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Welcome to the Merchant Research Project wiki.
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Welcome to the Merchant Research Project wiki pages.
  
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This wiki is a collaborative platform for scholars interested in the social, commercial and material life of merchants in mid-seventeenth century Europe and in the international reach of their lives.
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The Merchant Research Project provides a collaborative platform for scholars interested in the social, commercial and material life of merchants in mid-seventeenth century Europe and in the international reach of their lives.
  
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Specifically, the wiki has been developed as a resource on the social, commercial and material life and environment of the Kent, London and Surat merchant [[MRP: Sir George Oxenden|Sir George Oxenden]].  However, it has the potential, through collaboration, to offer a broader connected micro-history of mid-seventeenth century commercial life.
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Specifically, these wiki pages have been developed as a resource on the social, commercial and material life and environment of the Kent, London and Surat merchant [[MRP: Sir George Oxenden|Sir George Oxenden]].  However, it has the potential, through collaboration, to offer a broader connected micro-history of mid-seventeenth century commercial life.
  
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The emphasis of the wiki is on making visible, and connecting, previously unpublished [[MRP: primary documents|primary documents]].  At its core is the previously unpublished [[MRP: Correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, 1663-1669 (British Library, Add. MSS. 40708-40713)| private correspondence of Sir George Oxenden]].<ref>BL, Add. MSS. 40708-40713: Private correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, Oxenden papers, vols. 11-18</ref>  The correspondence is contained in letter books held at the British Library.  These letter books are lightly indexed in the BL online catalogue. They have neither previously been calendarised, nor have they been available in transcribed form. The transcriptions are made available on this wiki free of copyright restrictions to stimulate scholarly research.
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The emphasis of the wiki is on making visible, and connecting, previously unpublished [[MRP: primary documents|primary documents]].
  
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A sense of the range of this correspondence in terms of the letter writers and their locations can be derived from an [[MRP: Alphabet of names|Alphabet of names]] and an [[MRP: Alphabet of places|Alphabet of places]].  Complementing these letters is a substantial corpus of primary legal documentation, drawn from the Court of Chancery, and increasingly from the High Court of Admiralty; together with post mortem inventories and wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
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At its core is the previously unpublished [[MRP: Correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, 1663-1669| private correspondence of Sir George Oxenden]].<ref>BL, Add. MS. 40708-40713: Private correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, Oxenden papers, vols. 11-18</ref> The correspondence is contained in letter books held at the British Library.  These letter books are lightly indexed in the British Library online catalogue. They have neither previously been calendarised, nor have they been available in transcribed and annotated form.
  
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Additionally, this wiki contains primary research finding aids, research tools, and synthesised material.
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A sense of the range of this correspondence in terms of the letter writers and their locations can be derived from an [[MRP: Alphabet of names|Alphabet of names]] and an [[MRP: Alphabet of places|Alphabet of places]].  Complementing these letters is a substantial corpus of primary legal documentation, drawn from the [[MRP: Chancery cases| Court of Chancery]], and increasingly from the [[MRP: Admiralty Court cases| High Court of Admiralty]]; together with post mortem inventories and wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
  
 
The extent of the new primary and secondary material available on the wiki is described under [[MRP: Size & Scope of the Wiki|Size & Scope of the Wiki]].
 
The extent of the new primary and secondary material available on the wiki is described under [[MRP: Size & Scope of the Wiki|Size & Scope of the Wiki]].
  
 
The content of the wiki is work in progress.  It does not constitute finished peer reviewed material, and is not provided for external publication, neither in whole nor in part.
 
The content of the wiki is work in progress.  It does not constitute finished peer reviewed material, and is not provided for external publication, neither in whole nor in part.
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Latest revision as of 05:03, April 13, 2015

Merchant Research Project

Editorial history

15/08/2011, CSG: Created page
28/11/2011 and 13/04/2015, CSG: Restructured and rewrote introduction


Welcome to the Merchant Research Project wiki pages.

The Merchant Research Project provides a collaborative platform for scholars interested in the social, commercial and material life of merchants in mid-seventeenth century Europe and in the international reach of their lives.

Specifically, these wiki pages have been developed as a resource on the social, commercial and material life and environment of the Kent, London and Surat merchant Sir George Oxenden. However, it has the potential, through collaboration, to offer a broader connected micro-history of mid-seventeenth century commercial life.

The emphasis of the wiki is on making visible, and connecting, previously unpublished primary documents.

At its core is the previously unpublished private correspondence of Sir George Oxenden.[1] The correspondence is contained in letter books held at the British Library. These letter books are lightly indexed in the British Library online catalogue. They have neither previously been calendarised, nor have they been available in transcribed and annotated form.

A sense of the range of this correspondence in terms of the letter writers and their locations can be derived from an Alphabet of names and an Alphabet of places. Complementing these letters is a substantial corpus of primary legal documentation, drawn from the Court of Chancery, and increasingly from the High Court of Admiralty; together with post mortem inventories and wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

The extent of the new primary and secondary material available on the wiki is described under Size & Scope of the Wiki.

The content of the wiki is work in progress. It does not constitute finished peer reviewed material, and is not provided for external publication, neither in whole nor in part.


Using and contributing to this wiki


Searching the wiki
Contributing to the wiki
Testing the wiki

Size & scope of the wiki


Need your help


Missing faces
Missing pictures
Missing places

Transcription
Synthesis

MarineLives - Call for Project Volunteers
Marine Lives - Launch of website & Twitter account

Expertise needed


What's new?


New in the wiki
New work on primary documents


Index


Alphabets
Glossaries
People
Places
Primary Documents
Research tools
Visual & material culture

Visual images
  1. ↑ BL, Add. MS. 40708-40713: Private correspondence of Sir George Oxenden, Oxenden papers, vols. 11-18

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