‘Marshall’      Bristol and the Abolition of Slavery by P. Marshall. Bristol’s Merchant Venturers and the abolition of slave trading. The Merchant Navy Association is a group of retired and serving men and women of the Merchant Navy. (3) Bristol’s share of the trade was progressively overtaken by Liverpool and by 1775, had declined to 10 per cent. Society of Merchant Venturers 1975 Clarke. ‘Jones’          Bristol Past by Donald Jones. Website of the Merchants Landing Residents Association and Amenities Company. SOURCES By the late 1730s Bristol had become Britain’s main slaving port. Bristol’s merchants Merchants from Bristol traded freely with Europe, the Barbary Coast of North Africa, America and the Caribbean. By the mid 1660s tobacco, sugar and other raw materials from the Caribbean and America were being imported in large quantities. J.W. 4 McGrath       Page 138 Of six petitions from Bristol, one came from the Society of Merchant Venturers who also made their Hall available to meetings of West India merchants, plantation owners and local manufacturers. At different times, the cloth trade and the import of wine, sherry, port, sugar, olive oil, raisins and spices were of particular importance. Menu Home; About Us; Quay Notes; Trades & Services; Local History; Information; Scroll down to content. State St Fair - Applications are ready, already have several artists. Bathurst Bridge work. Granting monopolies of this kind was lucrative business for the Crown. We do this through education, care for … Bristol Historical Association 1985, REFERENCE NOTES The family lived…, Does anyone have a CD of the poems of Reg Kear ? We’ll keep everyone updated on events we have organised and we welcome comments and…, Bill Weston who lives in Australia is looking for information about his late father William Leonard Weston. Arrowsmith 1877 2 McGrath       Page 59 Slave trading from Bristol reached a peak in 1732, surpassing London and accounting for almost half of the ships sailing to Africa. If someone has would they lend it so…, Bob Flegg from HMS Trouncer and HMS Thane. (7). From the middle of the fifteenth century, successful Bristol merchants started to organise themselves into a trade association or guild, to pursue and protect their business interests. Who is the Bristol Merchant Navy Association? Joe Caron will again line up the musicians. Bristol has always been a port city and from its very beginnings, Bristol merchants traded in commodities of all kinds. The managing committee of nine representatives was shared between London, Liverpool and Bristol, with the Society collecting the local membership subscriptions. 8 McGrath      Page 317, © Copyright 2018 The Society of Merchant Venturers. Welcome to Bristol Merchant Navy Association – Keep Stoking! The Society of Merchant Venturers Established under Royal Charter in 1552, the men and women of the Society of Merchant Venturers work with and support people and communities from the wider Bristol area. Posted on 4 September 2020. (5). The efforts of these successful merchants were recognised in the grant of a Royal Charter by King Edward V1 in 1552. Until 1698 the London based Royal African Company had control over all trade with Africa so that no other British port could trade for ivory, gold, dyewood, spices and slaves. Bristol and District Branch was formed following an inaugural meeting at Avonmouth in May 1996. ‘Wilkins’       Edward Colston by H.J. By the mid 1660s tobacco, sugar and other raw materials from the Caribbean and America were being imported in large quantities.