Isabel Bras Williamson

Isabel Bras Williamson
Born
Isabel Bras

c.1430
Diedc.1493
NationalityScottish
Occupationmerchant

Isabel Bras Williamson (fl. 1430–fl. 1493), was a Scottish merchant.

She was born as Isabel Bras and married the Edinburgh merchant Thomas Williamson.[1] After his death she took responsibility for the business, particularly trading with Flanders.[2]

She was a supplier of the royal court, traded in cloth with Europe and had an important part in the Scottish textile industry.[2]

She later acquired land at Mortonhall[2] and founded a chaplaincy in 1489 at the alter of St. Lawrence in St. Giles, Edinburgh.[3]

  1. ^ Paul, James Balfour (1882). Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum 1424-1513 (in Latin). H.M. General Register House.
  2. ^ a b c Ewan, Elizabeth. "Williamson [née Bras], Isabel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Cowan, Mairi (15 June 2021). Death, life, and religious change in Scottish towns c. 1350–1560. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-6290-8.