From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jack O’Newbury
Jack O’Newbury
Jack O’Newbury (died February 1519) was the much-used porary panelling from this building can be seen in West
Winchcombe,
nickname of John Winchcombe otherwise John Small- Berkshire Museum. He began the rebuilding of St. Nico-
wood,
wood one of the richest and most influential English las Church in 1500 and was buried there under an ex-
cloth merchants of the late 15th and early 16th century. tant brass memorial upon his death in February 1519. His
As the nickname suggests, he resided in Newbury in vast fortune was inherited by his eldest son, John Winch-
Berkshire. combe II.
Biography External links
Jack was supposedly born, John Smallwood, at Winch- • Royal Berkshire History: John Winchcombe Senior
combe in Gloucestershire, after which he later took his alias Smallwood
formal surname. He was set to work at the abbey there, • The Newbury Society: Jack of Newbury, Who he?
but ran away in order to seek his fortune. He became a • Royal Berkshire History: Jack the Moneymaker
cloth worker in Newbury where he apparently came to Persondata
the attention of his master’s wife. Upon this clothier’s
Name Onewbury, Jack
death, he was tricked into marrying the widowed lady
and so quickly became the proprietor of one of the Alternative names
largest wool manufacturing establishments in the coun- Short description
try. He is said to have set up the first factory in England, Date of birth
sent troops to the battle of Flodden and refused a knight-
Place of birth
hood from King Henry VIII. His story is told by Thomas
Deloney in his Pleasant History of John Winchcombe and less Date of death 1519
fully in Thomas Fuller’s History of the Worthies of England. Place of death
Jack was a great patron of Newbury and the site of his
house can still be seen off Northbrook Street. Contem-
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• 15th-century births
• 1519 deaths
• English businesspeople
• People from Newbury, Berkshire
• People from Winchcombe
• People of the Tudor period
• English business biography stubs
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