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What is recorded here
This green commemorative plaque records: Site of Thoresbys' House. The Thoresby family of merchants and landowners lived here between c.1427-1510. Thomas Claiborne (c1557-1607), merchant and Mayor, lived here. His son William (1600-77) was a co-founder of the Virginia colony in 1621. Recorded plaque organisation: Rotary Club of Kings Lynn Trinity.
Thomas Claiborne was a prominent merchant and Mayor who resided at Thoresby's House; his son William Claiborne is historically significant as a co-founder of the Virginia Colony in 1621, contributing to early English settlement in North America.
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