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| − | Little documentation is available on Nathan Wright's commercial activities prior to the mid-1640s, though Wright may have been located in Bordeaux in 1628.<ref>Nathan Wright: SP 78/83 Order in Council concerning Nathan Wright and others residing at Bordeaux. 1628 Apr. 21</ref> If this is so, he may have started in the French wine trade, as did the Bristol born, but later London based, merchant, Sir Mathew Hollsworthy, whose family had strong historical links with Spanish trading. | + | Little documentation is available on Nathan Wright's commercial activities prior to the mid-1640s, though Wright may have been located in Bordeaux in 1628.<ref>Nathan Wright: SP 78/83 Order in Council concerning Nathan Wright and others residing at Bordeaux. 1628 Apr. 21. See also [[MRP: Nathan Wright will|Nathan Wright will]]</ref> If this is so, he may have started in the French wine trade, as did the Bristol born, but later London based, merchant, Sir Mathew Hollsworthy, whose family had strong historical links with Spanish trading. |
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Bordeaux
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Bordeaux panorama (Leiden, 1685)
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'Bordeaux', engraved plate, Francois Savinien d’Alquie, Les Delices de la France, ou Description des Provinces & Villes Capitalles d’icelle: Comme Aussi La Description des Chateaux & Maisons Royalles. Plus Celle des nouvelles Conquetes, avec leurs Figures au naturel, vol. ? (Leiden, 1685), p. ?;2 out of copyright book
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Notes
English merchants in Bordeaux
Nathan Wright
Little documentation is available on Nathan Wright's commercial activities prior to the mid-1640s, though Wright may have been located in Bordeaux in 1628.[1] If this is so, he may have started in the French wine trade, as did the Bristol born, but later London based, merchant, Sir Mathew Hollsworthy, whose family had strong historical links with Spanish trading.
Suggested image sources
View of Bordeaux and the river Garonne, signed by Jollain (engraving). C17th. Located at Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
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Suggested secondary sources
- ↑ Nathan Wright: SP 78/83 Order in Council concerning Nathan Wright and others residing at Bordeaux. 1628 Apr. 21. See also Nathan Wright will
