Bristol Company of Merchant Adventures
Biography
The Company of Merchant Adventurers of London brought together London's leading overseas merchants in a regulated company, in the nature of a guild. Its members' main business was the export of cloth, especially white (undyed) broadcloth. This enabled them to import a large range of foreign goods. The company received its royal charter from King Henry IV in 1407.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Bristol Company of Merchant Adventures correspondence (photocopies)
Collection
Identifier: Mss-54
Stefansson Mss-54
Date(s):
undated
Abstract
Collection consists of copies of letters concerning a voyage to discover the Northwest Passage to China