Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 28316
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  • Contributor(s): Lisa Jefferson, translator
  • Title: “Fees: Alice Bridenelle, the daughter of Thomas Picot, the son of John Picot, the son of Nicholas Picot, sometime mercer of London, for a fee to make her free – 20s.” [1427-1428, folio 94v.] [Alice Bridenelle is the only woman (apart from widows) noted in these records as being admitted to the Mercers’ Company. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: The Medieval Account Books of the Mercers of London: An Edition and Translation. Volume 1  Edited by Lisa Jefferson.  Ashgate, 2009.  Pages 384 - 385.
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  • Article Type: Edition of Text; Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Accountancy and Accounting Economics Guilds Mercers’ Company Merchants Trade Primary Evidence: Account Books London, Mercers’ Company, Wardens’ Account Book, 1344 and 1347 to 1464.
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
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  • Year of Publication: 2009.
  • Language: English; Middle English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9780754664048