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Reference Number705:73 BA14450/363/11
Hierarchy Browser Number350/3/1/11
TitleCopy of will of Henry Coventry, Esquire
DescriptionWill of Henry Coventry of St. Martin's in the Fields, Middlesex, London, dated 16th September 1680. Notable Bequests: £1000 for purchasing land and erecting a Workhouse in the parish of Droitwich. Sir John Packington (nephew), Sir William Russell, Samuell Sandys, and the Bailiffs of Droitwich to be the Workhouse inspectors, 'the picture of the King of Sweden, set with diamonds' to his sister Lady Thynne, £200 toward the building of the new St. Paul's Cathedral.
Witnesses: George Draper, Mark Bowes, Edward Horton.
32 pages.
Condition: Staining to pages throughout, last page torn.
No seal.
Will: English. Grant of Probate: Latin.
Date of Probate: 28th January 1686/87.
Date29 Dec 1686
CategoryWills
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