Julian Penn born Julian Arthur became Julian Hicks (maybe 1520 – 14 November 1592) was an

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business person and moneylender. She owned lands in London and Bristol and ran businesses.

Life

Penn was probably born in

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as her father Willam Arthur was from there. She married Robert Hicks but its not known when or where this took place. They lived in London where her husband ran the White Bear mercer's shop in the

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. They had six sons. The eldest sons became Sir Michael Hickes and two others,

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and Clement Hickes survived childhood. Her husband made a will on 21 November 1557 in her favour and when he died she inherited his goods, ironmongery business and lands in Bristol and Gloucestershire. He did leave a property in London to his brother but that was to go to Julian eventually. Julian could write but with a poor hand and bad spelling, but with her skills and her sons she managed the business. She married again to Anthony Penn and when he died in 1572 he left all his goods to Julian. He also left a black gown to Michael, Clement and Baptist Hickes, his son Anthony Penn and another fifty black gowns for Julian to decide who had them. In 1576 or 1577 she took stock of her assets noting that ''"from the first day of my birth I never deserved penny or piece of bread … God hath done it all, giving and taking"''. She included a large amount of good debts, her property "White Bear" at Cheapside and her current residence which she bought in 1559. In addition she had ''plate, jewels, tapestry, linen and furniture''. The poet and courtier

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improved her financial prospects when he agreed to rent a room from her for £100 per year in 1591. However the Earl left without paying her but she had agreed beforehand that Thomas Churchyard would be his guarantor. She contacted him about the debt. She died in the following year.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Penn, Julian 1592 deaths People from North Somerset (district) Money lenders Date of birth uncertain 1500s births