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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… translators of the Authorized Version of the Bible; John Mortlock, 123 and his grandfather, who was churchwarden here. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1785, 218 as a stage in the establishment of the Mortlock dictatorship. In 1787, when 11 aldermen divided 5 … to that exaltation of the Mayors for which John Mortlock was responsible. Inherited wealth and native ability … began to affect municipal politics from 1766 onwards. 222 Mortlock's civic career is the complete antithesis of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and linens. 53 The drapery business of the second John Mortlock (d. 1777) founded the fortunes of his son, and in … bank in Cambridge was that opened in 1780 151 by John Mortlock. Its beginnings are thus described by Gunning. At the death of his father, Mr. Mortlock came into possession of a profitable business, a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… celebrations. 14 As has been seen, the headquarters of the Mortlock and Rutland caucus from 1782 to 1832 was the 'Eagle …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… who recurs from the days of Hervey fitz Eustace to John Mortlock, who doubles the role of squire and burgess and has …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a new figure was coming on the scene. On 2 June 1778 John Mortlock, woollen draper, was admitted to the freedom for the … Though his wife's father was a freeman, he was the first Mortlock to become a member of the Corporation; it is … to the common council and in 1782 to the bench. 96 John Mortlock had influential connexions. One of his aunts had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was still the law it was not enforced in 1785 when John Mortlock, one of the two members for the Borough, was elected … of Rutland, improved his previous acquaintance with John Mortlock, who had a vote for the county by virtue of his land … alliance thus inaugurated between the Manners family and Mortlock was to govern the parliamentary history of Cambridge …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… for one of those 999-year leases that characterized the Mortlock rgime. 100 The town had a bad bargain; the gaol in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in steady support, and two prominent members of the anti-Mortlock faction in the Corporation served the hospital long …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Ely hundred in 1816 was also the local agent of Mortlock's bank). 12 At the real base of the pyramid were the …