Autograph letter signed from Sir Richard Gipps, Great Welnetham Hall, Suffolk, to Sir John Clopton, Clopton House, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire [manuscript], 1699/1700 March 1.

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Autograph letter signed from Sir Richard Gipps, Great Welnetham Hall, Suffolk, to Sir John Clopton, Clopton House, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire [manuscript], 1699/1700 March 1.

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Contains information pertaining to various crimes including highway robbery, horse stealing and an outstanding robbery and murder case of two years past. In particular describes the gathering of evidence against a Sam Banister suspected of being a horse thief, including the testimony of a John Hart being transported to Stratford who was arrested with John and Mary Smith and John Atkins in the hold up of a Leicestershire stage coach in Bedfordshire.

2 leaves; 20 x 16 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7523973

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Gipps, Richard, 1659?-1708

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John Hart born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire was a soldier and after leaving the service was arrested for highway robbery in Bedfordshire. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Sir Richard Gipps, Great Welnetham Hall, Suffolk, to Sir John Clopton, Clopton House, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire [manuscript], 1699/1700 March 1. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 434508421 ...

Clopton, John, 1638-1719

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Martha Combe was the heiress of William Combe of Stratford, deceased, and the intended wife of Edward Clopton, heir of Sir John Clopton. From the description of Articles of marriage of Sir John Clopton with Martha Combe, intended wife of Edward Clopton [manuscript], 1679 October 3. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 423396148 Elizabeth Millward was the daughter of Thomas Millward of Curdworth, Esq.; her intended husband Hugh Clopton was the son of Sir John Clo...

Hart, John, fl. 1700.

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Banister, Sam, fl. 1700

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