Antonio Fernandez Carvajal, besides advancing money to…

February 1657 CE

Antonio Fernandez Carvajal, besides advancing money to Parliament on cochineal, had been of service to Cromwell in obtaining information as to the Royalists' doings in Holland in 1656.

One of his servants, Somers, alias Butler, and also a relative, Alonzo di Fonseca Meza, have acted as intelligence sources for Cromwell in Holland, and have reported about Royalist levies, finances, and spies, and the relations between Charles II and Spain.

It is to Carvajal that Cromwell gives the assurance of the right of Jews to remain in England.

Under cover of this permission, Carvajal and Simon de Caceres purchase a piece of land for a Jewish cemetery in 1657, and Solomon Dormido, a nephew of Menasseh Ben Israel, is admitted to the Royal Exchange as a duly licensed broker of the City of London without taking the usual oaths involving faith in Christianity.

Carvajal had in August 1655 been allowed to take out letters of denization for himself and and his two sons.

Locations
Westminster Middlesex United Kingdom View →

People
Antonio Fernandez Carvajal View → Menasseh Ben Israel View → Oliver Cromwell View →

Groups
Jews View → England, Commonwealth of View →

Topics
Sephardim, Ashkenazim, and Sabbateanism; 1540 to 1683 View → Interregnum, English (First) View → Anglo-Spanish War of 1654-60 View →

Commodities
Weapons View → Colorants View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

Regions

Subregions

Related Events

Active Filters
Location: Aksu Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (Sinkiang) China
Refine Results

No related events match the current filters.