Person    | Male  Born 25/12/1730  Died 16/5/1795

Thomas Sainsbury

Lord Mayor. Grocer of Ludgate Hill, Bowyer, Alderman of Billingsgate and Governor of the Fellowship Porters in 1786. Came from Wiltshire. Died at Newcourt House, Devon. His tomb is at St Mary's, Market Lavington.

Unrelated to the family who created the current Sainsbury supermarkets, as far as we can tell.

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Thomas Sainsbury

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Fellowship Porters Hall

This Hall was built Anno Domimi MDCCLXXXVI {1786} The Right Honourable Thomas...

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The Bell, Carter Lane

The Bell, Carter Lane

From this inn, on 25 October 1598, Richard Quiney wrote a letter to William Shakespeare. This letter, the only one addressed to Shakespeare that has survived, is held by the museum at Strafford. Th...

Building, Commerce, Food & Drink

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Sebastian Earl

Sebastian Earl

We really don't know if the Sebastian Earl who unveiled the stone at the Hornsey YMCA is the rowing businessman with the same name but the dates look right and it's an unusual name. Our colleague, ...

Person, Commerce, Sport / Games

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Lord Levene

Lord Levene

Chariman of Lloyd's of London in 2008.

Person, Commerce

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Hanseatic merchants

Hanseatic merchants

See the Steelyard.

Group, Commerce, Germany

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Marmaduke Langdale

Marmaduke Langdale

Active in 1859. Via JudyGr we found "1794: Langdale Marmaduke & Thomas, Distillers, 26, Holborn", mentioned in Dickens' 'Barnaby Rudge'. A connection seems very likely. 2018: The British Museu...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce

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