Career
He was actively engaged in his profession in 1723 when he began issuing a monthly circular of new books Shortly after 1730, when fortunes were being made in the trade by books issued in weekly parts, Wilford, whose place of business was in the Old Bailey, entered the ranks of publishers, but obtained no more than a precarious footing. In 1741 Wilford was living at the Three Luces in Little Britain, the stronghold of the bookselling trade.
After 1742 he drops out of notice.
