Lucombe, Pince and Co
of Pinces Garden, Exeter and formerly of Alphington Road, Exeter
Market Gardeners, Horticulturalists
1783 William and John Lucombe, Saint Thomas the Apostle, (Exeter), Seedsmen.[1]
1808 Lucombe, Pince and Co advertising. Mentions 'numerous customers' and 'many years'.[2]
1811 Partnership change. '...the Partnership heretofore carried on in the Parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the County of Devon, near the City of Exeter, between John Lucombe, Benjamin Pince, Martha Lucombe, and Richard Bartlett Pince, Gardeners, Nurserymen, Florists, and Seedsmen, under the Firm of John Lucombe, Pince, and Co. hath been this Day delivered, as to the laid John Lucombe, by mutual Consent; and that the said John Lucombe is no longer a Partner in the said Concern; and that the Debts due to or owing by the said Partnership will be received and paid respectively by the said Benjamin Pince, Martha Lucombe, and Richard Bartlett Pince...'[3]
1823 '...in Consequence of Mr. Pince's ill state of health, ROBERT PINCE, jun. who has for many years made the business his study, and visited several of the principal Nurseries in England, and, as he flatters himself, acquired a thorough knowledge of his profession, will in future, with the assistance of Mr. John Lucombe, conduct the business of the Nursery in all its branches, on behalf of his Uncle Mr. Richard Bartlett Pince, conjointly with Mrs. Martha Lucombe, under the Firm of LUCOMBE, PINCE, and Co. as heretofore...'[4]
1843 Partnership change. '...the Partnership lately subsisting between the undersigned, Robert Taylor Pince and Robert Glendinning, as Nurserymen, Seedsmen, Gardeners, and Florists, carrying on business together in the parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the county of Devon, under the style or firm of Lucombe, Pince, and Company, was dissolved, by mutual consent, on the 31st day of December last. All debts owing to and by the said partnership are to be received and paid by the said Robert Taylor Pince...'[5]
1883 Samuel Eliott, Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, has become the owner of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, Co.'s Nurseries. Formerly in partnership with Dr. Woodman.[6]
1884 'The Exeter Nursery is probably the oldest in the West of England, having been founded as far back as 1720 by Mr. William Lucombe (the raiser of the Lucombe Oak), since which time it has enjoyed the highest reputation as one of the foremost establishments of its kind. The business is conducted with more than ordinary interest by the present proprietor Mr. Samuel Eliott, F.R.H.S., under the familiar title of Lucombe, Pince, and Co., a title than which there is no more widely known and respected throughout the whole nursery trade, both at home and abroad. At the principal entrance to the Nursery is the original specimen of the Lucombe Oak, having a massive trunk about eleven feet in circumference which is clear to a height of about fourteen feet, where it branches off into an ample head of deep glossy foliage, even in winter...'[7]
1887 Debtor. Eliott, Samuel (trading as Lucombe, Pince, and Company), Saint Hill, Alphington, and the Exeter Nursery, Saint Thomas, both in Devonshire.[8] Commenced in the business four years ago.[9]
1890 Sold to the Exeter Nursery Co
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Register of Duties Paid for apprentices
- ↑ Exeter Flying Post - Thursday 17 March 1808
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:9 March 1811 Issue:16462 Page:463
- ↑ Royal Cornwall Gazette - Saturday 29 November 1823
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:6 January 1843 Issue:20184 Page:54
- ↑ Western Times - Wednesday 14 November 1883
- ↑ Exeter Flying Post - Wednesday 19 March 1884
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:2 September 1887 Issue:25735 Page:4822
- ↑ Western Chronicle - Friday 26 August 1887