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A merchant would be known as a mercer, and the profession as mercery. The occupation of mercery has a rich and complex history dating back over 1,000 years in what is now the United Kingdom. London was the major trade centre in England for silk during the Middle Ages, and the trade enjoyed a special position in the economy amongst the wealthy. [2]
Howell was a merchant, based in London, from 1507. Around 1513 he married Joanna Christian, the widow of a wealthy draper, greatly increasing Howell's capital. [10] He made regular trips to both Bristol and Spain, maintaining a house in Seville, in addition to his London property. [11] In 1517 Howell joined the livery of the Drapers' Company. [1]
Thomas Daniel (16 September 1762 – 6 April 1854) was a shipping magnate, financier and sugar merchant in Bristol and London.Thomas was the third generation of a merchant dynasty from Barbados that became one of Bristol’s wealthiest and most politically influential families.
A British version of Costco run by Nurdin & Peacock at 3 sites in Croydon, Birmingham and Bristol. [155] The operation was closed due to lack of membership renewals and shops purchased by Sainsburys. Cash Clothing of Leicester
This area had been named Merchants Quarter but in April 2006 the name was abandoned after a campaign claiming the name was offensive because it was the Bristol Merchant Venturers who dealt in the trade of African slaves. In 1987, the shopping centre was the scene of an abduction that received national attention.
William's grandfather William I Canynges (d. 1396) was also a great Bristol merchant and was also five times Mayor of Bristol and three times MP for Bristol, in 1383, 1384 and 1386. His second son John Canynges, the father of William II, was also prominent in Bristol civic life, serving twice as mayor and as MP for Bristol in 1383.
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 ...
Whitson was a merchant and alderman of Bristol. He was Sheriff in 1589 and became Lord Mayor of Bristol for the first time in 1603. [ 2 ] Whitson had shares in two ships, the Maryflower and the Seabrake (which would later give their names to houses at The Red Maids' School ), that brought home enemy prizes in the 1590s.