| 1773 | 19 Jan. The son of Thomas Banford, late of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, mariner, deceased, he was apprenticed to Richard and Judith Champion as a china painter, friends to find apparel and washing (A, Ao). |
| 1781 | 9 Feb. He obtained his freedom as a china painter (F, G). |
| 1781 | China manufacturer, Cold Bath Square, Cold Bath Fields, St James’s Clerkenwell, London (P). |