Baptised in City of London, St Dunstan in the West.1

Father - Charles Terry
Mother - Sarah Eleonora

Apprenticeship in Worshipful Company of Glovers.2

"This Indenture witnesseth that Charles Terry the Younger son of Charles Terry the Elder of Fleet Street in the City of London Paper Hanger doth put himself Apprentice to the said Charles Terry the Elder Citizen and Glover of London ... ... ... And the said master in in consideration of one penny being the money given with his said apprentice ... ... ... year of our Lord 1807."

Occupation Quill Merchant.2

Freedom of the City of London.4,2

Admitted by Servitude
Worshipful Company of Glovers

From the Alphabets of Freedoms of the City of London :-
"Terry, Charles - Glovers - S"

From the City of London Freedom Admission Papers .-
"I do hereby Certify that Charles Terry of Fleet Street London Quill Merchant was this day admitted to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Glovers by Servitude to his father. Date 21st April 1814.
(Signed) - (illeg), Clerk"

Livery Company in Worshipful Company of Glovers.3

Admitted to the Freedom by Servitude
"21 April 1814 - Charles Terry made free"

Business in City of London, Fleet Street, 5 Shoe Lane.5

Trading as "Walkden, Darby and Terry".
John Walkden had died in 1808

Licence obtained for marriage to Susanna COOPER.51

Which Day appeared personally Charles Terry and made Oath that he is of the Parish of St Andrew Holborn in the County of Middlesex a Bachelor aged upwards of twenty one years and intendeth to intermarry with Susanna Cooper of the Parish of Saint James Westminster in the same County a Spinster also aged upwards of twenty one years and that he knoweth of no lawful Impediment, by reason of any Precontract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful Cause whatsoever, to hinder the said intended Marriage, and prayed a Licence to solemnize the same in the Parish Church of Saint James Westminster aforesaid and further made Oath that the usual Place of Abode of the said Susanna Cooper has been in the Parish of Saint James Westminster for the space of four Weeks last past.
(signed) Charles Terry

Married Susanna COOPER in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.52,53,54,55

From the Parish Register .-
Page 116
Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St James Piccadilly in the county of Middlesex in the Year 1821
"Charles Terry of the Parish of St Andrew Holborn in this County Bachelor and Susanna Cooper of this Parish Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence this Fourth day of September in the Year One thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty One by me Edward Repton Official Minister
This Marriage was solemnized between us Charles Terry, Susanna Cooper
In the Presence of Sarah Terry, Mary Sparks, Charles Terry
No. 271."

From the Morning Post :-
"On Tuesday, the 4th inst., at St James's Westminster, by the Rev. Edward Repton, Charles Terry, Esq., jun. of Bedford-row, to Susanna, eldest daughter of Philip Cooper, Esq., of Waterloo-place, Pall-mall"

Witness at wedding in Hampstead.6

Partnership.7

"Notice is hereby given, that the partnership hereforeto subsisting and carried on between us the undersigned, Zachariah Foxall Darby and Charles Terry, under the firm of Walkden, Darby and Terry, as Quill-Merchants and Ink-Manufacturers, in Shoe-lane, in the City of London, was this day dissolved by mutual consent; and that all debts due to and from the said Partnership will be received and paid by the said Charles Terry, by whom the said business will in future be carried on. - Dated the 25th day of March 1826.
(Signed)
Zachariah Foxall Darby
Charles Terry"

Land Taxes in City of London, Shoe Lane.8

Name of Occupier - Charles Terry
Name or description of property - Walkden & Co

Mentioned in Will.9

Of Joseph Terry - his uncle
Described as "the son and daughter of the said Charles Terry viz Charles Terry the Younger of Shoe Lane in the City of London Quill Merchant and Sarah the wife of George Wallis of St James Street London"

Executor.9

Of the will of Joseph Terry
Described as "Charles Terry the Younger the nephew"

