EVANCE, Stephen (c.1655-1712), of the ‘Black Boy’, Lombard Street, London

Apprentice, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1669, freeman 1676, livery 1682, member, ct. of assts. 1691, prime warden 1692; receiver, poll tax, London, Mdx. 1690. Goldsmiths’ Hall, apprenticeship bk. 2, f. 182; apprenticeship and freedom index; Wardens and Members of Ct. of Goldsmiths’ Co. 2; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 718.

Commr. excise 14 Oct. 1689–98, wine licences 1690–1701; cttee. loans on Poll Act 1693; receiver, contributions on salt and beer duties 1694; commr. leather duty 1697; jeweller to K. William 1697–1702, to Q. Anne 1702–d.; receiver, stamp duties 1703; trustee, loan for Emperor 1706; commr. subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 273, 817; x. 3; xii. 120; xvi. 424; xviii. 456; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 366; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 228; Boyer, Anne Annals, iv. 126; Pittis, Present Parl. 349.

Asst. R. Corp. Co. 1691; gov. Hollow Sword Blades Co. 1691–2; cttee. R. Fishery Co. [I] 1692; gov. Hudson’s Bay Co. 1692–6, 1700–11, cttee. 1696–1700; member, Mines Co. 1693; gov. Bridewell and Bethlem Hosps. 1708–d. CSP Dom. 1690–1, pp. 422, 522; 1691–2, pp. 3, 112; Sel. Charters, 239; E. E. Rich, Hudson’s Bay Co. Bk. of Letters Outward (Hudson’s Bay Rec. Soc. xx), 292.