Billingsley’s name frequently occurs in papers and memoranda relating to the Derby China Works in my possession, and certain patterns and designs in the old pattern-books of the works are distinguished as “Billingsley’s flowers.” As it is highly interesting to know what artists and other principal “hands” were employed at the same time as, and worked along with, William Billingsley, I give the following copy of a document relating to the keeping of the men employed on one part of the works from entering any other part:--“Derby China Manufactory, 23rd Nov., 1787. If any person in Future, either within the working Hours or at any other time, is seen or discover’d in the Rooms, Kilns, Apartments, or other Premises of the other (not having any proper Business relative to his particular Occupation there) he will positively be fined the sum of five Shillings. The Fines (if any are incur’d) to be put into the Box of Donations at pay time, on the Saturday after the detection. “J. Duesbury. Boreman. Smith. Billingsley. Stables. Jno. Yates. Wm. do. Longdon. Tayler. Blood. Cooper. Butler. Soar. Dickinson. Kay. Fogg. Webster. Clarke. Barton. Mason. M. do. Atkins. Wedgwood. Ash. Morledge. Watthews. Lawrence. Whitaker. Porter. T. Moore. Shipley. B. Orme. -----[26] Wells. Keen. Parish. Spooner. Son. Wardle. Rogers. Musgrove. Morrell. Robins. Horsley. Green. Lovegrove. Whitiall. G. Holmes. Hill. Farnsworth. Whitaker. Laurance. Atkins. Morledge. Wedgwood. Ash. Wathews. Ball. Thos. Soare.[27] Jos. Stables. Wm. Cooper. Jno. Yates. Wm. Billingsley. Jno. Blood. Wm. Yates. Wm. Longdon. Wm. Taylor. Jno. Buttler. Wm. Smith. Z. Boreman.” Again, in 1788:-- “In November last notice was given that persons of _one_ branch of the manufactory were not to go into the premises of the _other_, unless they had real business there relative to theire _particular occupation_, notwithstanding which the practice is still by some Individuals continued. Notice is therefore hereby _finally_ given, that if any person in future (having received this Notice) shall intrude themselves contrary to this injunction they will positively be fined 5 shillings. “Sept. 24th, 88. “Boreman. Billingsley. Jno. Yates. Wm. do. Taylor. Smith. Borton. T. Rogers. T. Simes. Webster. Soare. Stables. Cooper. Josph. Doe. Longdon. Blood. Buttler. Key. Fogg. Clarke. Dickinson. M. Mason. Shirley, Arthr.”