Griggs, Thomas

Sectors:

  • Distribution - retailing Food retailing
  • Textile production Woollen & worsted textiles production inc spinning & weaving
  • Merchanting & trade, international & inland Woollen textiles trading & trade

Notes:

Thomas Griggs, 1701-60, early on was a yarn merchant, buying yarn in bulk and selling to craftsmen and small masters. Bankrupt c1730 when restarted as a retail grocer. 1736 reentered textile trade as yarn merchant and by 1742 also manufacturing. Left an estate of c£8,000

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