Edward Davenant, Merchant (15..-16..)
Literas, lyceo, rerumque usus, emporio, etc.
Notes
747Edward Davenant, merchant: he lies buried behind the bishop’s stall at Sarum with this inscription748:—
749Memorandum:—Mr. <Edward> Davenant, merchant in London, eldest brother of John Davenant, bishop of Sarum, broke (the seas being crosse to him); but being a person of great estimation with the merchants, they favoured him, and he went into Ireland. He did set up the trade of pilchard fishing at Wythy Island750 there, where he was a Justice of Peace, and in 20 yeares he gott there about ten thousand pounds, payd his debts, and left his family well. This account I had from my worthy and intimate friend, Mr. John Davenant, grandsonne to him.