Court Case in Vice-Chancellor's Court.10

Terry v. Horsfall
From the Morning Chronicle :-
The ATTORNEY-GNERAL moved for an injunction in this case upon the following statement of facts. Ink, in its liquid state, not being easily made the subject of an export trade in consequence of the difficulty of preserving it in a warm climate, a person of the name of Richard Walkden, a stationer, living on London-bridge, at the sign of the Bell, so long ago as the year 1735, discovered a mode of preparing it in a state of powder. The article had a considerable sale, and was well known by the appellation of "Walkden's Fine British Ink Powder." The recipe afterwards came into the possession of John Walkden, the son of the original inventor, who entered into a partnership, in the year 1785, with a Mr. Darby. Upon the death of Mr. John Walkden in 1806, Mr. Darby for some time continued the sole proprietor, till, in the year 1817, he formed a partnership with the present plaintiff. That partnership has since been dissolved, by the retirement of Mr. Darby from business wholly and in consideration of a large sum of money paid by Mr. Terry to Mr. Darby, the sole title to the powder vested in the plaintiff. From the time of the original discovery by the elder Walkden, down to the present time, the powder has always been prepared in packages of a certain form and size, each inclosed in a wrapper, bearing upon it a particular label. The plaintiff has lately discovered that the defendant, Mr. Horsfall, who carries on the business of an ink-maker, in Greville-street, Hatton-garden, has been for some time past in the habit of selling a concoction, purporting to be "Walkden's Fine British Ink Powder," and which was made up in packages, with wrappers and labels similar to those sold by the plaintiff. - The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. BELLASIS) applied to the court for an injunction to restrain the defendant from using any such wrappers or labels.
His HONOUR enquired when these facts had first come to the knowledge of Mr. Terry, the present proprietor.
... ... ...
... ... ...
Under these circumstances, the VICE-CHANCELLOR granted the injunction exparte."

Directories.11

Post Office London Directory for 1829 :-
"Terry, Charles, Quill-mercht. and Manuf. of Walkden's British Ink Powder, Japan Ink, etc, 5 Shoe Lane"

Land Taxes in City of London, Shoe Lane.12

Occupier - Charles Terry
Names or Description - Walkden & Co
Ward - Farringdon Without
Address - Shoe Lane

Mentioned in Will.13

Of Philip Cooper (1755-1846)
Annotated as "... ... ... my said children Susan the wife of Charles Terry of Shoe Lane in the City of London ... ... ..."

Elections in City of London.15

Name - Charles Terry
Livery Company - Glovers
Address - 5 Shoe Lane

Advertisment.14

From the Birmingham Gazette .-
"TO ATTORNEYS
CONVEYANCERS, STATIONERS, ETC.
PREPARED PARCHMENT
Which can be written on both sides without use of powder, and adapted for Books, etc.
PERMANENCY of colour in the ink, immutability of the writing, and preservation of the parchment, which have been the objects endeavoured to be accomplished in the chemical process applied to the PREPARED PARCHMENT.
The Parchment so prepared had the great advantage of an increased facility of writing on both sides, so that it can be made into books equal to those of the best writing paper. It supersedes the trouble and inconvenience of using pounce, which is very injurious to the properties of ink : and is particularly adapted for books to preserve corporate charters and laws - manor and court rolls - registers of original documents and papers - and for legal deeds of importance and value.
Each skin of parchment is stamped "PREPARED PARCHMENT - CHARLES TERRY"
Prepared only by Mr. Charles Terry, 5 Shoe-lane, London ; and sold by Messrs. Beilby, Knott, and Beilby, Birmingham, by whom Merchants, the Profession, and Stationers may be supplied."

Research Note.16

Will of Zachariah Foxall Darby probated in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
It contains the following :-
"... my freehold house and premises situate in Fleet Street .... sell and dispose thereof by public auction or private contract for the best price that can be got for the same  ...."

This possibly refers to 5 Shoe Lane as it often described as "Shoe-lane Fleet-street"

Advertisment.17

From the Hereford Journal :-
"CAUTION.
WHEREAS persons have been travelling through the Midland and Northern Counties vending Paper and a Powder for making Ink, under the pretence that they were employed by Messrs. PHIPPS and Co. of 5 Shoe-lane, London, as their travellers for the sale of Paper and by Messrs. WALKDEN and Co. of the same place for the sale of "Walkden's Black Ink Powder."
Notice is hereby give that no firm of Phipps and Co. has ever existed at No. 5, Shoe-lane, London ; that the firm of Walkden, Darby, and Terry formerly carrying on the business of a Wholesale Stationer there, has been dissolved for several years ;  that the business is now and such since dissolution always has been carried on by Mr. Charles Terry, in his own name ;  that Mr. Terry is the sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of "Walkden's Powders" for making Black Ink and Red Ink ; that he has never employed any person to travel for the sale of such Powders or any other article whatsoever, and that the Powder which has been sold by the Persons above referred to is altogether useless. Any person who will give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of persons selling such Powder, shall be handsomely rewarded for his trouble, on application to Mr. Terry, 5, Shoe-lane, or his Solicitors, Messrs. Porter and Nehon, New-court, Temple, London.
One of them is supposed to be about 5 feet 8 inches in height, of a Jewish appearance, and to have been at Oxford on the 15th inst."

