Cloth manufacturers and clothiers from provincial England brought their material to Blackwell Hall to display and sell it to merchants and drapers.

[2] In the 17th century manufactured woollen cloth was the primary commodity traded in England, much of this passing through Blackwell Hall for the London market and for export.

In the mid 17th century Blackwell Hall Factors were introduced as agents who charged a fee to handle the trade.

The Gentleman's Magazine in 1739 noted: "The Blackwell-Hall factor, originally but the servant of the maker, is now become his master, and not only his but the wool-merchant's and draper's too".

[7] Blackwell Hall's business declined and the building was demolished between 1812 and 1820 [8] to make way for the Bankruptcy Court, which started operating in January 1822.