The entries in this tabulation cover some 150 years in the 17th and 18th centuries, when the private residents of

Covent Garden Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist si ...

included many people of rank and note. They ranged from marquesses to barons, foreign ambassadors and members of parliament to physicians, surgeons, antiquaries, artists, authors and dramatists. Some of the later arrivals were auctioneers, such as Christopher Cock and

Abraham Langford Abraham Langford (1711–1774) was an English auctioneer and playwright. Life He was born in the parish of St Paul, Covent Garden. As a young man he wrote for the stage, and was responsible, according to the '' Biographia Dramatica'', for an ...

, who found rich sources for future sales amongst their neighbours. Most of the entries are derived from ''The Piazza: Notable private residents in the Piazza'', which in turn is based on Sheppard's ''Survey of London: Volume 36, Covent Garden''. Other sources are noted where appropriate.

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