In 1689 he established a mill for the preparation of rapeseed oil at Sheepscar; in which, as well as in his other mercantile concerns, he had little, or rather no, success.
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In 1683, he was prosecuted as a non-conformist; evidently this was not a great setback since in 1684 he "took his freedom" (joined) the Eastland and Hamburgh Companies, two of the five regulated companies for foreign commerce (the others being the Russian Company, the Turkey Company, and the African Company).
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In October 1724 he suffered a paralytic stroke, from which he recovered so far as to be able to speak intelligibly and walk without help.
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