Fashion/Tailoring Trade/Commerce
Alice Claver
Alice Claver was one of the most successful London silkwomen
Connection to the City: Silkwoman
During her career, Alice was supplying goods to Edward IV through the Great Wardrobe. She later supplied items for the coronation of Richard III Queen Anne Neville, as well as items for the later coronation of Henry VII.
Alice Claver MARY COOPER
TOOK OVER HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS ON HIS DEATH
Connection to the City: BOOKSELLER AND TRADE PUBLISHER OF PATERNOSTER ROW 1743 -1761
The bookselling community was centred on Paternoster Row west of St Pauls. Mary Collins took over her late husband's business. Mary worked with authors and printers to produce cheap works and was one of the first to be involved with children's literature. For more information please see a posting by Isobel Goodman "Rouge or respected businesswoman? Mary Cooper and the role of 18th-century trade publishers", 18 March 2020 Centre for the History of the Book www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk
MARY COOPER Fashion/Tailoring Public Service Trade/Commerce
Ellen Langwith
She supplied the banner and saddle decorations for a coronation
Connection to the City: Merchant. Buried in St Mary Abchurch
Ellen Langworth supplied banner and saddle decorations for the coronation of Elizabeth Woodville (wife of Edward IV)
Ellen Langwith Billingsgate Fish Wives
Supported the fish trading industry in the Square Mile
Connection to the City: Billingsgate Fish Market
Pivotal to the success of the fish trading industry. Also subverted the normal expectations of women at that time.
Billingsgate Fish Wives