Alexander Stanney, Merchant
The inventory of the mercer Alexander Stanney shows the wide range of prestigious and exotic goods available to buy in medieval Chester.
Merchants in Chester dealt in all kinds of goods and commodities. The inventory of the mercer Alexander Stanney (dated 1477) lists many different types of cloth (from Brabant, Flanders and Holland, plus fustian, buckram, velvet and damask); also a dozen bonnets of all colours, silk ribbons, London pins, half a ream of writing paper (he supplied the Exchequer at the castle), pepper, mace, cloves, aniseed, saffron...
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