Patents.18

From the Leicester Chronicle :-
"Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, in the city of London, merchant, for improvements in producing leather, ??, hides and skins. - Dated March 28, 1833. - Six months

Patents.19

From the Leicester Chronicle .-
"Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, London, merchant, and William Parker, of New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, Middlesex, merchant, for improvements in making and refining sugar. Dated June 26, 1833. Six months.
Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, London, merchant, and William Parker, of New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, Middlesex, merchant, for improvements in refining and purifying oils. Dated June 26, 1833. Six months."

Royal Society.20

Elected as a Fellow
"Charles Terry Esquire of Shoe Lane London a Gentleman well versed in various branches of Science being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society. We the undersigned do from our personal Knowledge recommend him as deserving that Honor and as likely to be a useful and valuable Member.
(Signed)
Chas Hatchett
M. I. Brunel
Wm Thos Brande
F. Chantrey
Henry Ellis
Rod I. Murchison
T. H. Hall
Ralph Watson

Anti-Dry Rot Company.21

From the London Gazette :-
"Anti Dry Rot Company (Kyan's Patent for the Preservation of all Timbers, Canvas and Cordage from Dry Rot and decay).
Constituted by Act of Parliament.
No. 2, Lime-Street-Square,
May 30, 1836.
The Directors of this Company inform the public, that tanks, on an extensive scale, are now established at the following stations, in London, where every facility is accorded to ship-builders, timber-merchants, builders, carpenters, etc. for the preparation and seasoning of wood, according to the patent process;
Principal .
South Dock, West India Docks.
Branch Stations.
Grosvenor Basin, Pimlico.
Canal Basin, No. 4 Wharf, City-road.
Grand Surrey Canal Dock, Rotherhithe.
The Company, for the convenience of shipping interest, have established floating tanks, which now can be sent to any ship-builder's yard in the river Thames.
Canvas, etc. for sails, rick cloths, awnings, tents, etc. etc. will be prepared, if sent to either of the above stations.
The Directors will grant licenses to ship-builders, timber-merchants, etc. for tanks on their own premises.
Terms of licenses, and further particulars, may be obtained of the Secretary, at No. 2, Line-street-square, Leadenhall-street.
By order of the Board,
Charles Terry, Secretary."

Anti-Dry Rot Company.22

From the London Gazette .-
"Anti Dry Rot Company.-Kyan's Patent for the Preservation of all Timbers, Canvas and Cordage from Dry Rot, Mildew, and Decay.
2, Lime-Street-Square, October 17, 1836.
Notice is hereby given that the last instalment of GBP 5 per share, previously advertised to be paid on the 1st November next, will not be required before the 1st February 1837; on or before which day it is requested to be paid into the Banking-house of Messrs. Vere, Sapte, and Company, No. 77, Lombard-street, previous to the General Meeting of the Shareholders to be converted for the purposes of regulation No. 8, as printed at the back of the shares.
Charles Terry, Secretary."

Land Taxes in City of London, Shoe Lane.24

Occupier - Charles Terry
Name or Description - Walkden & Co
Address - Shoe Lane
Ward - Farringdon Without

Licence.23

From the Sherbourne Mercury :-
"This Gazette also contains an Order in Council, dated the 26th of April, 1837, granted unto Charles Terry and William Parker a special licence for their invention of certain improvements in making and in refining sugar for the United Kingdom, and also in all his Majesty's colonies and plantations abroad."

Anti-Dry Rot Company.25

General Meeting of the Shareholders
Charles Terry re-elected as a Director

Anti-Dry Rot Company.26,27

From the Staffordshire Advertiser :-
"The Stock Exchange was in a state of considerable agitation on Monday week, through the announcement of some extensive fraud committed by Mr. Terry, the managing director of the Anti-Dry Rot Company."

From the Morning Chronicle :-
"The Stock Market continues in some degree excited in consequence of the fraudulent transactions connected with Kyan's Patent Anti-Dry Rot Company, more especially as some differences of opinion seem to exist as to who are to be the sufferers; but the more general feeling evidently is, that the directors are liable for any defalcation or forgery which may have been made by their managing director or the person to whom they intrusted the superindendance of affairs. No business, we believe, was transacted in the shares."

Anti-Dry Rot Company.28

From the Bury and Norwich Post :-
"Mr. Terry, the treasurer of Kyan's Anti-Dry Rot Company, has absconded with about 70,000l., which he got together by fraudulently re-issuing the scrip notes of the Company."

