P_10433_0896 – William Arnald or Arnold
Large-scale London slave-trader with co-ownership in 14 voyages between 1699 and 1705, in ten of which between 1700 and 1702 he was partner with Robert Brough (q.v.). One of Pettigrew’s ‘elite separate traders.’
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First name: William
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Last name: Arnald
Aliases: Arnold, Arnold, William
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Elizabeth Brough
Spouse (married 01/09/1692)
William Arnald of St Pancras London and Elizabeth Brough were married by licence at St James Westminster 01/09/1692.
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Internal migrant: No
Foreign born: No
Supplier to slave trade voyages: No
Creditor to slave trade voyages: No
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Plantation owner: No
Sources: Pettigrew, Freedom's Debt p. 78. C 6/366/46. C 11/2643/11. C 8/648/3. C 11/1327/59. John Arnald College: EMMANUEL Entered: 1721: Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Mar. 13, 1720-1. Of Middlesex. Matric. 1721-2; B.A. 1724-5. Ord. deacon (London) Mar. 16, 1725-6. V. of Fairfield, Kent, 1728-34. V. of Waldershare, 1729-38. V. of Selling, 1735-63. R. of E. Langdon, 1738-63.
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Crossings (14)
41592 - Union (1701 - 1701)
Role: Owner
21902 - Society (1698 - 1699)
Role: Owner
21226 - Thomas and John (1704 - 1705)
Role: Owner
21165 - Dolphin (1703 - 1704)
Role: Owner
15099 - William (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
15111 - Friendship (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
15130 - Dolphin (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
20241 - Arcania Merchant (1701 - 1701)
Role: Owner
24142 - Betty (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
21292 - Betty (1699 - 1700)
Role: Owner
21338 - Adventure (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
24250 - Stepney (1700 - 1700)
Role: Owner
24264 - Guinea Merchant (1700 - 1700)
Role: Owner
21326 - Diligence (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
Birth
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Death
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Burial
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Occupation: Linen Draper (Retail)
William Arnald was described as 'linen-draper of London' in e.g. his litigation with John Taylor in 1716, C 11/2724/34.
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Livery company affiliations
The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
Role: Freeman
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Was slave trading profitable: No
Will
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Courts: PCC
The will of William Arnald Citizen and Fishmonger of London was made in 1719. He ordered the sale of his interest in the manor at Bampton cum Wenham Devonshire and his other lands in Devonshire and Somerset to repay the mortgages and the overplus be divided among his four younger children, John, Elizabeth, Thomas and Michael, apparently [the wording of the will is unclear] capped at £500 each with the [second] overplus to be divided 2/5th to another son Robert, 2/5th to his daughter Ann and the remaining 1/5th to his son Brough, 'he already being advance by me.' He left real estate including the Ampthill estate at Flitwick in Bedfordshire to his wife Elizabeth for life with reversion to Robert and Ann. The administration of the will was taken by Thomas Woodroffe a creditor.
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