User:Jezhotwells/John Foster (merchant)

John Foster was a prominent 15th century merchant in Bristol, England. He was Sheriff of Bristol in 1474, became Mayor in 1481 and served as one of the city's Members of Parliament in               1489. His house in Small Street is still standing.

He was heavily involved in the trade with Iceland, and his son-in-law William Weston was involved in sponsoring John Cabot's voyages of discovery and is believed to have mounted his own after Cabot's death.