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John Bull (businessman)

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After a brief first marriage, on 14 December 1717 in London he married Elizabeth Turner (1696–1738), daughter of Richard Turner (1653–1725), a London barrister, and his wife Elizabeth Goldsborough (1652–1737), whose family had property at Chipping Ongar in Essex. The couple moved to the White House
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13 Dec 1717 Sir John Bull, Kt, of St Peter le Poor, Widower, & Mrs Elizabeth Turner, of St Bride's, Spinster, 21; consent of her father Richard Turner, Esq.; at St Andrew's Wardrobe, St Nicholas Cole Abbey, or Bishop of London's Chapel in Aldersgate Street. Mem. that they were married at the
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The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 717
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and served as Sheriff of London in 1718. He died and was buried at Ongar; his will was proved in London on 10 April 1742.
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Born about 1672, he was the youngest son of John Bull (1631–1715), a London businessman from
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at Ongar, where they had eleven children, although only three lived long enough to marry.
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and his wife Sarah. His elder sister Elizabeth was the first wife of Lieutenant-General
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Leach, Michael (2010), "Richard Bull of Ongar, a Veritable Virtuoso of Grangerising",
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The backstory of the risk-free asset: how government debt became safe
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Sheriff of London
Chipping Ongar
City of London
Levant
Sheriff of London
Newport, Isle of Wight
Royal Africa Company
William Tatton
Levant Company
Venetian
Ottoman
Hampton Court Palace
King George I
Richard
West Stoke
William Smith
Treasurer of the Ordnance
Charles Webber
Archdeacon of Chichester
James Webber
Dean of Ripon
The backstory of the risk-free asset: how government debt became safe
A Catalogue of Knights, from 1660 to 1760
Essex Archaeology and History News, Spring 2010
Categories
1672 births
1742 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Sheriffs of the City of London

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