Legal and financial notebook of William Drake [manuscript], 1631-1644.
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Drake, William, Sir
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Sir William Drake (1606-1669) was a wealthy landowner with estates in Buckinghamshire. He went to the Middle Temple in 1626, transferring in 1629 to Gray's Inn, and, since the late 1630's, held various posts at the Court of Common Pleas. He sat in Parliament for Amersham in 1640-1648 and again in 1660-1669. Sir William Drake was known as an avid book collector and patron of the arts. From the description of Journal and commonplace book of Sir William Drake, 1630-1642. (Huntington Lib...
East India Company
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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...
