Thomas Farriner

Thomas Farrinor was a Baker in 17th century London. His bakery in Pudding Lane was the source point for the Great Fire of London on 2 September 1666.^[1][2]

Farriner joined the Baker's Company in 1637, and had his own shop by 1649.^[3] By the time of the Great Fire of London Thomas Farriner was a well known baker in the City of London, who provided bread for the Royal Navy during the Anglo-Dutch war.^[4]

Great fire of london map.

He was also a churchwarden.^[5]

Thomas Farrinor and his children escaped the fire but his maid perished in the flames.

Wenceslas Hollar - London before and after the fire.

Wenceslas Hollar - St Paul's burning (Lex ignea).

File:The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's.(c1670).

Pudding Lane with the memorial column marking the ignition point of the fire of London.

Following the fire he rebuilt his business, in Pudding Lane. Thomas Farriner and his children signed the Bill accusing Frenchman Robert Hubert of starting the fire.

Farriner died on 20 December 1670.

References

1. Danielle Evelyn, [The Farriner family of the Great Fire ]. Once upon a time in history (Friday, 17 October 2014).
2. Angus McKee, Great Fire of London anniversary: Wooden replica of city to burn 350 years on from disaster.
3. Terry Foreman,The Diary of Samuel Pepys (26 May 2012).
4. Danielle Evelyn, The Farriner family of the Great Fire . Once upon a time in history (Friday, 17 October 2014).
5. Terry Foreman,The Diary of Samuel Pepys (26 May 2012).