehouse 1823d.

KNAPMAN, Mary. Rag sorter. West Street 1851. Born: 1830/1 Exeter. Unmarried, lodger 1851. Sources: census 1851 RG41869/381.

KNIGHT, John. Bill poster. Smythen Street 1848d-1849d.

LAKE, James. Bookbinder. St. Edmund 1803. Born: Exeter, bap. 12/11/1781 St. Edmund, son of Thomas and Mary or 14/9/1785 St. Thomas, son of William and Mary [?], aged 17/30 1803. Unmarried 1803. Willing to serve in militia 1803. Sources: Exeter militia list 1803; IGI.

LAKIN, Francis H. Music seller. 5, Hlls Court, St. David 1851. Born: Manchester 1821/2. Married: Maria P, born Bolton, Lancs 1819/20. Children: born Bradford, Yorks 1845/6. Sources: Census 1851 1869/5.

LAMACRAFT, James Henry. Printer. Married: Mary. Children: Mary Eliza bap. 6/11/1827 Cathedral.

LAMBERT, Newton. Lithographer. Okehampton Street 1851. Born: Basingstoke, Hants 1834/5, son of William, bookseller. Sources: Census 1851 1867/165.

LAMBERT, William. Bookseller. Salem Place 1848d-1851d; no. 6 1848d; Okehampton Street 1851. Born: Sherborne, Dorset 1810/1. Married: Mary, born Sherborne 1810/1. Children: Newton, lithographer, born Basingstoke 1834/5. Sources: Census 1851 1867/165.

LAMERTON, John. Copositor. 9, King Street Terrace 1851. Born: St. Sidwell, Exeter 1810/1. Married: Mary, born Launceston, Cornwall 1809/10. Children: St. Sidwell 1841-43. Sources: Census 1851 1868/128.

LAMSON, T. Printer, bookseller. 1762. In Exeter, America.

LANDRAY, William. Stationer. 103, Fore Street 1823d. Married: EFP 28/11/1822 4b. To open business, partnership with Warren dissolved EFP 13/6/1822 4d. Advert EFP 1/8/1822 4d.

LANGDON, James. Bookseller. Died: 12/9/1842 aged 66 EFP 22/9/1842 2e.

LARCHER, Glanche. Bookbinder. Allhallows Goldsmith Street 1544. Apprentice/servant to John Gropall of Exeter 1554. Brother Stationers' Co. 1566. Received a piece of new cloth to make him a new cloak and 20s. in money in his master's will. Sources: Exeter freemen; Chope (1918); Plomer (1917).

LARKWORTHY, J.L. Bookseller &c. Bedford Street 1844d-1847d. Previously listed as comb and toy shop.

LASKEY, Mrs. Stationer. Advert EFP 6/11/1834 2e.

LASKEY, E.F. Bookseller &c. Bedford Street 1835d-1842d. Advert EFP 2/4/1835 3e.

LASKEY, Robert. Law stationer. Bartholomew Yard 1833d-1834d; Bedford Street 1836d-1845d. Removal of premises EFP 6/11/1834 2e.

LATIMER, Thomas. Reporter 1835d, shorthand writer 1835, printer 1835-1855d+, newspaper proprietor. 2, Summerland Cottages, Topsham Road 1835d; 162, Fore Street 1836d-1839d; 143, Fore Street Hill 1840d-1856d+. Born: Bristol 9/8/1803, son of Jacob. Married: Frances Ann. Children: born Exeter 1830-49, daughter Jessey Gordon born 1/11/1835 bap. 28/11 St. Olave. Not freeman of Exeter. Died: 5/1/1888. Owner and editor of Western times, the leading radical Exeter newspaper from 27/6/1835. Employed 10 men, 9 apprentices 1851. Presentation to him EFP 8/1/1858 5d. Premises later occupied by Wheatons. Sources: Hoskins Two thousand years in Exeter p.114; Lambert, Richard S. The Cobbett of the West, 1939; Census 1851 RG9/1869/287.

LATIMER, Thomas Tracey. Newspaper reporter. 143, Fore Street 1851. Born: Exeter 1830, eldest son of Thomas, newspaper proprietor. Died: 1881. Emigrated to New Zealand, bought newspaper by father, failed, returned to Exeter and later went to London. Sources: Lambert, R.S. The Cobbett of the West, 1939; Census 1851 1869/287.

LAWRENCE, W. Stationer. 160, Sidwell Street 1856d.

LAZARUS, David. Quill pen and pencil manufacturer 1835d-1847d, dealer in pens 1851d-1853d. 12, Bartholomew Street West 1835d-1841d; 134½, Fore Street Hill 1842d-1844d; Market Street 1846d-1851; no. 14 1851d-1853d. Born: Exeter 1792/3. Married: widower 1851. Children: born Exeter 1824-45. Sources: Census 1851 1868/345.

LEARY, Samuel. Printer. St. Pancras 1834. Married: Grace. Children: Samuel Lock bap. 9/2/1834 St. Pancras.

LE BEAU, Timothy. Publisher. To republish Barbarian cruelties EFP 4/1/1787 3b.

