John Slany
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John Slany, Slaney or Slanie, etc., was an English merchant and ship builder of Shropshire origins who became Master of the Merchant Taylor's Company in 1620, and was the first and only Treasurer of t
Marsh manor (right) at Barrow, owned by John Slany 1600-1620. Photo: Humphrey Bolton
Surviving domestic range of the now-demolished Weld establishment at Willey.
The Great Crosby school building of 1620
John Guy was an English merchant, explorer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624. He was the first proprietary governor of Newfoundland Colony, the second attempt to establ
John Slany
…considered a letter from Chief Justice Popham concerning the colonization of Newfoundland, which had become a British possession formally in 1583. John Guy, a leading merchant and common councilman of Bristol, having reformed the Bristol Society of Merchant Venturers, made a preliminary voyage to Newfoundland…
NFLD stamp John Guy
The John Guy Flag Site in Cupids, created in 1910 to mark the settlement's 300th anniversary. The 26-metre (85 ft) flagstaff is used to fly a giant Union Jack.
Guy and his men interacting with Beothuk Indians in Newfoundland