Cely family
Other Business Names:
- Cely, Richard
- Cely, George
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading & trade
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Raw wool trading & trade
Notes:
Establishd in the 15th century as a moderate sized wool exporting business by Richard Cely, d1482. Exported Cotswold wool especially to Calais for sale and imported from Low Countries. Richard was succeeded in business by his sons, Richard and George. Notable on account of the documentation relating to their business held in The National Archives
Publications:
- Foreign exchange and the English wool merchant in the late fifteenth century by Hanham, Alison
- The Cely Letters, 1472-1488 by Hanham, Alison (ed)
- The Cely Papers. Selections from the correspondence and memoranda of the Cely family, merchants of the Staple, AD 1475-1488 by Malden, Henry E (ed)
- The Celys and their World. An English merchant family of the fifteenth century by Hanham, Alison
- 'Wool trade in the fifteenth century' in E Power & M M Postan (eds), Studies in English Trade in the Fifteenth Century by Power, Eileen
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cely, Richard
- Cely, George
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Raw wool trading & trade
Notes:
Establishd in the 15th century as a moderate sized wool exporting business by Richard Cely, d1482. Exported Cotswold wool especially to Calais for sale and imported from Low Countries. Richard was succeeded in business by his sons, Richard and George. Notable on account of the documentation relating to their business held in The National ArchivesPublications:
- Foreign exchange and the English wool merchant in the late fifteenth century by Hanham, Alison
- The Cely Letters, 1472-1488 by Hanham, Alison (ed)
- The Cely Papers. Selections from the correspondence and memoranda of the Cely family, merchants of the Staple, AD 1475-1488 by Malden, Henry E (ed)
- The Celys and their World. An English merchant family of the fifteenth century by Hanham, Alison
- 'Wool trade in the fifteenth century' in E Power & M M Postan (eds), Studies in English Trade in the Fifteenth Century by Power, Eileen