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The Society of Merchant Venturers is a charitable organisation in the English city of Bristol. The society can be traced back to a 13th-century guild which went on to fund the 15th-century voyage of John Cabot to Canada. [1] In 1552, it gained a monopoly on sea trading from Bristol from its first royal charter.
John Dukinfield (also Duckinfield, Duckenfield) was a Bristol merchant and slave trader. Born 12 August 1677 in Bristol, he died in 1745. [1] He had two brothers, Robert and William. [2] A member of the family holding the Dukinfield baronetcy, he was a member of the Society of Merchant Venturers. [3]
It includes guilds of merchants and other trades, both those relating to specific trades, and the general guilds merchant in Glasgow and Preston. No religious guilds survive, and the guilds of freemen in some towns and cities are not listed. Almost all guilds were founded by the end of the 17th century, although some went out of existence and ...
Bristol is a town in Washington Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,602 at the 2010 census. The population was 1,602 at the 2010 census. History
It used to be accompanied by the Merchants Hall but this was destroyed in the Bristol Blitz of World War II. [6] In 2014 a long lease for the almshouses was signed for £620,000. [7] The plaque on the wall is a poem: "Freed from all storms the tempest and the rage Of billows, here we spend our age. Our weather beaten vessels here repair
Merchants' Academy is an independent academy in Withywood, Bristol, England. The school is funded by Bristol City Council and sponsored by the Society of Merchant Venturers and the University of Bristol. [2] The sponsors provided an initial £2 million towards new school buildings and facilities, and continue to provide additional revenue support.
Isaac Hobhouse (1685 – 1763) was an English slave trader, merchant, and member of the Society of Merchant Venturers. [1] Based in Bristol, he was at the centre of money, trade, and credit and acquired much of his fortune through the trade and exploitation of African slaves in the 18th century. [2] [3]
Terence Charles Mordaunt (born 22 May 1947) [1] is a British entrepreneur, chairman and co-owner of The Bristol Port Company. He is also chairman of Pendennis Shipyard, founder of The Mordaunt Foundation, chairman of the Global Warming Policy Foundation , and trustee of The Outward Bound Trust .