Dictionary of London Immigrants
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Dictionary of London Immigrants
Italy
Music
Royalty
Painting
Trade
Sculpture
place: Florence
place: Venice
Academies
place: Naples
Jews
place: Rome
Clubs
Collections
Swiss
Printing
Instrument Making
Radicalism
Banking
Politics
Architecture
Medicine
Church History
Societies
place: Lucca
Entertainment
Translations
place: Milan
Commerce
Engravers
Art Dealers
Literature
place: Bologna
Sex
Education
Theatre
Linguistics
Impresarios
Food
Finance
Pubs
Periodicals
Wool
Dance
Law
Place: Como
Museums
Librarians
Textiles
Printsellers
place: Genoa
Engineering
Galleries
Xenophobia
Science
Glassmakers
Salons
Romans
place: Turin
Universities
Mosaics
Jewellers
Poetry
Place: Verona
Internment
place: Zürich
Historians
place: Geneva
Artists’ Models
Actors
Huguenots
Hotels
place: Venezia
place: Modena
Design
Animal Trade
Fashion
Confectioners
Place: Siena
place: Padua
Suicide
Coffee Houses
Arms
Spies
Trade & Commerce
Crime
Printers
place: Genua
place: Paris
place: Cremona
place: Livorno
Egyptology
place: Treviso
Dentistry
Taylors
place: Vercelli
place: Bergamo
Transport
Philosophy
Military
Journalism
Ice Cream Makers
Watch Making
place: Mantua
Ballooning
Archaeologists
Booksellers
Gilders
place: Napoli
Numismatics
place: Parma
Artists’ Materials
Photography
Philanthropy
Pyrotechnics
place: La Chaux-de-Fonds
Antiquarians
place: Bassano del Grappo
place: Pisa
place: Belluno
place: Madrid
Freemasonry
Artist Models
Cartography
place: Rovereto
place: Vado
place: Vetriano
place: Brunswick
place: Fillotrana
Carvers
place: Osimo
place: Milano
place: Sienna
place: Lucerne
place: Loreto
place: Padova
place: Brescello
Historiography
Coffee and Tea Houses
Gambling
place: Ferrara
place: Valenza
place: Vicenza
plaster
place: Camerino
place: Amriswil
Tags: Music
place: San Ginesio
place: Palermo
Beverage Industry
place: Palazzolo
place: Asti
place: Pinerolo
place: Lecco
place: Pitigliano
place: Lecce
place: Nola
archeology
place: Cosenza
Sardegna
place: Ravello
place: Stetten
place: Roncade
Perfumes
place: Fontanetto da Po
Philosophers
Furniture Makers
Ceramics
Polari
place: Ceneda
place: Zante
Travel
place: Lesina
place: Rab (island)
place: Formia
place: Senigallia
place: Quinzano d’Oglio
Medallists
place: Veserada
Hatters
place: Lastra a Signa
Place: Piancenza
place: Picinisco
place: Cagliari
Italyy
Urban Developers
place: Amatrice
place: Figline Valdarno
place: Maiano
place: Genova
Xenophopbia
Couturiers
place: Lodi
place: Rimini
place: Valle Sabia
Cuisine
Instrument Making
place: Brescia
place: Minori
place: Dogliani
place: Beaulieu-sur-Mer
place: Zogno
place: Firenze
Puppeteers
Watchmakers
place: Fermignano
place: Urbino
place: Passerano
Designers
place: San Miniato
place: Piacenza
place: Weggis
place: Volterra
Caricaturists
Secret Agents
place: Laurenzana
Missionaries
Topography
place: London
place: Trento
Orientalism
place: Valetta
Doll Makers
Lithographers
place: Pesaro
place: Faenza
place: Colorno
place: Lugo de Romagna
place: Yveden
Child Abuse
place: Tavernerio
place: Dongio
Malta
place: Canapale
Jewellery
place: Locarno
place: Vasto
place: Positano
Revolution
place: Moltrasio
place: Barga
place: Corridonia
place: Lisbon
Gardens
place: Fabriano
place: Pallanzana
Aesthetics
place: Forli
Illustrators
Cinema
Silver
place: Bientina
place: Taggia
Milliners
place: Vittorio Veneto
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1456-1457 - Broad Street (Soho)
Trade
& Commerce
& Xenophobia
& Italy
& Place: Piancenza
Merchant Alexander Palestrelli [Plaustrell] was born in Piacenza. By the mid-fifteenth century he had moved to London and was living in Broad
1513-1549 - Bishopsgate Street (City of London)
Banking
& Finance
& Church History
& Trade
& Commerce
& Wool
& Textiles
& Italy
& place: Lucca
Merchant and banker Antonio Buonvisi was born around 1470/5. He belonged to an ancient family of Lucca. His parents may have settled in England
1444-1454 - Lombard Street (City of London)
Academies
& Universities
& Banking
& Finance
& Collections
& Trade
& Commerce
& Wool
& Textiles
& Italy
& place: Florence
Merchant and banker Jacopo Salviati was born in 1417 in Florence, the third son of Alamanno Salviati, a prominent banker and politician. The family
1370-1400 - Not traced
Trade
& Commerce
& Italy
& place: Lucca
Merchant Bartholomew Bosan was a native of Lucca who had established a business in London by the early 1370s, trading to Bruges which was a common
1436-1439 - Lombard Street (City of London)
Banking
& Finance
& Trade
& Commerce
& Italy
& place: San Miniato
The powerful Borromeo family were merchants at San Miniato on the main trade route between Florence and Pisa around 1300. After a failed rebellion
1335-1345 - Lombard Street (City of London)
Banking
& Finance
& Trade
& Commerce
& Wool
& Textiles
& Italy
& place: Florence
The Florentine merchant-bank of Peruzzi came to prominence around 1275. Run by family members, it soon became one of Europe’s most efficient money
1306-1334 - Not traced
Banking
& Finance
& Trade
& Commerce
& Italy
& place: Genua
Financier Antonio Pessagno was born around 1280 in Genoa. He married into the city’s powerful Fieschi merchant family. By 1306/7, he had settled in
1300-1345 - Lombard Street (City of London)
Banking
& Finance
& Trade
& Commerce
& Italy
& place: Genua
Members of the Bache family descended from Genoa, before setting up as merchants in London’s Lombard Street. For several decades two dealers, both
1317-1321 - Lombard Street (City of London)
Banking
& Finance
& Trade
& Commerce
& Italy
& place: Florence
Merchant and author Francesco di Balducci Pegolotti was born around 1280 into a Florentine family. He worked for the Compagnia dei Bardi, one of the