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Forster, Sir Richard [alias Mr Johnson], first baronet (1585?–1661), courtier and financier  

Michael Foster

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Forster, Sir Richard [alias Mr Johnson], first baronet (1585?–1661), courtier and financier, was probably born in Earswick, Yorkshire, the only son of William Forster of Earswick (d. in or before 1618) and his second wife, Isabel Langley (d. 1585)...

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Hardel, William (d. c. 1248)  

N. J. Mayhew

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Hende, John (d. 1418), royal financier and mayor of London  

Jenny Stratford

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Hende, John (d. 1418), royal financier and mayor of London, is of unknown origins, but by 1368 he was active in the drapery trade and had made the first of three prudent marriages. His first wife, Isabella, was the daughter of John Southcote...

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Herrick [Heyricke], Sir William (bap. 1562, d. 1653), moneylender and royal official  

G. E. Aylmer

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Herrick [Heyricke], Sir William (bap. 1562, d. 1653), moneylender and royal official, was baptized on 9 December 1562 at St Martin's, Leicester, the fifth and youngest son of John Herrick or Heyricke (1513–1589) of Leicester and Mary, daughter of John Bond. He was born into a successful business family in ...

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Polede la, Sir Richard (d. 1345)  

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Shelton, Jerome (c. 1500–1555x60), property speculator and royal official  

J. D. Alsop

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Shelton, Jerome (c. 1500–1555x60), property speculator and royal official, was a younger son of Nicholas Shelton (d. 1515), resident in the parish of St Thomas of Acon, London, freeman and master of the Mercers' Company, and sheriff and alderman of London, and his second wife, ...