Lindsay, it was sheer fluke that I found the two Merchant Taylor documents. One of the records has been indexed with the wrong date
I was looking to see if William had taken any apprentices himself and found gold
These are the two documents showing his original indenture and his release. Both from Ancestry's Freedom of the City Admission records
Indenture to Merchant Taylors, 1784
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/20...nSearchResults
Release from Merchant Taylors, Sept 1785 - there is a note at the top right hand side about Painter Stainers
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/20...nSearchResults
and finally from UK Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, Oct 1785 Indenture to a Painter Stainer in the City.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...ff=&ml_rpos=37