Gresham and Antwerp

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Gresham and Antwerp

• Prof. Guido Marnef, University of Antwerp

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• Ludovico Guicciardini
• Giovanni Zoncha

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Demographic evolution of Antwerp
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Foreign merchants belonging to a nation
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House of Liere, Antwerp (1)
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House of Liere, Antwerp (2)
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• Gaspar Schetz, merchant-banker
• House or mansion St. Francis, Lange Nieuwstraat

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Mansion St. Francis
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The Schetz family
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Melchior Schetz
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• Christopher Pruynen, Antwerp merchant and
  treasurer of city government
• Paul van Daele, Antwerp merchant
• Gillis Hooftman, Antwerp merchant

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Gillis Hooftman and his wife
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Greshams mark
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Jacob van Wesenbeke

• Antwerp town pensionary
• Studied law
• Many diplomatic missions
• Since 1567 in service of William of Orange