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Ald. Robert Vyner

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  • N Michael Robinson on Sat 24 May 2008, 11:04pm. Flag this

    Per L&M Companion:

    A family of goldsmith-bankers; among the most important financiers of their day. Sir Thomas (1588-1665) established the firm, at the sign of the Vine, in Lombard Street. He was knighted by both Cromwell and Charles II, and made a baronet in 1661. He was Sheriff 1648-9 and Lord Mayor 1653-4. His country house was at Hackney. His partner and successor was his nephew Robert (1631-88), knighted in 1665, made a baronet in 1666. He remade many of the regalia at the Restoration, and is said to have had 400,000 L involved in the Stop of the Exchequer in 1672. He was Sheriff 1666-7 and Lord Mayor 1674-5. His wife was Mary (d. 1675), widow of Sir Thomas Hyde, who brought with her a great fortune. Their country house was Swakeley’s, nr. Ickenham, Middlesex. Sir Thomas’s son George, the 2nd. baronet (c. 1639 - 73)was also a goldsmith-banker.

    For the Michael Wright family group portrait of 1673:
    http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?mkey=mw08291

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References in the diary

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1665
May: 24
Jun: 2
Jul: 21, 22
Aug: 28, 30
Sep: 7, 14, 30
Oct: 15
Nov: 14, 27
Dec: 11, 20
1666
Jan: 11, 31
Feb: 1, 6, 8
Mar: 5, 29
Apr: 5
Jun: 21, 28
Jul: 11, 13
Oct: 15, 17, 19, 24
Nov: 12
Dec: 13, 15, 18, 19, 24
1667
Jan: 31
Feb: 20, 28
Mar: 7