Cork-Cutters by Royal Appointment   John Forbes Hardy (1816–1906), Artist     Notes on the Hardy Family New apprentices taken on by Joshua Hardy, a member of the Pattenmakers’ Company (London Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1442–1850, FindMyPast online database). 11 Mar 1786 Joseph Dillamore, son of Joseph, St Olave Southwark, Surrey, cork-cutter (deceased) 8 Jul 1790 Richard Hughes, son of Thomas, Stepney, Middlesex, sawyer 19 Sep 1791 William Page, son of Edward, Maidstone [Kent], yeoman     [Note: freedom admission September 1800 (see below);     William Page, cork manufacturer, PCC Will, 1851] 4 Sep 1792 Richard Creed, son of Richard, Peckham, Surrey, coachman (deceased) 17 Jul 1795 Thomas Birch, son of Thomas, All Hallows Barking, London, gentleman 16 Aug 1796 David French, son of John, Farleigh, Kent, cooper     [David French, cork manufacturer, PCC Will, 1836] 5 Nov 1796 William Bennett, son of William, St Paul Deptford, Kent, labourer (deceased) 8 Jun 1798 Augustus Hanton, son of James, Gravel Lane, Southwark, Surrey, dyer (deceased) 14 Sep 1799 Thomas French, son of John, East Farleigh, Kent, cooper 1801 William Loveland, son of William, Shoreditch, Middlesex, wine porter Pattenmakers’ Company – Register of Freedom admissions (London Metropolitan Archives online catalogue, reference code: COL/CHD/FR/02/1243/042)     Date: September 1800     William Page, son of Edward Page of Maidstone, Kent, yeoman     Admission by servitude / apprenticeship     to the master Joshua Hardy, cork-cutter of London, Pattenmaker. Note: The above record confirms that Joshua Hardy, a member of the Pattenmakers’ Company, was a cork-cutter by occupation. John Tallis’s London Street Views 1838–1840 includes a street directory of the shops and businesses on Piccadilly that listed Hardy and Page, Cork Cutters, 28 Piccadilly, between the cross-streets of Air Street and George Court [George Court, Piccadilly later renamed to Piccadilly Place]. Also listed are:     Fortnum and Mason, Importers of Foreign Fruit, 182 Piccadilly; and     Hatchard and Son, Booksellers, 187 Piccadilly. (see Tallis’s London Street Views ). Joshua Hardy – PCC Will (National Archives) will dated 12 April 1808, probate date 12 May 1808. Joshua Hardy was buried on 6 May 1808 at St George’s Church, Hanover Square (Westminster parish registers, Ancestry online).     Will Summary Joshua Hardy of Piccadilly, Middlesex [London], cork-cutter. wife Catherine Hardy, sole executrix. ‘intent that my business of a cork-cutter may be carried on for the benefit of my family and I direct that my said wife and my son Joseph Hardy . . . . shall immediately after my decease enter into regular articles of copartnership during their joint lives’. ‘son Joseph Hardy born of the body of Sarah Walday (who at the time was commonly called)’, baptised at St Michael’s Church, Queenhithe in the City of London. daughter Catherine Hardy. daughter Mary Hardy ‘born of the body of the said Sarah Walday’ and baptised at St Michael’s Church, Queenhithe; was unmarried when the will was written.     Family History Notes Information in the will is confirmed by the baptisms recorded at St Michael’s Church, Queenhithe (London parish registers, Ancestry online):     Mary, daughter of Joshua and Sarah Hardy, born 19 Feb 1787, baptised 11 Mar 1787; and     Joseph, son of Joshua and Sarah Hardy, born 16 May 1788, baptised 15 June 1788. From the will, Sarah was a companion of Joshua – however, nothing about her is known. It appears that Joshua got married to someone else on the day after the baptism of his son Joseph. On 16 June 1788 the parish register of St Andrew, Holborn, London recorded the marriage (London parish registers, Ancestry):     Joshua Hardy of the parish of St Andrew Hubbard, London, bachelor, and     Catherine Mills of the parish of St Andrew, Holborn, spinster; by licence;     witnesses: William Bentley, Lydia Maddah. Joshua Hardy’s cork-cutter shop at 26 Little Eastcheap was located near the site of the church of St Andrew Hubbard. The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt; the parish was united with that of St Mary-at-Hill. Baptism at St Mary-at-Hill, City of London (London parish registers, Ancestry online):     Catherine, daughter of Joshua and Catherine Hardy,     born 23 Sep 1793, baptised 27 Oct 1793. At some point, the Hardy family became