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Sarah Leversidge

Sarah Leversidge was a possible Virginal music instrument maker in the mid 17 century based in London.

Life

Sarah married William Leversidge at St. Botolph Bishopsgate on 12 October 1645, and subsequently resided in the parish of St. Benet Fink.

While William Leversidge was still running the workshop during 1645-1655, there was an apprentice called John Goodman, that was bound apprenticeship in 1652.

Sarah and William had a son named Adam Leversidge born in 1623. Sarah and Adam most likely took over the the workshop after the passing of Willaim due to the plague in October 1655.

After her husband passing in 1655 it is assumed that she inherited the workshop with the possible assistance with Matthew Hinde, who she later married on 28 September 1656 at St. Michael Paternoster Royal. Importantly, Sarah Leversidge was recorded to have an apprentice named William Burch for seven years from 29 September 1656.

John Goodman then went to court and successfully petitioned the Lord Mayor’s court on 22 October 1656 to cancel it. Matthew Hinde had also died in just only two years later in January 1658/59, so any new workshop arrangements did not go much further and halted in production.

Despite this, Sarah's son ,Adam Leversidge, who inherited his fathers workshop and workbenches continued to instruments with two existing instruments in Boalch Mould Archive.

References https://boalch.org/instruments/makerprofile/1711

https://boalch.org/instruments/makerprofile/1458

https://boalch.org/instruments/makerprofile/1712

https://boalch.org/Instruments/MakerIn

https://boalch.org/Instruments/MakerInstruments/423

https://boalch.org/Instruments/MakerInstruments/423#