Maurice Thomson Collection

Collection — Box: VMF General Oversize, Folder: 4

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf169

Staff Only

Indenture by which Maurice Thomson [sells] land in [Haversham], Horsham, Sussex, England, to John Corrance and Joseph Colston. Details the terms for delivery of fee, and terms for use, etc. Apparently for one year only (?). Verso, signatures of witnesses for both parties. Signed, no seal. Manuscript on vellum, 16 x 24"

Dates

Creation: 1664 July 9

Creator

Thomson, Maurice, 1604-1676 (Person)

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Extent

1.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Maurice Thomson (September 30, 1604-May 9, 1676) was an English merchant banker, Puritan, and business manager for the second Earl of Warwick. He was also involved in slave trafficking. Baptized in Hertfordshire, England, in 1604, he eventually lived in Virginia, Canada, the Caribbean, and other places. Thomson obtained a monopoly of the Virginia tobacco trade and was said to be "England's greatest colonial merchant of his day." His son John was raised to the peerage as Lord Haversham in 1696.