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- Beneficiaries: His father Sir Goddard £40 for a ring and mourning. | - Beneficiaries: His father Sir Goddard £40 for a ring and mourning. | ||
Mother, Lady Dorothy, £40 for a ring and mourning. Henry Nelthorpe, his eldest brother - £40 for a ring and mourning. | Mother, Lady Dorothy, £40 for a ring and mourning. Henry Nelthorpe, his eldest brother - £40 for a ring and mourning. | ||
| − | Revd. Mr. William Hallifax, minister at Aleppo 50 Lyon dollars. William Harvey, a friend - a ring of 20 shillings. Dr. John Pickerne, 50 Lyon dollars. Signor J. G. Transfeldt, 100 Lyon dollars. Monsieur Bigand, a ring. Abdallor, his warehousekeeper 50 dollars. To his boy Michael, 50 dollars. To the Poor - 50 dollars. Mr. Alexander Akehurst, to be assignee and to take books papers and all else and send them to his brothers Edward and Richard Nelthorpe, his executors. Edward Nelthorpe his brother - 2/3 of his estate. Richard Nelthorpe his brother - the other third. Alex. Akehurst - horses, furniture, books, arms, wearing apparel and half the furniture of chambers and country house. George Juxon his partner - his share of partnership and the other half of his furniture of chambers and country house. Mr. Hallifax to manage affairs over the will in Aleppo and the Bishop of London in England. Will dated Probate, 1697. | + | Revd. Mr. William Hallifax, minister at Aleppo 50 Lyon dollars. William Harvey, a friend - a ring of 20 shillings. Dr. John Pickerne, 50 Lyon dollars. Signor J. G. Transfeldt, 100 Lyon dollars. Monsieur Bigand, a ring. Abdallor, his warehousekeeper 50 dollars. To his boy Michael, 50 dollars. To the Poor - 50 dollars. Mr. Alexander Akehurst, to be assignee and to take books papers and all else and send them to his brothers Edward and Richard Nelthorpe, his executors. Edward Nelthorpe his brother - 2/3 of his estate. Richard Nelthorpe his brother - the other third. Alex. Akehurst - horses, furniture, books, arms, wearing apparel and half the furniture of chambers and country house. George Juxon his partner - his share of partnership and the other half of his furniture of chambers and country house. Mr. Hallifax to manage affairs over the will in Aleppo and the Bishop of London in England. Will dated Probate, 1697 |
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| + | Van der Aa, Pieter, ''L. Rouwolfs Land-Reyse, gedaan van Aleppo, door Babylonien, Syrien en Palestina'' (?Leiden, 1707) | ||
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| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/journeyfromalepp00maunrich#page/n5/mode/2up Maundrell, Henry, A journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, A.D. 1697 (London, 1823)] | ||
| + | - No illustrations, no maps, but some descriptions of Turkish countryside and houses | ||
Revision as of 08:01, February 5, 2012
Aleppo
Editorial history
26/12/11, CSG: Created page
Contents
Suggested links
See Constantinople
See Cyprus
See Galatia
See Smyrna
See Tripoli
See Tunis
See Venice
See Zante
To do
(1) Search for images and plan of Aleppo
Images
East Mediterranean detail, Carte du Bassin Méditerranéen, de l'Asie Mineure etc., le Brun, 1714
Plan of City of Aleppo, Russell, 2nd edn, 1794
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Townscape
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Image credits & copyright information
(1) Detail from 'Carte du bassin méditerranéen, de l'Asie mineure etc.' in Corneille Le Brun, Illustrations de Voyage au Levant (Paris, 1714), carte dépl. en reg. p. 1[1]
- Book and image are out of copyright
- Sourced from Bibliothèque nationale de France: Gallica.bnf.fr, for non-commercial use
(2) 'Plan of the city of Aleppo', in Alexander Russell, The Natural History of Aleppo, vol. 1, 2nd edn. (London, 1794), betw. pp. 12 & 13
- Book and image are out of copyright
- Sourced from an Internet Archive copy
Town profile
Notes
Mentions of Aleppo in Wiki
Inventories
See Sir George Smith list of assets & partial inventory
Law suits
Letters
See XXXX
See 3rd April 1663, Letter from Daniel Pennington to Sir GO, London, Letter 2
In y:e Interim for á present exepedition, I pray doo ee y:e favour as to employe them in á very good dymond or Dymonds or else in some Granats w:ch y:e Jewes from Allep have often traded in to great proffitt & from thence send them to Venice I see noe Cause but they may bee sent hither to Convey thither w:th as little expence of tyme, Charge, & hazard as by Carravan if you please to make á tryall & y:t it take, it may hereafter prove of advantage to us both
See 13th May 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale & Mun Browne to Sir GO, Aleppo
See 10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London
Honored President.
Under y:e present I sent you two Packets of lres by way of Liv:o & Marcellia, Both recommended to Consull Lannoy[2] at Alepo to bee Conveyed to you; in them weare lres from Madam Dalyson[3] & S:r W:m Rider, which I hope will Come safe to yo:r reception
See 20th August 1663, Letter from Gamaliel Nightingale to Sir GO, Aleppo
See 14th September 1665, Letter from Whinchelsea, Pira of Constant:ple
I have a pticular likeing to y:t Drinke w:ch they call Tea, & therefore I must desire you to doe mee y:e ffavo:e to send mee by y:e Caravan w:ch come for Allepo such a proportion thereof as may serve for 2:psons á whole yeare
Wills
See Mun Browne will
- Mun Browne, the son of Humfry Browne, was a merchant at Aleppo, though his will was probably written when he was in London. His brother was the SVJS subscriber Edwin Browne
- "I Joseph Carew Resident in Aleppo"
- "I Phillip Strode of London Merchant now resident in Aleppo"
- Sir Andrew Riccard's will includes a statement of his real and personal estate as of July 24th, 1627, including assets at Aleppo
-- "Att Alleppo in the custody of An [or Jn.] Bull/Ball my ffactor about 2600d [or less likely 26000] [OR "2 Good"][ Lyon Dollars (?)
