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I underestimated how fascinating it would be to delve into the lives of wealthy Norfolk merchants and mariners from the 1600s and 1700s, and their complex family connections. The majority of them are buried in St. Nicholas Chapel in King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
Wealthy merchant families lived luxuriously, enjoying clean water, delicious food and long lives. They owned sailing ships constructed by local artisans, trading in fine wines from Porto and furs from Novgorod. Pirates captured one of their vessels and held the crew hostage for ransom.
The completed research can now be viewed in King’s Lynn archives and local museums.
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