bulkleyblog: augustus 2014

zondag 17 augustus 2014

George Bulkley insurance policy

Bulkeley, George (d 1784)55 violinist

22 April 1767 Insurance Policy No. 245040, Ms 11936/174, p.420

245040

s

3⁄

Lday 1768

Rogers

George Bulkeley at Mr

Toulmin’s Watchmaker \ at the Corner of

Charles Court in the Strand Musician \ On his Musical Instruments

in the now Dwelling House \ only Brick Lath & Plaster of Mr

Toulmin situate as \ aforesaid not exceeding Thirty Pounds \

Printed Books therein only not exceeding Twenty Pounds \

Wearing Apparel therein only not exceeding Fifty Pounds \

Henry Plant Thos

Watts C Bewicke Junr

£30

20

50

£100

11 November 1767 Insurance Policy No. 250375, Ms11936/178, p.180

250375

s

10⁄

Xmas 1768

s

11⁄5d

Rogers

George Bulkley at Mr

Pervils’s Auctioneer near \ Bow Street in

Hart Street Covent Garden Musician \ On his Musical Instruments

in the now Dwelling House \ only Brick of Mr

Pervil situate as

aforesaid not \ exceeding Twenty Pounds \

Printed Books therein only not Exceeding Thirty Pounds \

Houshold Gods therein only not exceeding Three \ hundred

Pounds \

Wearing Apparel therein only not Exceeding One hundred \ &

Fifty Pounds \

C Bewicke Junr

John Drummond John Mason

{See Ind No

15 P415

D

o

No

17 P194

D

o

No

19 P158}

£20

30

300

150

£500

London October 1768 Endorsement to Policy No. 250375, Ms 12160/15, p.415

250375

179 [sic]

Geo Bulkley Hart St CG Remov’d to his \ Apartments in the Dwelling

House Brick of Mr

Eddie Gent near the Blakeney Head in \ Bowe Street

Covent Garden 12 Do

JR

London October 1769 Endorsement to Policy No. 250375, Ms 12160/17, p.194

250375

178

George Bulkley Bowe St CG  Remov’d to his \ Apartments in the Dwelling

House Brick of Mrs \ Powell Widow under the Piazza Covent Garden \

23 Octob JR

[Endorsement Volume No.19 is missing]

55 George Bulkley was a violinst, who played in the band at Covent Garden Theatre and the Haymarket

Theatre; see Highfill et al (1973–93), vol.2, p.393. The Galpin Society: Whitehead and Nex, ‘Sun insurance policies 1710-79’, A to D

51

22 January 1779 Insurance Policy No. 409721, Ms 11936/273, p.77

409721

6/

Xmas 1779

Griffin

{Xmas 82}

George Bulkley No

27 in the \ Strand Musician, On his Wearing

Apparel \ in the Dwellg

house only Brick & Plaister \ of Mr

Toulmin Watchmaker situate as \ Aforesaid not Exceed

g

One Hundd

Pounds \

Musical Instruments therein only not \ Exceedg

One Hundred

Pounds \

F Pigou J Barwick R Bowen

{Ind No

31 P204 & 484}

100

100

£200

[Endorsement Volume No.31 is missing]

vrijdag 15 augustus 2014

Edward Wilford

Edward Wilford was the Father of Mary Wilford .
He was treasurer at Covent Garden .
He attended his daughters wedding.

CHAPTER 11 : MANAGEMENT OF COVENT GARDEN
On Saturday 22nd September 1759 the Drury Lane prompter, Richard Cross, preparing for the
new season, noted in his diary: “Mr Beard is gone to Covent Garden, ‘tis said to be
Manager”.1
He was right. John Rich had not only persuaded Beard to leave Drury Lane after
an uninterrupted period there of eleven years, but he had given him a managerial role for an
extra annual salary of £150.
The reason for this is not hard to grasp. Rich was old and ailing. He had a wife and four
daughters to leave the business to. But now there was a popular performer who had joined the
family as a son-in-law. This was someone he liked, respected, and trusted. He knew the
theatre business through and through. In the will that he drew up around this time Beard was
named as joint manager with Mrs Priscilla Rich in the event of his death. Priscilla – so long as
she remained his widow – had the right to dispose of the Theatre and the Letters Patent by
which it had been established. If she remarried she was to be replaced by her brother Edward
Wilford, who worked in the theatre’s Treasury. If she died, the co-managers were to seek the
‘concurrence and approbation’ of his four daughters in the running of the theatre.