established in Hampstead in North London (family history and census returns are given below). Burial at St John’s Church, Church Row, Hampstead (London parish registers, Ancestry):     14 June 1820   Catherine Hardy, aged 62 [born about 1758]. The parish register of St John’s Church, Church Row, Hampstead recorded the marriage on 17 March 1811 of Joseph Hardy, bachelor, and Mary Clarke Southard, spinster (London parish registers, Ancestry online). In the 1841 census and 1851 census their home was Harrow Lodge, Hampstead in North London (see the transcribed census returns below). Joseph Hardy’s bride Mary Clarke Southard, the daughter of George and Mary Ann Southard, was baptised on 15 September 1790 at Totnes, Devon (FamilySearch Historical Records online). Her parents were married on 25 February 1786 at St Botolph’s Aldgate, London:     George Southard, widower, and Mary Ann Forbes, spinster, both of the parish; by licence;     witnesses: Alex Forbes, John Tasker, Mary Bethell Lloyd, Frances Ann Southard.     [In the parish register, John Tasker was a witness at other weddings].     (London parish registers, Ancestry online). A baptism at St John’s Church, Church Row, Hampstead, on 27 November 1816:     John Forbes Hardy, son of Joseph Hardy, merchant, and Mary     (London parish registers, Ancestry online). His middle name, Forbes, was the maiden name of his maternal grandmother. A marriage at St Luke’s Church, Chelsea on 12 June 1847:     John Forbes Hardy, bachelor, landscape painter,     son of Joseph Hardy, cork manufacturer, and     Rosalina Parsloe, spinster, a minor, daughter of James Parsloe, green grocer;     both of St Luke, Chelsea; by licence; witnesses: Benjamin Johnson, [?] Parsloe.     (London parish registers, Ancestry online). Deaths registered in the Worthing district, Sussex (GRO Online Indexes):     1863   Joseph Hardy, aged 74, and     1868   Mary Clarke Hardy, aged 78. John Forbes Hardy died in 1906. He was buried in Heene Cemetery, Worthing, West Sussex. A photograph of his memorial gravestone is at the Find-A-Grave website. Census Returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed at the Ancestry family history website. Notes: In the 1841 census, the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over. Name Age   Occupation Born in County? 1841 census – Harrow Lodge, Hampstead [North London]                         Reference: HO107/674/5 (folio 8, p. 10) Joseph Hardy 50 Cork manufacturer Y Mary Hardy 50   N John Hardy 25   Y Notes: On the census form, the next house was named Bellmoor House, and, on the next census page, was Albion Cottage. The location is East Heath Road, at its highest point in Hampstead, near the junction with Heath Street. Bell-Moor was one of four cottages built in the early 1800s. In the 1870s Thomas Barratt converted all four into one house, keeping the name Bell Moor House (see Bell Moor House, Hampstead ; and Know Your London ). Name and relation to Head of household Marital Status Age Occupation Birth Place 1851 census – Upper Heath, Harrow Lodge, Hampstead [North London]                         Reference: HO107/1492 (folio 176, p. 34) Joseph Hardy Head Married 62 Proprietor of houses St Andrew, London Mary Clarke Hardy Wife Married 60 Fundholder Totnes, Devon Alice Thorn Servant Unmarried 23 House servant Linton, Devon Ruth Tooth Servant Unmarried 18 House servant St George’s Bloomsbury [London] Notes: The next transcribed census return shows John, the son of Joseph and Mary Hardy. 1851 census – Heath Street, Hampstead [North London]                         Reference: HO107/1492 (folio 203, p. 7) John F Hardy Head Married 34 Landscape Artist Hampstead Rosalina Hardy Wife Married 24   Cheltenham, Gloucestershire   1861 census – 24 Warwick Street, Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex                         Reference: RG 9/614 (folio 126, p. 17) Joseph Hardy Head Married 72 Proprietor of houses London Mary C Hardy Wife Married 70   Totnes, Devon 1861 census – 2 Marlborough Terrace, Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex                         Reference: RG 9/614 (folio 91, p. 39) John F Hardy Head Married 44 Proprietor of houses Hampstead Rose Hardy Wife Married 34   Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Anne Ansfield Servant Unmarried 21 House servant Goring, Sussex Copyright © WhistlerHistory 2021.