1543 Thomas Polsted was admitted by patrimony on July 13 to the Company of Merchant Taylors of London. [1]
1544 "___ Quynby son of John Quynby of Ferneham co. Surrey clothman," was "apprenticed to Thomas Polsted merchant tailor. N. July 5, 36 Hen. viii." [2]
c1548 "Broad Street 4s. ____ Pace s. of John P. of Lyn co. Norfolk gentleman, appr. of Ralph ____ cit. and Merchant Taylor. Served with same and with Thomas Polsted by commission of the court. Witness aforesaid warden. Adm. on said day and year. Entry N. _____ Ed. vi. Fee 4s." [3]
1563 Thomas Polsted, son of Thomas Polsted, was admitted on June 18 to the Company of Merchant Taylors of London. [4]
[1] The Merchant Taylors' Membership Index 1530–1928 (formerly on Parish Registers website but no longer available). See London Metropolitan Archives, Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, Indexes of Freemen, 1530-1509, Reference Code CLC/L/MD/C/015, [LondonMetropolitanArchives], [LondonMetropolitanArchives], [FamilySearchCatalog].
[2] Charles Welch, ed., Register of Freemen of the City of London in the Reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI (London: Blades, East & Blades for the London and Middlesex Archaelogical Society, 1908), 109, [HathiTrust].
[3] Charles Welch, ed., Register of Freemen of the City of London in the Reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI (London: Blades, East & Blades for the London and Middlesex Archaelogical Society, 1908), 57, [HathiTrust].
[4] The Merchant Taylors' Membership Index 1530–1928 (formerly on Parish Registers website but no longer available). See London Metropolitan Archives, Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, Indexes of Freemen, 1530-1509, Reference Code CLC/L/MD/C/015, [LondonMetropolitanArchives], [LondonMetropolitanArchives], [FamilySearchCatalog].