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3 unusual facts about Thomas Andrewes


Thomas Andrewes

He was involved in trade in the Caribbean, and with Maurice Thompson and Samuel Moyer he financed trading ventures with west Africa.

Mark Noble notes that these treasury positions were very lucrative and states that as Treasurer of the money and plate sent to Guildhall, he and Lord Say and Sele obtained very large sums, and as Treasurer at War his salary was three-pence in the pound.

In the 1620s Andrewes followed the lead of his father Robert and traded with the Plymouth Colony.



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