• Sir John Spilman (also spelt Spielman) (died 1626) was a Lindau, German-born entrepreneur who founded the first commercially successful paper-mill in England...
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  • town founder Harry Spilman (born 1954), American baseball player Hendrik Spilman (1721–1784), Dutch painter and engraver John Spilman (died 1626), German-born...
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    anecdotes suggest that this watermark was introduced to England in 1580 by John Spilman, a German who established a papermill at Dartford, Kent. The general...
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    Harman Fishback, John Fishback, Peter Hitt, Jacob Holtzclaw, John Hoffman, John Kemper, John Joseph Martin, Jacob Rector, John Spilman, and Tillman Weaver...
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    : 64–65  In 1598 he bought a jewel called the "Rainbow" for £21 from John Spilman. The earl had an African servant who was called the "Blackamore" in his...
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  • Elizabeth took an interest in the making of jewels in London, in 1587 asking John Spilman, her household goldsmith, to employ English and foreign ("stranger")...
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    lengthened by John Spilman in July 1610, adding the components of another Spanish work collar. Then in April 1611 Anne ordered Spilman and Nicasius Russell...
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    Richard Z. Johnson, American attorney and politician (died in Lindau) John Spilman (died 1626), paper manufacturer and jeweler in England Janina Minge (born...
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    jeweller to the king, with an annual salary of £150. The English goldsmiths John Spilman and William Herrick were given similar appointments. The salary was a...
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    up by John Tate around 1490 near Hertford, but the first commercially successful paper mill in Britain did not occur before 1588 when John Spilman set up...
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    memorials have been erected for the papermaker and jeweller Sir John Spilman and the topographer John Dunkin. The parents of the musician Mick Jagger were married...
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    and rubies, and a gold chain or collar, made by the London goldsmiths, John Spilman and William Herrick. In 1599, Frederick I issued an order that a new...
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    in black were the queen's jewellers, George Heriot, William Herrick, John Spilman, and Abraham Harderet, and the painters Peter Oliver, Marcus Gheeraerts...
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    the costumes valued at £10,000 were borrowed from goldsmiths including John Spilman, and Sidney became liable for £40 for two lost diamonds. He was created...
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    1580. The two mills were granted to John Spilman (later Sir John Spilman) by the Crown in 1581. In 1588, Spilman converted the corn mill into a paper...
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    gown seem to be those appraised for sale by the goldsmiths Hugh Kayle, John Spilman, and Leonard Bushe in October 1600, including 250 oriental pearls worth...
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    a hat badge, and had been made by the goldsmiths William Herrick and John Spilman in 1603 or 1604. It included two balas rubies and a great and a small...
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  • bought most of the jewels in Brussels. Lulls worked as a partner of John Spilman and William Herrick supplying jewels to the royal family. A bill from...
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    and the Earl of Nottingham, some jewels were sent to the goldsmiths John Spilman and William Herrick for valuation, with an ivory coffer, and a "great...
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  • Vyse in Wiltshire, Knight, who remarried to Erasmus Spelman, and had John Spilman, Henry Spelman, Thomas Spelman, Bridget, Ele, Alice and Dorothy. Edmund...
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    Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 183–185, here p. 185. Hannay, Mackie, Spilman, ed., Letters of James IV, SHS (1953), p.xlii Hans · Konge af Danmark ·...
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    tournament. A new imperial crown was made. The goldsmiths William Herrick and John Spilman provided a cloth-of-estate for the Abbey embroidered with pearls and...
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    on the masque costumes were borrowed from London merchants including John Spilman and Richard Hanbury. The loaned jewels were valued at £10,000, and Anne...
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  • with a petticoat supplied by Lady Walsingham and a jewel bought from John Spilman, the total value of his gift was £200. During Thomas Egerton's entertainment...
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  • and rubies, and a gold chain or collar, made by the London goldsmiths, John Spilman and William Herrick. He came to London again in 1608 with Louis Frederick...
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    Nottingham selected pieces for disposal and sent them to the goldsmiths John Spilman and William Herrick, including a remarkable clock in the form of glass...
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    set with diamonds, was supplied by the goldsmiths George Heriot and John Spilman, and described in inventories of the prince's jewels. The stage was set...
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  • her gifts of a jewelled locket with miniature portraits, supplied by John Spilman for £1000, and a collar or necklace (garganto) set with pearls (supplied...
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  • members were meeting. The crowd waited outside until board member Jane Spilman came out to address the students. She responded to multiple questions surrounding...
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  • petitioned for relief on a bond on £300 contracted with the jeweler John Spilman and Elizabeth Weston, the wife of William Ripplingham. On 20 August 1624...
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