He was the eldest son of William Forester of Dothill in Wellington, Shropshire (now Telford) and Catherine daughter and heir of William Brooke of Clerkenwell.
In 1997 the GRO staff were relocated to Southport, Merseyside while public access to the records and indexes was made available at the new Family Records Centre (FRC) in Clerkenwell.
Working alongside Ho Hum Records are Westbury Music who administer Ho Hum Music Publishing, ADA, Warners who distribute Ho Hum’s catalogue, XTaster who advise on marketing and various promoters including The Electroacoustic Club who have co-hosted Ho Hum music events at the Slaughtered Lamb pub in London’s Clerkenwell.
Money was left to poor Friends of Carlisle monthly meeting, and for the education of Quaker children in Clerkenwell.
In addition to this, he also helped set up new UK producers such as Left Bank Pictures and Cliffhanger, and has invested in existing companies such as Baby Cow, Big Talk, Clerkenwell and Hardy Pictures.
William Forester married Catherine daughter and heiress of William Brooke of Clerkenwell.
Notable Muggletonian writers include Laurence Clarkson (1615 - 1667) an itinerant preacher born in Preston, Lancashire; John Saddington (1634? - 1679) a London sugar merchant, originally from Arnesby, Leicestershire; Thomas Tomkinson (1631 - 1710) a Staffordshire yeoman farmer who moved to London in the 1680s; and Isaac Frost (1793 - 1858) and Joseph Frost (1791 - 1857), brothers who ran the family metallurgy business in Clerkenwell, London.
St John's Gate is one of the few tangible remains from Clerkenwell's monastic past; it was built in 1504 by Prior Thomas Docwra as the south entrance to the inner precinct of the Priory of the Knights of Saint John - the Knights Hospitallers.