Jeffreys, Joyce
Other Business Names:
- Jeffries, Joyce
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hereford, Herefordshire, Hereford & Worcester, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Horse distribution & auctioneering
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Agriculture & fishing
Horticulture, nursery & market gardening
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Livestock distribution inc droving & auctioneering
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Financial services
Private loan financing inc individuals & businesses
Notes:
Joyce Jeffreys, otherwise Jeffries, c1570-1650, was a moneylender to family, friends and strangers operating largely in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Also a farmer, market gardener, dealer in horses and livestock. She never married but derived her resources from inherited gentry wealth. Known on account of the survival for her account book [2023]
Publications:
- Business and Household Accounts of Joyce Jeffreys, Spinster of Hereford, 1638-1648 by Spicksley, Judith M (ed)
- Joyce Jeffreys of Ham Castle. A seventeenth century business gentlewoman by Griffiths, R G
- Money lending in the West Midlands. The activities of Joyce Jeffreys, 1638-49 by Tittler, Robert
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Jeffries, Joyce
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hereford, Herefordshire, Hereford & Worcester, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Horse distribution & auctioneering
- Agriculture & fishing Horticulture, nursery & market gardening
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Livestock distribution inc droving & auctioneering
- Financial services Private loan financing inc individuals & businesses
Notes:
Joyce Jeffreys, otherwise Jeffries, c1570-1650, was a moneylender to family, friends and strangers operating largely in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Also a farmer, market gardener, dealer in horses and livestock. She never married but derived her resources from inherited gentry wealth. Known on account of the survival for her account book [2023]Publications:
- Business and Household Accounts of Joyce Jeffreys, Spinster of Hereford, 1638-1648 by Spicksley, Judith M (ed)
- Joyce Jeffreys of Ham Castle. A seventeenth century business gentlewoman by Griffiths, R G
- Money lending in the West Midlands. The activities of Joyce Jeffreys, 1638-49 by Tittler, Robert