Description:

Charles Mandivel, seaman onboard the ship Warner. He broke his thigh bone falling on a barrel (or hogshead ) of sugar.

The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.

Date: 1747 - 1769

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers