| Description | Robert Tull (c.1731-1758) was a jobbing craftsman. In 1745 he was apprenticed to Jacob Gosset for £45. Tull set up his own business in 1753 and for a period he acted as a sub-contractor to leading Huguenot picture frame makers such as Gosset (probably Jacob Gosset), Jean Antoine Cuenot and Paul Petit. In 1756 Tull was operating out of Dufour's Court, Soho, which was at the heart of the thriving carving and gilding trade of 18th century London. His association with Jacobite engraver Sir Robert Strange and Scottish pastel portrait painter Catharine Read [also spelled Catherine or Katherine, Reed or Reade] brought him numerous customers from the aristocracy and gentry. In November 1757 Tull married Charlotte Hanne or Hand, within a few weeks of the marriage Tull became ill and he died in early 1758.
The account book comprises 93 leaves and was used by Tull from 8 March 1753 until 27 December 1757 and then by John Bandy who took responsibility for completing work in hand after Tull's death and gathering in sums owed; with evidence of later use by other unnamed persons. The pages used by Tull contain details of work he completed, this includes the name of the individual he did the work for; a description of the work; the date work was requested and the amount charged. One page has been torn out at an unknown date. There are some loose inserts at the back of the volume; it is not thought these are connected with Robert Tull.
Index of names mentioned in the account book, and the page(s) they are mentioned on:
Text in round brackets gives Tull’s variant spellings
Text in square brackets indicates identifications by Jacob Simon as editor of the account book
*Individuals linked to Catharine Read by account book entries
† individuals paying for plate glass of a size or cost
Allam, Mr 9b
Allam, Mr Robert 1a, 1b, 2a, 3a, 4a, 10a, 14b, 37a
Allam, Mr Thomas [upholsterer?] 3b, 7b, 16b, 25b, 26a, 28a, 42, 57
Allam, Mr William 5b, 10a, 11a, 11b, 50
Ansell, Mr [Robert Ansell, carver and gilder] 2a
†Atkins (Hatkins), Sir Richard 6a
Baker, Mr 31b
Bandy, John 71
Beates, Mr 4a
Bedell, Mr 59
Benjamen, Mr 9b
†Bentick, Lady Hariot 22b
*Berenger, Richard, Esq 6b, 7a, 7b, 10a, 11a, 12a, 18b, 19a, 19b, 26a, 27a, 55
†Best, Esq 12a, 44
*Best, Mr 27b
Bettey, Mrs 27a
Blackwell, Mr 51, 63, 71
Bower, see Power
Brisbane, John Esq 48
Brisbet, Dr 47
†Brown, Lady 43
Brudenell, Col. 2b
Brunsdell, Mr [William Brunsdale, plasterer] 64
Bull, Esq 36a, 71
Bull, Mr 16a, 70
Burdet (Burdett), Mrs 66, 70
Burges, Esq 11b
Burnsall, Mr 41, 44
†Burrel, Esq 16a
Burrell, Mr 19b
*Burrell, Mrs 14a, 14b, 16a
Burrell, Peter, Esq 23a
Burtles, Mr 46
Butler, Mr merchant 29b
Campell (Camble, Cammell), Mr 31b, 32a, 33b
Carelouse (Carlouse), Mr 1b, 3b, 13a
†Carlisle, Earl of 6a, 6b
Carr (Care), Lord 37b, 38a
†Carthright, Mrs 5b
†Cathcart, Lord 26b, 28a, 34b, 35a
Chamoulaud (?), Dr (Mrs) 27a
Chichester, Sir John 27a
*Chidley, Hon Miss 45
Chidley (Childley), Mrs 45
Clayton, Col. 40a
Clepham (Claphan, Clephan, Clipham), Dr 14b, 16b, 22b, 23b
†Collins, Mr 36b
*Cook, Lady 14a
†Cook, Lady Mary 15b, 16a, 21a, 22a
Cooper, Dr 33a
