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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a true spirit of emulation has burst forth amongst its merchants and tradesmen, so that few places have the prospect …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as the banker John Clinch (d. 1827), the dyers and coal merchants James and William Marriott, and, at Woodgreen, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… slightly higher. 4 Buoyed by the presence of wealthy wool merchants and by a growing manufacturing industry the town … manufacture from the 1460s, 16 Witney was attracting wool merchants of whom some, in wealth and size of operation, were … prominent London traders and mercers, 20 and with Italian merchants such as the Bonvisi family of Lucca, 21 while wool …
A History of the County of Oxford
… prises demanded for the king or queen allegedly kept merchants away in 1276 and 13012, when tolls brought in under …
A History of the County of Oxford
… names, 11 combined with references to wool merchants and fulling mills, 12 suggest early textile … Prises demanded by the king or queen allegedly discouraged merchants from attending Witney market in the late 13th and … though it seems likely that some were also prominent merchants or traders: Robert Lambert, who owned three houses …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Marriott (d. 1904), whose family worked as dyers, coal merchants, and farmers for much of the 19th century, … H. Tarrant and Sons' grocers, tea-dealers, and provision merchants, established on the former Lamb Inn site at the … Square, stocked similar goods and were wine and spirit merchants, while Valentine and Barrell, who opened a large …
A History of the County of Oxford
… curriculum aimed at preparing the sons of wealthier merchants, manufacturers and minor gentry for university. … school was geared to preparing the sons of wealthier merchants, manufacturers, and minor gentry for university by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to stimulate trade and maximise profits by attracting merchants and craftsmen, and in that, despite fluctuating … Houses occupied by a variety of craftsmen, traders, and merchants, some of them substantial people, lay intermixed …