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A History of the County of Oxford
… Crocker (i.e. potter) and Cooper, and the names Tinker, Merchant, and Cornmonger indicate general trading. 15 Many of … 1279 had 11 houses and 45 a. of assart, was a wealthy wool merchant who also rented demesne pasture and local fulling … burgesses such as Hugh Godhine, Thomas Bere, and the wool merchant Roger Hering, who jointly held Waleys and Woodford …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (in Northmoor). He continued as a coal, coke, and salt merchant alongside his farming, dyeing, and (from the 1890s) … and builder, and as a timber-, stone-, and lime-merchant. 95 Later auctioneers were William Seely (d. 1895), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… established probably about 1690 28 by the wool- and cloth-merchant William Blake (d. 1695), resident lord of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the door-head bear the date 1564, the initials RC, and a merchant's mark. Windows to the front have 'tram-line' … with cupola and sundial was added in 1683 by the wool merchant William Blake (d. 1695) of Cogges, who left a 30 s. … and elsewhere, to servants and apprentices, and to the Merchant Adventurers to help young English merchants. 293 …
A History of the County of Essex
… In 1633 a total of 242 sheep was sold; a Colchester merchant bought 51 stones of wool from Wivenhoe and Bentley … in more than one business. He was a warehouseman, coal merchant, and farmer, as well as an oysterman. The Sandfords … in 1828. William Hawkins (d. 1812), a Colchester timber merchant, launched some ships from the same yard in the first …
A History of the County of Essex
… sold the manor to Nicholas Corsellis (d. 1665), a London merchant of Flemish immigrant descent. 1 Thereafter it …
A History of the County of Essex
… new chapel, financed by Thomas Sandford (Sanford), oyster merchant, was opened in 1847 on the corner of West Street and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1170 per annum. The building was erected in 1713, by the Merchant Tailors' Company, London. Sir William Congreve; John …