Tools: Company of Merchant Adventurers of London
Background
Members of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London were involved in the export of English cloth, especially undyed, white, broadcloth. The MarineLives wiki contains references to a number of London merchants, and English merchants based in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Dordrecht and Rotterdam, who were members of, or connected with, the Company of Merchant Adventurers. The MarineLives project team wants to identify all these references and to pull them together on this wiki page. This will form a finding aid for all researchers interested in the C17th cloth trade, and more broadly in the trade for textiles. It will also serve as an input into the search work of Dr Tom Leng (Sheffield), who is currently writing a book on 'Disorderly Brethren: the Merchant Adventurers of England, c.1588-1688'.
Possible search terms to help identify Merchant Adventurers
Many of the members of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London will not be identified as such, but can be presumed to be members through a combination of their export trade in cloth (and other goods), their location, their trading partners and secondary information you will need to look for on the web
Here are some search terms for our wiki you might want to get started with
Cloth
Cloath
Cloth merchant
Cloth-merchant
Adventurer
Merchant + Hamburg
and lots lots more...
Contents
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Merchants resident in London & surrounds
George Boldero [alt. Baldero][1]
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Merchants resident elsewhere in England
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Merchants resident in the United Provinces
Amsterdam
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Dordrecht
Henry Boldero [alt. Baldero][2]
John Boldero [alt. Baldero][3]
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Rotterdam
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Merchants resident in Hamburg
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