Release for the making of caps, Stretton, Staffordshire
Scope and Contents
George Holmes and William Smyth of Lichfield and James Hughes of Shrewsbury by virtue of Letters Patent release the inhabitants of Stretton for the sum of 4/6d from all offences against a statute passed in the 13th year of Elizabeth's reign with regard to making caps.
Dates
- Creation: 18 Aug. 1579
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Extent
1 collection (paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Found in CUL MS Dd.1.6 (removed in 1911)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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