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1739 born in Lavenham, Suffolk of the Rev John Squire and Ann nee Booty

1775 Resident in Stoke Ferry, south of King’s Lynn in Norfolk, a grocer, who had taken on an apprentice

1780 advertising that the best coals to be had were at Stoke Bridge and Oxburgh Hythe

1780 involved with the letting of a shop in Stoke Ferry

1781 married Ann Day at St Benedict’s Norwich. He was of Stoke Ferry, she was of St Benedict, Norwich.

1783 Edward Starling Squire, son of Edward and Ann born, baptised at Stoke Ferry

1785 Richard Day, son of Edward and Ann born, baptised privately at St George Tombland

1787 Mary Ann, daughter of Edward and Ann born, baptised privately at St George Tombland

1788 Edward Starling Squire dies, aged 5, St Benedict, Norwich

1789 Edward, son of Edward and Ann born, baptised at St George Tombland and dies a few days later

1789 Dwelling house and garden, in occupation of Edward Squire in St George Tombland, owned by the late Charles Marsh is auctioned at a yearly rent of £30. Also another dwelling house and garden in St George Tombland, occupied by Edward Squire, owned by the late Charles Marsh, yearly rent £20. Probable that Squire bought his own dwelling house.

1790 dealing in property of bankrupts

1790 Ann, daughter of Edward and Ann born, baptised at St George Tombland

1791 Harriet, daughter of Edward and Ann born, baptised at St George Tombland

1792 Jane, daughter of Edward and Ann born, baptised at St George Tombland

1792 advertised that he has landed in his yard cargos of timber at St Faith’s Lane, King Street

1793 Louisa, daughter of Edward and Ann born, baptised at St George Tombland

1794 Edward Squire, merchant, is a freeholder in the poll book for St George Tombland, voted Windham (Whig)

1794 Jane dies aged 2

1794 member of the Norwich Association of merchants – advertising rewards for anyone giving information about someone stealing corn or coal or wares

1797 on the committee of the Corporation of the Guardians of the Poor

1798 occupier and proprietor of property in St George Tombland

1800 Louisa dies aged 7

1802 Merchant and freeholder in St George Tombland. Voted Whig. Also has property in Reepham

1803 advertises that he has imported iron

1804 Squire & Hills open a foreign spirits warehouse and wine vaults at 11 Queen Street

1805 is president of the Norwich flour company

1805 Squire & Hills lawsuit

1806 Squire & Hills have a malthouse

1806 Edward Squire, freeholder, St George Tombland (1 Tombland and King Street, corn merchant), votes Patteson (Tory)

1807 Edward Squire, merchant in St George Tombland votes Patteson and Fellowes (Whig) as does his son Richard Day Squire, merchant.

1808 Squire & Hills at meeting of Norwich corn merchants, brewers and millers

1808 and 1809 announcement in Norfolk Chronicle – Squire & Edwards is Matthew Squire and Henry Edwards.

1811 Richard Day Squire marries Emma Harvey at Thorpe. Emma Harvey, daughter of Frances Kerrison and John Harvey, niece of Charles Harvey, who stands for MP in Norwich in 1812

1811 Ann Squire, daughter of Edward Squire marries William Martin Seppings at St George Tombland

1812 Edward Squire, merchant and freeholder in St George Tombland votes Patteson and Charles Harvey

1812 Richard Day Squire is living in Pockthorpe

1814 robbery at Squire & Hills wine merchants premises St Michael at Plea

1815 Squire & Hills Norwich sale of pub

1816 Squire and Hills Queen St

1818 Edward Squire, gent, freeholder, St George Tombland, votes Harbord (Tory)

1818 Ann, wife of Edward Squire dies, aged 66

1818 Richard Day Squire admitted to freemasonry – Union Lodge, Norwich – merchant

1819 October Edward Squire dies, aged 70. Memorial tablet in St George Tombland Church as per featured photograph

1819 November, auction of his dwelling house

1820 Richard Day Squire, Edward Squire’s son, moves to Bath in Somerset.

1820 Squire and Hills move compting house to Vinegar Yard, St Faith’s Lane, Tombland.

1822 Squire & Hills, St Faith’s Lane, wine and spirit merchants, vinegar manufacturers

1822 Squire & Edwards, corn merchants, King Street

1826-1829 Squire & Edwards bankruptcy

1829 fire at the Squire Hills & Son distillery in St Faith’s lane

1834 Mealing & Mills take on Matthew Squire’s premises in King Street – for malt, hops, oats, cinders, beans and peas

1837 Matthew Squire Esq dies

1838 Squire, Hills & Son partnership dissolved. Business continues as Hills, Son & Underwood. David Hills daughter Emily married Joseph Underwood.

1846 William Martin Seppings, husband of Ann, daughter of Edward Squire, dies, aged 61. His property fronting King Street and Tombland, which sounds as if it may have been Edward Squire’s, is put up for sale. Ann Seppings continues to live in Norwich until her death in 1883, at the age of 92.

1852 David Hills, partner of the Squires in Hills Squires & Son and owner of successor business, Hills & Underwood, dies, aged 81. Wine merchant and vinegar manufacturer of St Faiths Lane.