LEE, Edward. Bookseller. Close 1756; College 1772. Married: Christine Patey of Exeter, spinster, licence 17/5/1736. Married: Ann Langdon of Woodbury, spinster, licence 9/2/1756. Selling prints of Exeter Cathedral EFP 7/2/1772 3a. Imprints: 1741: Knapp, William.

LEE, James. Lithographer. Pancras Street 1851. Born: 1824/5 Budleigh Salterton. Married: Elizabeth, born Zeal Monachorum 1818/9. Children: born Exeter 1847-49. Sources: Census 1851 1869/244.

LEE, Samuel. Bookbinder's apprentice. Cornish's Court, North Street 1851. Born: Exeter 1832/3, son of Thomas, picture frame maker. Sources: Census 1851 1869/185.

LETHABY, Richard. Printer. North Devon Publishing House, Paul Street 1838. Born: Chulmleigh 1812, son of William. Children: William born 1837 and four others. Died: 1888. Active in Wesleyan Society at Mint Chapel 1837-39. To London as foreman for William Clowes 1839. Returned as printer to Sidmouth 1861, editor of Sidmouth Journal. Member of Devonshire Association. Sources: Trans. Devonshire Assoc., vol. 21.

LEWIS & EVELEIGH. Engravers, lithographers, printers. Magdalen Street 1848d-1853d; no. 18½ 1848d; no. 19½ 1850d-1851d. Previously Jane Lewis. Moving premises EFP 20/3/1851 5b.

LEWIS, George H. Engraver, also lithographer 1843d-1844d. Goldsmith Street 1825d; 5, Maddocks Row 1827d; 19½, Magdalene Street 1828d-1844d; also 9, High Street 1833d-1840d. Died: EFP 25/4/1844 3d. Taken over business of Mr. Roper EFP 5/10/1837 2f. Engraved frontispiece map of Devon for Trewman's Pocket Journals. Succeeded by Jane Lewis.

LEWIS, Jane. Engraver and lithographer. 19½, Magdalene Street 1845d-1849d. Succeeded George H. Lewis. Continued as Lewis & Eveleigh.

LEY, Edward. Bill poster, newsman. Upper Paul Street 1848d-1855d+; Mint 1881d-1885d. Born: Exeter 1807/8. Married: Elizabeth, born Brampford Speke 1807/8. Sources: Census 1851 1869/209.

LEY, Francis. Paper maker. Died: EFP 27/8/1884 8b.

LINDSEY, John. Paper maker. Holy Trinity 1814. Married: Jane. Children: Samuel Henry bap. 31/7/1814 Holy Trinity.

LISCOMBE, James. Bookseller. St. Martin's Lane 1725. Apprenticed to Edward Score. Freeman of Exeter 1/7/1723. Advertised "catalogue of valuable books in divinity, history, antiquity and physick &c. which will be sold by auction at the dwelling-house of James Liscombe ... on Monday May the 3d, 1725" Brice's WJ 30/4/1725. Bondsman for marriage of Joseph Shoulders and Anne Condy 24/5/1725. Imprints: 1725: Liscombe, James. Sources: Exeter freemen; Dredge p.98; Worth p.506.

LIQUORISH, J.H. Bookseller. Advert, also commencing business as travel agent EFP 27/5/1847 2f,3b.

LOBB, John. Postboy. Gidley's Buildings, Old Castle Street 1851. Born: Honiton 1806/7. Married: Elizabeth, born Tavistock 1816/7. Children: born Exeter 1832-39. Sources: Census 1851 1869/151.

LOCK, Frances. Employed at paper mills. Springs Court, Lower North Street 1851. Born: Exeter 1829/30, daughter of John, coal merchant's labourer. Sources: Census 1851 1869/59.

LOCK, Mary Ann. Worker at paper mill. Lower Rack Close Lane 1851. Born: Exeter 1827/8. Aunt Agnes Oxenham, lodging house keeper. Unmarried 1851. Sources: Census 1851 1869/361.

LORAM, James. Engraver. Invented new process EFP 18/1/1849 5e. Transfers engravings to panels of wood EFP 22/2/1849 8a.

LOTT, James. Paper warehouse 1833d-1835d, stationer 1836d. Holy Trinity 1833; South Street 1833d-1834d; Harts Row 1835d-1836d. Possibly listed as fly lender, Lower North Street 1837d+. Married: Elizabeth. Children: Amelia Mark bap. 13/1/1833 Holy Trinity.

LOVERIDGE, Arthur. Bookbinder. Apprenticed to John Rolf. Freeman of Exeter 1606/7. Sources: Exeter freemen.

LUCKEY, William U. Printer. 171, Fore Street 1840; Mary Arches Street 1840d-1842d. Advert EFP 19/3/1840 2a.

LUCKOMBE, Philip. Printer. Son of John Luckombe, tailor. Freeman of Exeter by succession 2/11/1776. Voted for John B.Cholwich 1776. Sources: Exeter freemen; Exeter poll book 1776.

LUFF, Augustus Frederick. Bookseller. Died: EFP 22/3/1865 5d.

LUNY, William. Postboy. Cheeke Street 1851. Born: Hatherleigh 1790/1. Married: Margaret, born Crediton 1798/9. Children: born Crediton 1823-30, St. Sidwell, Exeter 1837-42. Sources: Census 1851 1868/123.