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ArmorieDelamirie 13 - 18 Dec 2008 - Main.CarolDeMartino
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Armorie v. Delamirie (1722) K.B., 1 Strange 505, 93 ER 664 | | | Paul De Lamerie | |
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< | Much more is known about the defendant, goldsmith Paul De Lamerie (spelled Delamirie in legal texts). De Lamerie was born in 1688 in the Netherlands to French Huguenot parents. The family soon moved to England. Little is known of De Lamerie's early education, but in 1703, he was apprenticed to Peter Platel, a London goldsmith, for a seven year term. Platel was a well-regarded and elegant silversmith, and de Lamerie was an ambitious apprentice. In 1711, his apprenticeship has ended and De Lamerie made arrangements to start his own workshop. By 1713, he had entered his maker's mark at the Assay Office in the Goldsmiths' Hall and gave his address as "in Windmill Street near the Haymarket." | >
> | Much more is known about the defendant, goldsmith Paul De Lamerie (spelled Delamirie in legal texts). De Lamerie was born in 1688 in the Netherlands to French Huguenot parents. The family soon moved to England. Little is known of De Lamerie's early education, but in 1703 he was apprenticed to Peter Platel, a London goldsmith, for a seven year term. Platel was a well-regarded and elegant silversmith, and de Lamerie was an ambitious apprentice. In 1711, his apprenticeship ended and De Lamerie made arrangements to start his own workshop. By 1713, he had entered his maker's mark at the Assay Office in the Goldsmiths' Hall and gave his address as "in Windmill Street near the Haymarket." | | | Repeated violations of Goldsmiths' Company regulations are noted throughout De Lamerie's career. In 1714, he was fined for "not having his work hallmarked"; further complaints were filed the following November because the fine remained unpaid. In 1715, he was accused of passing off work made by others as his own. Similar charges were made the next year. By 1717, he was known as the King's Silversmith, but was also named in a complaint for making and selling unmarked wares. In 1722, he was, of course, accused of cheating Armory, the chimneysweep's boy. And in 1726, he was involved in the trial of Robert Dingley, a goldsmith involved in exporting silver to Russia. Dingley was preparing to ship a large number of silver wares when the Goldsmiths' Company tried to intercept his shipment on the suspicion that pieces were not assayed and that the requisite duty was unpaid. Much of the wares, in fact, were unmarked, and around half of the goods were supplied by Paul De Lamerie. Nevertheless, Dingley avoided inspection by distracting Company officials in a tavern while the goods were being loaded and dispatched overseas. |
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