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papermaking

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• Henry Portal, the Bank of England's earliest confirmed paper supplier, was a Huguenot papermaker from Poitiers with no documented connection to Fabriano or Italian papermaking
  claim seedling Tier 3 2026-08-12 · currency, banknotes, bank-of-england, papermaking, huguenot
• The Bank of England's own history documents 1724 (Henry Portal) as its earliest named paper-supply contract, and no Tier 1–2 source names the Sutton Courtenay mill or Rice Watkins for a 1697 watermark
  claim seedling 2026-07-23 · currency, banknotes, watermarks, bank-of-england, papermaking
• Henry Portal
  entity hub · currency, banknotes, watermarks, papermaking, bank-of-england