Noble Merchant. William Browne, c1410-1489, and Stamford in the fifteenth century
Details:
- Author(s) Rogers, Alan
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2012
- Pages 350pp; illus
- Publisher Abramis
- Place Published Bury St Edmunds
Topics:
- Name Business & politics inc lobbying
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly and rounded account of his life - his family and early years; his position in the War of the Roses; sources of his wealth - wool trading, money lending and property; his activities in local government, religion and Browne's Hospital, Stamford; his network of family and friends. Chapters include 'Beginnings' - the Browne family, his early years; 'Browne, Stamford and the Wars of the Roses'; 'Earning a fortune' - wool trading, money lending, property; 'Browne in the community' - Stamford's political elite, Browne and religion; Browne's Hospital; 'Identities and culture' - family, household, friends, material culture; his wife Margaret Browne. Written by a former adult education university lecturer 'for the general public and especially the residents of Stamford'. Well referenced using primary sources