Anthony Ficketts, London silversmith, apprenticed to James Pigborne for 8 years in 1627, turned over to Thomas Cooke on Pigborne’s death in 1631, free 1637. Ficketts appears to have lived quite a chequered life, according to Mitchell’s biography, and was involved in many heated disputes with both clients and the Goldsmith’s Company. Despite this, he was elected to the Livery in 1653, Renter Warden 1664, Assistant 1667 and 1683. Died 1686. Ficketts led a successful and prosperous career, he took on 9 apprentices and was assessed in the Hearth Tax of 1666 as “a silversmith in Foster Lane with 6 hearths” whereas most silversmiths occupied much smaller houses, usually with just 3 or 4 hearths.