Before putting the finishing touches on my thesis project, I reached out to Drachinifel, the number one naval affairs YouTuber, to ask how important Fowke was to his faction of merchants in London. As Drach says, a gunpowder supplier was “incredibly valuable” to shipping merchants at a time when the royal gunpowder monopoly was not producing anywhere near enough to meet market demand. You can listen to the whole Drydock episode here and support Drachinifel through Patreon to get your own questions answered.
Drachinifel on John Fowke, Gunpowder Supplier to the Revolutionary Merchants of London
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John Fowke Studies
Everything John Fowke related. London merchant adventurer and military entrepreneur John Fowke. My scholarship has centered on his role in the outbreak of the English Civil War, the parliamentary victory, and the birth of mass politics. Fowke and his partners shaped the nascent British gunpowder empire through the Restoration. No standalone volume about him exists.
Everything John Fowke related. London merchant adventurer and military entrepreneur John Fowke. My scholarship has centered on his role in the outbreak of the English Civil War, the parliamentary victory, and the birth of mass politics. Fowke and his partners shaped the nascent British gunpowder empire through the Restoration. No standalone volume about him exists.
Drachinifel on John Fowke, Gunpowder Supplier to the Revolutionary Merchants of London