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Records of the Society of Merchant Venturers including foundation and membership, administrative, financial, charities, education, estates management, trade, associated clubs and societies, the Seamen's Hospital Fund, and various name indexes are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. SMV) (online catalogue) as well as further papers and correspondence related to the Society of Merchant Venturers ...
The Merchant Venturer was a named train of British Railways.It ran over eleven Summer seasons from 3 May 1951 to 9 September 1961. Together with The William Shakespeare, this began as one of two excursions from London on the Western Region, as part of the Festival of Britain. [1]
The merchant adventurers of these towns were separate but affiliated bodies. The Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol was a separate group of investors, chartered by Edward VI in 1552. Under Henry VII, the merchants who were not of London complained about restraint of trade.
A list of notable members of the Society of Merchant Venturers in Bristol, UK. Pages in category "Members of the Society of Merchant Venturers" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
The British Tinplate Industry: A History (Clarendon Press, 1957). (Editor) The Trade of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century (Bristol Record Society, 1957). (Editor) Politics and the Port of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century: The Petitions of the Society of Merchant Venturers, 1698–1803 (Bristol Record Society, 1963).
Cary became a merchant in 1672 and began his career dealing in goods and raw materials such as Caribbean sugar and Madeira wines. [2] His merchant tradings led him to sail ships across the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean. [1] By 1677, Cary joined the Bristol Society of Merchant Venturers and was promoted to become a warden in 1683. [2]
The deal was illegal, as the Royal African Company had a monopoly on the British slave trade at this point. [2] [3] In 1681, Swymmer built two warehouses in Bristol, probably for the storage of sugar, and in 1692 Swymmer loaned the Society of Merchant Venturers £600 for building a new quay and cranes in Bristol docks. [2]
Davis was a successful merchant in Bristol trading with the West Indies. In 1810, he was said to have made £200,000 by "getting possession of all the Spanish wool in the kingdom". [2] In 1803, he joined the Society of Merchant Venturers in Bristol.