Men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire : being biographical notices of five hundred men and women who were born, or worked, or abode, or died in the county or city of Nottingham, and who, in some way, were distinguished for usefulness to others / by Robert Mellors.
- Mellors, Robert, 1835-
- Date:
- 1924 [i.e. 1925]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Men of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire : being biographical notices of five hundred men and women who were born, or worked, or abode, or died in the county or city of Nottingham, and who, in some way, were distinguished for usefulness to others / by Robert Mellors. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![MANUFACTURERS, MERCHANTS and TRADERS. [It is difficult to classify the men noted in this section. Possibly some of them should appear else¬ where. Their ideal characters are best seen when there has been a combination of energy, perseverance, promptitude, integrity, far-sightedness, conciliation and benevolence. ] JOHN SAMON, JOHN SAMON the younger, and RICHARD SAMON. JOHN SAMON, (died 1416), must have been a good Mayor of Nottingham, for he served the office, first as Bailiff, then Mayor, four times, with twenty-six years between the first year of office (1381) and the last (1407). The family record was remarkable, for his father, JOHN SAMON, was Mayor five times between 1361 and 1378, and RICHARD SAMON, son of the junior John, was Mayor six times between 1418 and 1451. The elder John was a benefactor to the building of St Mary’s new church. The son gave as a mortuary, or gift after death, to the church, his best horse with saddle and bridle, and also £10 to the fabric. (F. A. Wadsworth, in T.S.T’s. 1917, pp. 47 and 50). The canopy of his tomb still stands in St. Mary’s South transept, having been trans¬ ferred from the old church which was razed four hundred years ago, but by a strange vandalism the altar tomb and effigy with the hands raised upon the breast in the attitude of prayer “ was utterly destroyed this spring,” so says Orange in 1840 (p. 516). John Samon further founded a chantry in St. Mary’s church, and his son Richard increased the benefaction. All the three Samons gave benefactions for the poor. The first gave three cottages in Cowe Lane (Clumber Street) for “ three poor men for ever.” THOMAS THURLAND, (d. 1473-4), was a mer¬ chant of the staple, or, in other words, a dealer in wool, and possibly in leather; or, again in other words, an exporting and importing merchant. He prospered ex¬ ceedingly and became wealthy. He was nine times](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31353289_0217.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
