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Hi,
Does anybody have any information on Richard Sinnock (1762-1822). He lived in Hastings, London, Guildford and Battle and has been described as a nonconformist shoemaker.
He began a cordwaining business in Hastings in 1762, but moved to London in 1785 in order to join a dissenting sect, and subsequently to Guildford. In 1799 he moved to Battle where he built a new house adjoining the Baptist church which he attended. He was active in promoting the founding of an Independent congregation in Hastings which culminated in the building of the Croft Chapel in 1805, for which he provided the land. When there was a split in the Battle congregation, Sinnock remained with the fifteen representatives of the original Baptist Church and services were frequently held in his house. This group flourished and in 1821 a new meeting house called Zion Chapel was built on land given by Sinnock.
Does anybody have any more information on Richard?
Regards
mark