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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… this year were £25,000. In 1862 George Dawbarn, a Wisbech merchant, stated that 'the railways have almost annihilated …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in Wisbech had the significant name of Alexander the merchant ( mercator). 65 In both 1221 and 1251 several … 'but what are in trade; even Sir Philip Vavasor 69 is a merchant, and trades in coal, firkin-butter &c.' The number …
A History of the County of Sussex
… part of the parish, near the entrance to Wiston park. 1 A merchant dealing in unspecified merchandise was recorded in the parish c. 1260, 2 and a wool merchant c. 1330. 3 The only other tradesmen mentioned in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… some four-fifths came from the prominent woolstapler and merchant Richard Wenman (d. 1534), emphasizing the … 22 Emmot's eldest son Richard Wenman (d. 1534), a Merchant of the Staple, was equally wealthy, leaving lands at … to sell all his wool annually to the Witney wool merchant Edward Wilmot. A Kelmscott farmer was owed payment …
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 …