Bardi family
Other Business Names:
- Peruzzi family
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Florence, Italy
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading & trade
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Financial services
Private loan financing inc individuals & businesses
Notes:
London branch opened by 1290 by the Bardi family, an immensely wealthy Florentine family who by the mid 14th were Europe's leading bankers with many international branches. In London lent to Edward III whose inability to repay - it has been commonly said - eventually led to their downfall. Aligned with the Peruzzi family. Financed voyages of discovery including the first voyage of John Cabot, the Venetian, to North America in c1496 [2023]
Publications:
- A new look at the dealings of the Bardi and Peruzzi with Edward III by Hunt, Edwin S
- Accounts of the English Crown with Italian Merchant Societies, 1272-1345 by Ball, Adrian R, Chris Brooks & Tony K Moore
- Alien merchants and the English crown in the later fourteenth century by Beardwood, Alice
- 'Bankers and booksellers. Evidence of the late fifteenth century English book trade in the ledgers of the Bardi Bank' in E A New & C Steer (eds), Medieval Londoners. Essays to mark the eightieth birthday of Caroline M Barron by Payne, M T W
- Italian Merchants and Shipping in Southampton, 1270-1600 by Ruddock, Alwyn A
- John Cabot and his Italian financiers by Guidi-Bruscoli, Francesco
- Loans to the English Crown, 1328-1331 by Fryde, Edmund B
- Materials for the study of Edward III's credit operations, 1327-48 by Fryde, Edmund B
- Medieval Super-Companies. A study of the Peruzzi Company of Florence by Hunt, Edwin S
- 'Societies of the Bardi and the Peruzzi and their dealings with Edward III, 1327-45' in G Unwin (ed), Finance and Trade Under Edward III by Russell, Ephraim
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Peruzzi family
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Florence, Italy
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
- Financial services Private loan financing inc individuals & businesses
Notes:
London branch opened by 1290 by the Bardi family, an immensely wealthy Florentine family who by the mid 14th were Europe's leading bankers with many international branches. In London lent to Edward III whose inability to repay - it has been commonly said - eventually led to their downfall. Aligned with the Peruzzi family. Financed voyages of discovery including the first voyage of John Cabot, the Venetian, to North America in c1496 [2023]Publications:
- A new look at the dealings of the Bardi and Peruzzi with Edward III by Hunt, Edwin S
- Accounts of the English Crown with Italian Merchant Societies, 1272-1345 by Ball, Adrian R, Chris Brooks & Tony K Moore
- Alien merchants and the English crown in the later fourteenth century by Beardwood, Alice
- 'Bankers and booksellers. Evidence of the late fifteenth century English book trade in the ledgers of the Bardi Bank' in E A New & C Steer (eds), Medieval Londoners. Essays to mark the eightieth birthday of Caroline M Barron by Payne, M T W
- Italian Merchants and Shipping in Southampton, 1270-1600 by Ruddock, Alwyn A
- John Cabot and his Italian financiers by Guidi-Bruscoli, Francesco
- Loans to the English Crown, 1328-1331 by Fryde, Edmund B
- Materials for the study of Edward III's credit operations, 1327-48 by Fryde, Edmund B
- Medieval Super-Companies. A study of the Peruzzi Company of Florence by Hunt, Edwin S
- 'Societies of the Bardi and the Peruzzi and their dealings with Edward III, 1327-45' in G Unwin (ed), Finance and Trade Under Edward III by Russell, Ephraim