Ledger of John Smythe, 1538-1550
Details:
- Author(s) Angus, John & Jean Vanes (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1974
- Pages 363pp
- Publisher HMSO for Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Accounting: internal issues inc costing, pricing, etc
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Largely comprises a transcription of his account book covering 1538 to 1550; it was one in a series, the others having not survived. Details his business transactions, and through these his merchanting, etc, business activities. A lengthy introduction [pp1-29] covers his life [in so far as it is known], his activities in the cloth trade, his family, his imports and exports, his ship - the 'Trinity', his land and wealth, his civic duties, his apprentices, etc. Also says much about Bristol especially as a distribution centre based, inter alia, on inland navigation. The introduction also considers the ledger from an account keeping perspective