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 Arms granted during the reign of King Henry VIII (1509-1547) to "Thomas Spring of Lavenham": Argent, on a chevron between three mascles gules as many cinquefoils or[1] | |
| Born | c. 1474 |
| Died | 1523 (aged 48–49) |
| Burial place | Lavenham, Suffolk |
| Occupation | Cloth merchant |
| Spouses | Anne King (m. 1493)
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Thomas Spring (c. 1474 – 1523) (alias Thomas Spring III or The Rich Clothier) of Lavenham in Suffolk, was an English cloth merchant.[2] He consolidated his father's business to become one of the most successful in the booming wool trade of the period and was one of the richest men in England.[3] He has been described as the most important figure of the early Tudor cloth industry.[4]
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson, ed. (1868). The Visitation of Suffolke, made by William Hervey, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1561, with additions from family documents, original wills, Jermyn, Davy, and other MSS, &c.: Vol 2. Lowestoft & London, p.166 [1]
- ^ Phil W Kaufman, American Traces in Anglian Places (Lulu.com), 19.
- ^ The Cloth Industry of Lavenham Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ Schofield, Phillipp R. (2001). "Extranei and the Market for Customary Land on a Westminster Abbey Manor in the Fifteenth Century". The Agricultural History Review. 49 (1): 6. JSTOR 40275686. Retrieved 4 March 2023.