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.29

Whereas a Fiat of Bankruptcy is awarded and issued forth against Charles Terry of Shoe-lane in the City of London, Quill-Merchant, Dealer and Chapman, and he being declared a bankrupt is hereby required to surrender himself to John Herman Merivale Esq. a Commissioner of Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy, on the 17th day of January next, and on the 8th day of February following, at twelve at noon precisely each day, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the City of London, and make a full discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects; when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, and at the first sitting to choose assignees, and at the last sitting the said bankrupt is required to finish his examination, and the creditors are to assent or to dissent from the allowance of his certificate. All persons indebted to the said bankrupt, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. G. Gibson, 72, Basinghall street, Official Assignee, whom the Commissioner has appointed, and give notice to Messrs. Ashurst and Gainsford, Solicitors, No. 137, Cheapside.

Land Taxes in City of London, Shoe Lane.42

Occupier - Charles Terry
Address - Shoe Lane,
Ward - Farringdon Without

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.30,31,32

From the Times .-
"This was a sitting under the fiat awarded against this bankrupt, described as an "ink and quill manufacturer, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street;" but better known as the managing director of the Anti-Dry Rot Company, and whose disappearance under extraordinary circumstances has excited great interest among the shareholder, for the choosing of assignees and the proof of debts against the estate. The bankrupt was the person who mainly brought before the public, in the shape of a company, the process discovered by Mr. Kyan of preserving timber against dry rot. The defalcation of Mr. Terry to the company, in the over-issue of shares, has already appeared before the public; he has not at present surrendered to his fiat.
... ... ..."

From the Morning Post :-
"The creditors under the fiat awarded against this bankrupt held a meeting today for the proof of debts and the choice of assignees. The meeting was fully attended, and the proofs rather large in the aggregate amount. The bankrupt has carried on a most lucrative business as a quill, ink and general merchant, and was mainly instrumental in bringing into general notoriety the practice discovered by Mr. Kyan for preserving timber from dry rot. The state into which the Anti-Dry Rot Company has been brought by the alledged misconduct of Mr. Terry in the re-issuing of the scrips and shares has been already made public. Mr. Terry has not yet appeared to surrend to the fiat.
A question was raised with respect to the admissibility of a proof tendered on behalf of Mr. Cooper, a relative of the bankrupt, for 1,800l, for money given to Mr. Terry to purchase shares in the Anti-Dry Rot Company.
... ... ...
Mr. Cooper, in reply to a question from Mr. Anderson, said he was certain the shares had not been purchased. Mr. Terry had told his (Mr. Cooper's) son so at Dover, where he had an interview with him after he had left London. He had paid Mr. Terry 750l. to complete the last order he had given to purchase shares in the company.
... ... ...
The debts proved today were between 5,000l. and 6.000l. The trading debts of the bankrupts are estimated at from 7,500l to 7,500l. There is, however, a great amount of bills of exchange in circulation. There were parties in Court to represent the interests of the Anti-Dry Rot Company; but noting was stated respecting a claim which it is said the company has upon Mr. Terry."

From the Yorkshire Gazette :-
"In the Court of Bankruptcy on Thursday, the commission in the case of Charles Terry was opened : he was described as an "ink and quill manufacturer, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street"; but better known as the managing director of the Anti-Dry Rot Company, and whose disappearance under extraordinary circumstances excited strong interest among the shareholders. This defalcation to the company, in respect to the over-issue of shares, has already appeared before the public; he has not at present surrendered. Messrs. Green, Jones, and Allard were elected the assignees. The debts proved do not exceed 5,000l. The creditors on the private estate it is expected will receive, if not 20s. in the pound a very handsome dividend, and the trade debts of the bankrupt are estimated at between 6,000l and 7,000l. Parties appeared on the part of the Anti-Dry Rot Company, but no notice as taken of their claims it is said the company has against the bankrupt."

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.13

Second codicil
Of Philip Cooper (1755-1846)
Annotated as "Susan Terry the wife of Charles Terry"

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.33

John Herman Merivale, Esq. one of Her Majesty's Commissioners authorised to act under a Fiat in Bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, in the city of London, Quill-Merchant, Dealer and Chapman, will sit on the 8th day of March next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the city of London, in order to receive the Proofs of Debt under the said Fiat.