Cooper, Esq (Mr) 41, 43
Coursen, see Curzon
†Couts, Mr 16b
†Cramond, Esq 4a
Cranston, Lord 42
Crawford (Craford), Mr 13a, 31b
*Creichton (Creaton), Capt., of the Minories 3a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 8b
Cunot, Mr [Jean Antoine Cuenot, carver] 1a, 1b
Curghey, Miss 18b
Curzon (Coursen), Lady 54, 65, 70
†Dalkeath, Right Hon. Lady 9a, 45
Dearing, Esq 14a
Dejonder, Mr 52
Dejone, Mr 33b
De Larjone, see Larjone
Denthorn, Mr Peter 25a
†Dickson, Mr 9b, 10b, 13a
dimont, see Michelson dimont
Dixon, Mr 25b, 44, 60
Dobijns, Mr 31b
Douglass, Mr 28a
Dowdswell, Mr 1b, 2a, 2b
Drumlanrig, Lord 33a
†Drummon, George, Esq 8a
Duane, Counsellor, Esq 1b
Duboyce, Cardinal 23b
Duboyce (Duboic), Mr 10a, 10b
†Dundass, Lawrence, Esq 5a
Dundass, Mr 27b
Edwards, Mrs 37a
Elliot, Mr 22b
Farrel, James, Esq 7a
Feathers, Lady 35b
Finch, Lady Bell 9a
Fogg, Mr 31b
Forbes, Mr 1b, 51, 54
Fordyce, Dr 34a, 46
Fotherington, Mr 26a
Frankline, Mr 33b
Fry, Mr 62
*Furness, Miss 4b
Mr Forbes, 1753, 1b
Gataker, Mr 26b
Gett (geet), Mr 21a, 21b, 23a, 25a, 26b, 27a
Gett, Mrs 47
Gibson, Mr 38b, 39b, 42, 43
Gilding, Mr 32b, 33b, 34b
Glegg, Mr 19b, 44, 48
Gormon, Mr, merchant 56
Gosset (Gossett), Mr [Jacob Gosset, carver and Tull’s master] 1a, 1b, 2b, 3b, 29a, 39b
Gough (Gaugh), Mr 34a, 38b
Graham, Dr 39a
†Gray, Hon. John, Esq 4b, 8a
Greaves, Mr 32a, 54
Griffiths (Grifiths), Mr 19b, 46, 52, 63
Griszell, Mr 4b
Gumley, Col. 39b
Hambleton (Hamelton, Hamilton, Hamleton, Humleton), Capt. 20a, 20b, 31a, 32a, 33a, 33b, 44, 50, 58, 59, 64, 66
Hamelton, Duchess of, Berkeley Square 25a, 25b
Hambelton (Hambleton, Hamilton, Hamleton), Mr [brother of Capt Hambleton] 53, 57, 58, 59, 61
†Hamelton, Mrs 35b
Hatkins, see Atkins
Hatton, Mr 13b, 14a, 14b, 39b
†Hearde, Dr 40a
Hennard, Lord 13b
Hinde, Mr (Esq) 18b, 19a, 23a
Hindford, Lord 37a, 37b, 39a, 40a
Hobbs, Mr [George Hobbs , witness at Tull’s wedding] 23b, 25b, 52, 58
Hollandsworth, Mr 2a, 8b, 21b
Hollis, Mr 28b
Hough, Capt. 3a
Hughes, Mr 9a, 16a, 27b, 34a
Hunderhill, see Underhill
Hunter, Dr 23b, 40b
Hussey, Mr [?Giles Hussey, portrait painter] 20b, 21b, 36b, 37b, 38b, 47, 59, 65
†Jacobs, Miss 16a
Jelt, Mr 20b
Jency, Miss 2a
Johnston, Mrs, Collmon Street 38a
*Jonson, Mrs 32b
Keating, Mr [Robert Keating, colourman] 12b
†Keith, George, Esq of Jamaica 6b
Kirkman, Mr [Jacob Kirckman, harpsichord maker] 34a, 35a, 53, 55, 56, 58
Lamb, Mr 13b
Larjone (De Larjone), Mr, see also Dejone 29b, 32a
La Roach (Laroach), Mr 6a, 9a, 10b, 42, 60
†Lauderdale (Lauderdall), Lord 3a
Lejonder (?), Mr 39a
*Lewis, Miss 14b, 16a
Lewis, Mr 28b
Linch, Mr 57
Linsey, Mrs 11b
Loraine, Mr 7b
Lord, 5a
Loudenhouse, Lord 32b
Lourghton, Mr 13a
McCanzey, Madam 69
Macauley (Macauly), Dr 33a, 36a, 37b, 40b
Macdonald (Mackdonal), Lady 10b, 15a
Mackenzie, Esq 38b
Mackinsey, Mr 39a, 41, 47
Marchant, see Michelson, Power
Martin, Miss 48, 49, 50, 53
Martin, Mr 49, 51, 60
Mennell, Mrs 25b
Merchant, see Butler, Gorman
Meredith (Meredeith), Sir William 18b, 21a, 21b, 22b, 23a, 25a, 35b, 36b, 59, 61
Michelson dimont, Mr, merchant 19b
Minere, Mrs 25b, 27b
Mirou (Miro), Mr 29a, 31a
Morae (?), Mr 15b
Moriou, Mr 26a
Mosman, Mr, of Aberdeen 43
