William Bright (of Banbury)

1815 Sale notice: 'TO BUILDERS, ENGINEERS, &c.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION by R. HUMPHRIS, On MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 15th and 16th Days May, 1815, on the premises in St. John's-street, Banbury, Oxon,
the whole of the Neat and Modern Household furniture and stock in TRADE, of Wm. BRIGHT, (who is leaving Banbury)
The Stock comprises, A general assortment of seasoned plank boards, and deals; joiners benches, 2 chests of tools, lathe for screw turning; capital lathes, with collar and mandrill in cast iron frames, with face plates, centres, bills, chucks, and dogs; metal rests and stands, two large wheels with double handles, foot wheel and treddle, 2 very stout lathe benches, large assortment of turning tools and drills, cast iron lathe for parallel turning and fluting metal rollers, capital cutting engine on cast iron frame, for dividing and cutting wheels upon an extensive scale, the index capable of dividing to most numbers, from 5 to 500; long vice bench and drawers; large vices, stocks, plates and taps for right and left hand screws, with a large assortment of vice bench tools; brass, steel, iron, quantity of screw pins and bolts, wood screws, files, chissels, &c. &c. Child's elegant carriage, timber truck and jack ; ladder fifty-one rounds, and 4 others, posts and roof of saw pit, perches, &c. which, with a description of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, will be specified in catalogues, to be had of the Auctioneer, printer, and place of sale, Banbury; the printers the Oxford Herald and Journal; also at the following Inns, the Griffin, Southam ; Castle, Coventry ; Black Swan, Warwick ; Peacock, Northampton; and Cobham- Arms, Buckingham.
To Engineers, Millwrights, or Thrashing Machine Makers, a more valuable Stock and Collection of Tools, has seldom come to the hammer.'

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