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.34

From the Times :-
"(Before Mr. Commissioner MERIVALE)
Charles Terry's Bankruptcy
This was the sitting fixed for the adjourned final examination of the above bankrupt, known to the public as the late managing director of the Anti-Dry Rot Company, but described as "ink and quill manufacturer, Shoe-lane."
The balance-sheet that he tendered not being objected to by any of his creditors, he was declared to have passed at the rising of the Court."

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.35

"John Herman Merivale, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Commissioners authorised to act under a Fiat in Bankruptcy, bearing the date 17th day of December 1838, awarded and issued forth against Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, in the City of London, Quill Merchant, Dealer and Chapman, will sit on the 9th May next, at 12 noon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the City of London, to Audit the Accounts of the Assignee of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt under the said Fiat, pursuant to an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intitled "An Act to amend the laws relating to bankrupts."

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.36

"The creditors who have proved their debts under a Fiat in Bankruptcy awarded and issued forth against Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, in the city of London, Quill-Merchant, Dealer and Chapman, are requested to meet the assignees of the said bankrupt's estate and effects, on Monday the 3rd day of June next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the city of London, in order to assent to or dissent from the said assignees concurring in and consenting to a proposed arrangement between certain parties, creditors of the said bankrupt, holding shares in a company, and the directors of the said company, for the exchange of the present shares for others to be issued by the company, upon certain terms to be named at the meeting; and on other special matters."

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.38

From the Times :-
"This was the day fixed for the adjourned final examination of this bankrupt, described as a quill and ink manufacturer of Shoe-lane, but known as the late managing director of the Anti-Dry Rot Company, whose difficulties in the share-market has brought him into this unpleasant situation.
A proof was tendered by Mr. Freshfield, on the part of the Bank of England, for 1,700 l.
MR. ANDERSON, on the part of the estate, objected to its admission ; and after much argument pro and con.
The COURT ordered the admission of the proof.
Proofs to the extent of 12,000 l, were subsequently admitted ; and a claim was allowed to stand on the proceedings on the part of Mr. William Amory, of the Stock Exchange, for 1,400 l., he being too ill to substantiate it as a proof.
An application for the creditors was then made to give further time for the investigation of the accounts tendered to the Court. It was granted. The proceedings then adjourned."

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.40,41

"John Herman Merivale, Esq. one of Her Majesty's Commissioners authorised to act under a Fiat of Bankruptcy, bearing date the 17th day of December 1838, awarded and issued against Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, in the city of London, Quill-Merchant, Dealer and Chapman, will sit on the 22nd day of October instant, at one of the clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street, in the city of London, to make a Dividend of the estate and effects of the said bankrupt; when and where the creditors, who have not already proved their debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the benefit of the said Dividend. All claims not then proved will be disallowed."

From the Times .-
"Today was fixed for the sitting to declare the first dividend under the estate of this bankrupt, late the managing director of the Anti-Dry rot Company.
... ... ...
Nearly 40,000l stands against the estate in shape of proofs and claims, including those admitted at this sitting. The dividend declared, and which it is thought will be from about 3s. to 3s. 6d. in the pound, will be announced through the official channels in a few days."

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.39

From the Times .-
"The bankrupt (late managing director of the Anti-Dry Rot Company) appeared before the court, on a re-examination of his accounts.
... ... ..."

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.43

From the Morning Post :-
"Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, quill merchant, dividend at half-past twelve."

Published.44

Author - Charles Terry FRS
Title - "New Zealand, its advantages and prospects as a British Colony, with a full account of the land-claims, sales of crown lands, Aborigines, etc.
Published in - London
Publisher - T. & W. Boone

Sworn Brokers of the City of London.45

From the Times .-
"GUILDHALL; London, January 26, 1844.-
Notice is hereby given, that the Court of Aldermen have DISCHARGED the under-mentioned PARTIES from the OFFICE of EMPLOYMENT of BROKER of the city of London, viz. -
... ... ...
Charles Terry"

Travel in Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson.46

Arrived on the "Rambler" from Tahiti

Bankruptcy in Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street.47,48

From the London Standard :-
"CERTIFICATES to be confirmed by the Vice Chancellor acting in Bankruptcy, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before Oct. 13.
C. Terry, Shoe-lane, quill merchant"

Died in Kensington, St Mary Paddington (Alexander Street, 13).49,50,20

From the Death Certificate :-
Occupation - Merchant
Description and residence of informant - R. Nugent, 6 Bouverie Square Folkstone
Date Registered - 10 May 1859

Occupation Walkden's Ink.37

Manufacturer of Walkden's Ink Powder, Japanese Ink etc.