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A historical catalogue of the pictures, herse-cloths and tapestry at Merchant taylors' hall with a list of the sculptures and engravings (1907) (14763345712)
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Title: A historical catalogue of the pictures, herse-cloths & tapestry at Merchant taylors' hall with a list of the sculptures & engravings
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Fry, Frederick Morris Merchant Taylors' Company
Subjects: Merchant Taylors' Company
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute
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of that work in the BritishMuseum is a careful water-colour copy of the picture. A similarcopy is in the possession of the Company (see No. 40). Second son of William Craven, of Appletreewick, Burnsall,Yorkshire, a peasant, and Beatrix (Hunter) his wife. Born 1548 ; apprenticed to Robert Hulson, 1562, by businessa woollen-draper; Freedom, 1569; Livery, 1583; 2nd Warden,1593, the year the plague was hot in the City; Court, 1594 ;excused service as Master; Alderman of Bishopsgate Ward,1600; of Cordwainer Ward, 1602, and of Lime Street Ward,1611 ; Sheriff, 1600 ; founded Burnsall Grammar School, 1602 ;knighted at Whitehall, July 26, 1603 (the day after James I.sCoronation) ; married, about 1605, Elizabeth Whitmore, daughterof William Whitmore, of London, merchant, and sister of SirGeorge Whitmore (Lord Mayor, 1631); Lord Mayor, 1610,when the Show was revived with splendour; President of ChristsHospital, 1611 till his death. He built and lived in a house in Leadenhall Street, which in 78
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THE OLD EAST INDIA H0U£E7N LEM)E!IHALL STREET 1648 TO I726 r*OfX -\TWNHN4 IVTKEPOSSBSJtON Ot ?i»?jlHAJB OT THE INDJA. . 12 IWtfMIS BY fi . CRAVENS HOUSE. 1648 was converted into the East India House. By deed, datedin 1615, Craven gave hereditaments in London to the Company,and directed by will, dated August 9, 1616, that part of the rentshould be appropriated to pensions. By his second will, datedJuly 16, 1617, he gave 100 nobles for a dinner for the Companyon the day of his funeral.1 These wills were proved July 27,1618, by his widow. Died July 1618. Buried, according to the directions in hiswill, in the Church of St. Andrew Undershaft.2 A contem-porary records that it was a great funeral where there wereabove 500 mourners. The church contains no monument tohis memory. Sir Williams eldest son was the distinguished soldier who wascreated Earl Craven.3 He was free of the Company, and in1692, when 86 years of age, was elected Master,4 but declined toserve. Sir Williams second son was
The British East India Company was the first joint-stock corporation to be formed in England, and it eventually became one of the most powerful trading companies in the world, with a virtual monopoly on trade in India and the East Indies. The East India Company or the British East India Company and informally as John Company was an English and later British joint-stock company, which was formed to pursue trade with the East Indies but ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and Qing China. After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. Permission was granted, and on 10 April 1591 three ships sailed from Torbay around the Cape of Good Hope to the Arabian Sea. On 31 December 1600, the Queen granted a Royal Charter to "George, Earl of Cumberland, and 215 Knights, Aldermen, and Burgesses" under the name, Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading with the East Indies. The governance of the company was in the hands of one governor and 24 directors or "committees", who made up the Court of Directors. They, in turn, reported to the Court of Proprietors, which appointed them. Ten committees reported to the Court of Directors. According to tradition, business was initially transacted at the Nags Head Inn, opposite St Botolph's church in Bishopsgate, before moving to India House in Leadenhall Street. The company played a key role in the spread of British influence in India and the development of the British Empire. However, it also became involved in corruption and exploitation, and it was eventually dissolved in 1858, following the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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