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Gipps, Richard. Autograph letter signed from Sir Richard Gipps, Great Welnetham Hall, Suffolk, to Sir John Clopton, Clopton House, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

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Creator
Gipps, Richard, 1659?-1708
Date
1699/1700 March 1
Location
Stratford-upon-Avon,  England
Great Britain
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
2 leaves

Language
English
Size
20 x 16 cm
Genre
Communications
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 227854
Folger call number: X.c.82
Folger holdings ID: 259644
Accession Number: MS Add 760
Summary
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
Notes
General notes

John Hart born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire was a soldier and after leaving the service was arrested for highway robbery in Bedfordshire Dated: Wltham, magn, Hall, March 1, 1699. Signed: Rich. Gipps. Addressed: For Sr John Clopton of Clopton near Stratford upon Avon Also available as a digital reproduction Formerly Folger MS Add 760 Purchased from Hormann and Freeman in August 1980

Also known as
Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Sir Richard Gipps, Great Welnetham Hall, Suffolk, to Sir John Clopton, Clopton House, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire 1699/1700 March 1
Subjects
Gipps, Richard, 1659?-1708 Clopton, John, 1638-1719 Hart, John, active 1700 Banister, Sam, active 1700 Crime
Related names
correspondent: Gipps, Richard, 1659?-1708
subject: Gipps, Richard, 1659?-1708
subject: Clopton, John, 1638-1719
subject: Hart, John, active 1700
subject: Banister, Sam, active 1700
correspondent: Clopton, John, 1638-1719

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