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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Re: Galloway Jeffrey 1610
In Response To: Re: Galloway Jeffrey 1610 ()

Hi,

Roger Sims spotted an inventory of Gallowey's shop after he died in 1610, and it is the earliest known stock take of an Island business. He suggested it as a reseach field and there is a super article in the IOMFHS magazine. JG was the Manx Tesco of 1600 !
He sold clothing, knives,arrow heads, bowstrings, spices, weights, scales, saddles, etc. In fact, I think that if I went into Tesco and said, "Wherefore art the bowstrings, arrow heads and saddles. knave", they might not be able to supply me !

The inventory runs to several pages and is trult amazing. If the poor guy hadn't run fould of the authorities, we might see lorries rolling off the boat with "Galloway - The Island's Superstore since 1596"

best wishes

RObert