Isabel Bras Williamson Explained

Isabel Bras Williamson
Birth Name:Isabel Bras
Birth Date:c.1430
Death Date:c.1493
Nationality:Scottish
Occupation:merchant

Isabel Bras Williamson (–), was a Scottish merchant.

She was born as Isabel Bras and married the Edinburgh merchant Thomas Williamson.[1] After his death she took responsibility for the business, particularly trading with Flanders.[2]

She was a supplier of the royal court, traded in cloth with Europe and had an important part in the Scottish textile industry.[2]

She later acquired land at Mortonhall and founded a chaplaincy in 1489 at the alter of St. Lawrence in St. Giles, Edinburgh.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Paul, James Balfour . Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum 1424-1513 . 1882 . H.M. General Register House . la.
  2. Elizabeth. Ewan . Williamson [née Bras], Isabel . 10.1093/ref:odnb/60020.
  3. Book: Cowan, Mairi . Death, life, and religious change in Scottish towns c. 1350–1560 . 2021-06-15 . Manchester University Press . 978-1-5261-6290-8 . en.