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Reference Numberb705:73 BA14450/233/9
Hierarchy Browser Number350/4/9/2/3/7
TitleDraft lease of lands in Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire
Description1. Right Honourable Gilbert Coventry, of Hitcoat Bartram [Hidcote], Gloucestershire, Esquire.
2. Sir Richard Newdigate, of Arbury, Warwickshire, Baronet
Draft lease of lands in Griff and Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, tendered to Gilbert Coventry for renewal of Newdigate's existing lease. These lands are the site of Newdigate's coal mining ventures. Gilbert's refusal to renew this lease when tendered to him led to Sir Richard Newdigate putting forward a Bill of Complaint against him in Chancery.
The document is not dated but is from around 1705, the time of the Bill being presented to Chancery.
Formerly in box 4, bundle 6
Date1705?
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