Adam Tutbury

Adam Tutbury was a prominent member of the mercantile community in Hull. Most of Tutbury’s wealth cane from his trading ventures in cloth, fish and wine, three of the most important commodities passing through the port of Hull in the later Middle Ages.

He is first mentioned in May 1366, when he embarked upon a long series of property transactions in the borough by his acquisition of a messuage, rents and other appurtenances in Beverley Street. In 1372, he gained possession of dwellings in the more salubrious area of Hull Street, along with a landing-stage giving access to the port. His later dealings in property seems to have been undertaken on behalf of the local guild of Corpus Christi, to which he belonged. Tutbury served as bailiff in 1371, collector of customs from 1373 till 1378, and was a Member of Parliament in 1386.