[2] Her husband made a will on 21 November 1557 in her favour and when he died she inherited his goods, ironmongery business and lands in Bristol and Gloucestershire.
Julian could write but with a poor hand and bad spelling, but with her skills and her sons she managed the business.
[3] In 1576 or 1577 she took stock of her assets noting that "from the first day of my birth I never deserved penny or piece of bread … God hath done it all, giving and taking".
She included a large amount of good debts, her property "White Bear" at Cheapside and her current residence which she bought in 1559.
[1] The poet and courtier Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford improved her financial prospects when he agreed to rent a room from her for £100 per year in 1591.