Charles Grange & Son

‘The Royal Bed’, Snow Hill, London; upholsterer and cabinet maker.

The trade card of Charles Grange and Son Upholders & Appraisers, at the Royal Bed, Snow Hill, near S^t. Sepulchres Church London. Make after the Newest Fashion all sorts of all Sorts of four Post & Standing Beds. Likewise, Sell all Sorts of Upholstery & Cabinet Goods, Viz FeatherBeds, Chairs, Tables, Glasses, Bureaus, Chests of Drawers, Carpets, Quilts, Blankets, Damasks, Harrateeens &c. Also a Variety of Paper Hangings & Furniture Checks. N.B. Funerals Furnished, c.1750 [Heal,125.39]. © The Trustees of the British Museum

Made free of the Upholders’ Company on 13 September 1710 and became master in 1748.

He bound as apprentices:

• William Horsley, 1717–29
• Barry Johnson, 1732–40
• James Grange, his son, 1740–49
• William Hunter, 1741–49
• Richard Wallin, 1747–54
• John Stephens, 1750–58
• James Wootton, 1754–62
• William Pinckney, 1755–66
• Joseph Graham, 1755–63

The only insurance record located is for 1723 and on 16 January of that year the cover for goods and merchandise in his dwelling house was £500.

Charles was buried at St Sepulchre, Holborn, City of London, England.