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Author Fryde, E. B

Title William de la Pole, merchant and king's banker (1366) / E.B. Fryde
Published London ; Ronceverte, WV, U.S.A. : Hambleton Press, 1988

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Description 1 online resource (250 pages)
Contents List of Appendices; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introductory; 2 Early Career; 3 Business Methods; 4 Acquisition of Properties; 5 Dealings with the Royal Government, 1331-7; 6 The Origins and Organization of the English Wool Company; 7 The Launch and Collapse of the English Wool Company; 8 William de la Pole as a Royal Banker, I: Repayment of Loans in England; 9 William de la Pole as a Royal Banker, II: Activities in the Netherlands; 10 October 1339-December 1340; 11 Downfall and Trial; 12 The English Company of 1343-5; 13 Dealings with the Royal Government, 1345-53
14 The Last Trials of William de la Pole15 The Final Years; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary "This book is a study of William de la Pole, the first English royal banker. E. B. Fryde discusses Pole's role as a merchant and financier, his political influence and the social preeminence he gained for himself and his family. The book addresses the growing significance of England's merchant class in financial and governmental affairs and examines the origins of one of the country's great families of the late medieval period."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Analysis Finance
England
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index
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Subject De la Pole, William, -1366.
SUBJECT De la Pole, William, -1366 fast
Pole, William de la -- ( ---- - 1366) ram
Subject Merchants -- Great Britain -- Biography
Bankers -- Great Britain -- Biography
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
Bankers
Merchants
Marchands -- Angleterre -- Biographie.
Banquiers -- Angleterre -- Biographie.
Great Britain
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826432605
0826432603
9781472599339
1472599330
1283201763
9781283201766
9786613201768
6613201766