Proved of Cloth Tyn yds - 6000/.
In 73 barrells [?] of Tynn and 200 Broad Clothes pd for and Ready to Shipp for Aleppo cost 1000 [or 2000? or 4000?]"
- " I Walter Bludworth Merchant in Aleppo and now by Gods blessing intend for Jerusalem the One and Twenty day of Ffebruary in the year of the Lord 1674/5 I doe make and ordeine this my Will and Testament"
Suggested image sources
Dapper, Olfert, 'Aleppo Een Vermaerde Stadt in Syrien' in Olfert Dapper, Naukeurige beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant...(Amsterdam, 1677)
- The book contains "fine views of Damascus, Tripoli, Aleppo, Jaffa, Rama, the Temple of Solomon, and a birds-eye view of Jerusalem"[4]
Davis, Ralph , Map, Aleppo and Devonshire Square: English Traders in the Levant in the 18th Century (London, 1967), p. ?
de Nicolay, Nicholas, The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie (London, 1585)
- Translated from the French by T. Washington the younger. Edited by John (i.e. Hans) Stell. London: Thomas Dawson, 1585
- "The 60 woodcuts in the present edition were copied from the Antwerp versions, possibly by a Dutchman called Charles Tressell. The monogram CT appears in at least two cuts.
- The explicit woodcut of "a Religius Turke" facing p. 102, is often found mutilated, but remains intact in this copy.
- Other woodcuts include the earliest depictions of inhabitants of Algiers, Tripoli, Turkey, Greece, Persia and Armenia. Jewish occupational costumes are represented by a physician, a Jewess and a merchant."[5]
Russell, Alexander, The Natural History of Aleppo, 1st edn. (London, 1656)
- Plate XIV, facing page 95: 'Five seated musicians'
- Plate XV, facing page 100: 'Three seated men with standing male servant'
- Plate XVI, facing page 131: 'Reclining woman and standing female servant'
Russell, Alexander, The Natural History of Aleppo, vol. 1, 2nd edn. (London, 1794)
- Plate 1, betw. pp. 12 & 13; 'Plan of Aleppo',
- This plate is not included in the 1756 edition
Suggested primary sources
Lincolnshire Archives
John Nelthorpe, the cousin of Francis Nelthorpe, a correspondent of Sir George Oxenden, and the nephew of Sir John Nelthorpe, bart., another correspondent of Sir George Oxenden
LINCOLNSHIRE ARCHIVES: NELTHORPE: Nelthorpe [NEL I - NEL V] : Copy of a will. NEL IV/21/3 12th February, 1693
- Contents: Testator: John Nelthorpe, merchant of Aleppo.
- Beneficiaries: His father Sir Goddard £40 for a ring and mourning.
Mother, Lady Dorothy, £40 for a ring and mourning. Henry Nelthorpe, his eldest brother - £40 for a ring and mourning.
Revd. Mr. William Hallifax, minister at Aleppo 50 Lyon dollars. William Harvey, a friend - a ring of 20 shillings. Dr. John Pickerne, 50 Lyon dollars. Signor J. G. Transfeldt, 100 Lyon dollars. Monsieur Bigand, a ring. Abdallor, his warehousekeeper 50 dollars. To his boy Michael, 50 dollars. To the Poor - 50 dollars. Mr. Alexander Akehurst, to be assignee and to take books papers and all else and send them to his brothers Edward and Richard Nelthorpe, his executors. Edward Nelthorpe his brother - 2/3 of his estate. Richard Nelthorpe his brother - the other third. Alex. Akehurst - horses, furniture, books, arms, wearing apparel and half the furniture of chambers and country house. George Juxon his partner - his share of partnership and the other half of his furniture of chambers and country house. Mr. Hallifax to manage affairs over the will in Aleppo and the Bishop of London in England. Will dated Probate, 1697
Suggested secondary sources
Van der Aa, Pieter, L. Rouwolfs Land-Reyse, gedaan van Aleppo, door Babylonien, Syrien en Palestina (?Leiden, 1707)
Maundrell, Henry, A journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter, A.D. 1697 (London, 1823)
- ↑ http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b23007623/f3.item, viewed 13/01/12
- ↑ Benjamin Lannoy, English consul at Aleppo. He was appointed as consul in late 1659. On asking a Court of Committees on November 23rd 1659 how he could be of assistance to the English East India Company, he was told "that his assistance will be required in the conveyance of letters to and from India, for which he will be gratified in the accustomed manner" ('A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, November 23, 1659' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 229) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 354)
- ↑ Elizabeth Dallison, Sir George Oxenden's elder sister and his London agent
- ↑ http://www.abebooks.com/Naukeurige-beschryving-gantsch-Syrie-Palestyn-Heilige/433683370/bd, viewed 13/01/12
- ↑ www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/d52815/d5281539l.jpg, viewed 25/10/10