Mullo (Muslo), Mr 32b
Murfey, Mr 4b
Murrey, Mr 51
Nandyke, Mr [Thomas Nandyke, witness to Tull’s will] 18b, 25a
Newbourge, Countess of 4b
Nowel, Col. 47
Oxford, Lady 47
Parkinson, Mr 29b
Paterson, Mr 53
Paterson, Mrs 15b
Patten (Patton), Dr 13b, 19b, 20b, 23b, 25a, 26a
*Peaters, Miss 4b
Penn, Esq 56
*Penn, Lady Juliana 45
Pettet, Mr [Paul Petit] 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a
Piggot, Nathanill, Esq 16b
Pitt, George, Esq 3b
†Portland (Pourtland), Duke of 22b, 28a
Pow, Mr George 1a
Pow, Mr 9a, 24b, 32a, 32b, 40b, 50
Power (Bower), Mr, merchant 62, 66, 70
Prestage (Preastage), Mr 18b, 22a, 28b, 29b, 31a, 36a, 36b, 38a, 38b, 47, 50
Primble, Esq 12a
Procter, Sir William Beachamp 23b, 24a, 24b
Queensberry, Duke of 33a
*Queensberry (Queensborough, Quensborough), Duchess of 3a, 8a, 32a, 33b, 35a
Rathmell, Mr 48
Reed, Miss 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b, 14a, 14b, 15a, 16a, 18b, 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b, 21b, 22b, 23a, 26b, 27b, 28b, 29a, 29b, 31b, 32a, 32b, 33b, 35b, 38a, 39b, 40b, 41, 42, 45, 60, 64, 70
Reed, Miss, her brother, 5a, 10a, 11a
†Reed (Ried, Reade), Mr 34a, 35a, 36a, 37a, 38b
Remnant, Mr 46
Riou, Capt. [Capt. Stephen Riou, army officer] 7a, 8a, 8b, 9a, 10b, 11b, 12a, 12b, 15a, 15b
Riou, Mrs 15b
†Rockingham, Marchioness of 20a
Rogers, Mrs 2a
†Rushet, Sir John 5b
Scrags, Mr 33a
Shatten (?), Mrs 2a
Sheabeare (Sheabere), Dr 26a, 32a, 51, 52, 55, 62
Sheabeare, Mr John 37b
Shelley, Governor 22a
Shemer, Dr 22a
†Shirley, Miss, Half Moon Street 63
Smith, Mr 13a, 17a, 19a, 20b, 21b, 22b, 51
Spencer, Mr 28a, 29a, 31a
†Stafford, Lady 3a
Steward, Mr 14b, 15b, 16b, 34b, 35a, 35b, 36b
Strainge (Straing), Mr 2a, 2b, 3a, 7a, 8b, 11b, 12a, 12b, 14a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 22b, 24a, 25b, 27b, 28b, 38a, 39b, 40a, 41, 42, 49, 54, 61, 64
*Strainge, Mrs 28b
Sturten, Right Hon. Lady 10a, 52, 54, 60, 66, 67
Suffolk, Countess of 29b
†Swemer, Esq, Grosvenor Square 12b, 28b
Swinden, Mrs 12b
Mrs Shatten (?), 1753, 2a
Talbert, Hon. Mr 9b
Thickness, Miss 61
Thomas, Mr 15b, 31a
Thoms, Mr 49
*Thomson, Dr 33b, 35b
Tichbourne (Tichboun, Titchbourne), 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 7a, 7b, 8b, 11a, 12b, 14a, 16b, 31a, 32a, 32b, 49, 56, 61, 65
Tichbourne, Mr William 2b, 12a
Toms, Commissioner 27b, 34a
†Townshend (Townsend), Lady 16a, 21a
*Townshend, Lord 23a
Travers (?), Vall, Esq 5b
Tull, Mr 63
Tull, Mr, in the Borough [Ebenezer Tull, landscape painter] 35a
Tull, Mrs 69, 70, 71
Tunge (Tounge, Tung), Mr 14b, 27a, 29b, 45, 50
Underhill (Hunderhill), Mr 59, 62, 63, 65
Vall, see Travers
Vaughan, Hon. Mr 69
†Vaughn, Hon. Wilmot (Willmot), Esq 11b, 13a, 27b, 36a, 40b, 64, 69
†Waffington, Mrs 15a
Watts, Mrs 27a
Weatherbourne (Weatherburne), Mrs 38a, 48
Webb, Mr 33b
Weston, Miss 3a
Weston, Mrs 3b, 4a, 5a, 7a, 8a, 8b, 9b, 11a, 22a, 24a, 33b
Whats, Mr 37a, 45
Whitwell, Capt. 15a
Whitwell, Hon. Mrs 43
Woodington, Mr 26b, 28a
†Worth, Miss 16a
Wright, Mr 1a, 1b, 2a
Wright, Mr, of Isleworth 7b
Young (Yound)), William, Esq 4a, 5b, 6b
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