Gipps, Richard. Autograph letter signed from Sir Richard Gipps, Great Welnetham Hall, Suffolk, to Sir John Clopton, Clopton House, near Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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
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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
Dated: Wltham, magn, Hall, March 1, 1699. Signed: Rich. Gipps. Addressed: For Sr John Clopton of Clopton near Stratford upon Avon
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Formerly Folger MS Add 760
Purchased from Hormann and Freeman in August 1980
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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