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Davis, Thomas


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 655

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Davis, Thomas

Date(s): 1630-1631

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 4 leaves

Name of creator(s): Davis | Thomas | fl 1630-1631 | cloth merchant

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Accounts kept by Thomas Davis of Aleppo, merchant, dated 30 Mar and 18 Dec 1630 and 18 Dec 1631, relating to broadcloth received from his brother Richard Davis of London, also a merchant, and to gogram and ardass silks sent by Davis to London, 'being 16 balles cont: 80 peeces broad clothes under the m[a]rke per margent receved out of the shipp Sampson of London Bence Johnson master is debt[es?] to charges of merchandize for the fraight custome and other charges as ffoll[oweth?]...'. Other persons mentioned include Bryan Harrison, master of the 'shipp Unicorne' of London, and Thomas Davis.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

13¼" x 9"

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from Miss W. Myers in 1965.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Textiles
Trade

Personal names
Davis | Richard | fl 1630-1631 | cloth merchant
Davis | Thomas | fl 1630-1631 | cloth merchant
Harrison | Bryan | fl 1630-1631 | sailor
Johnson | Bence | fl 1630-1631 | sailor

Corporate names
Sampson | merchant ship, c 1630
Unicorn | merchant ship, c 1630

Places
Aleppo | Syrian AR | Middle East
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe