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D2375 - Harpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey - [12th-20th cent]
F - Family and personal papers
A - Records of the Harpur family pre-baronetcy
2 - Records of John Harpur of Swarkestone, knighted 1603
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D2375/F/A/2/1
Former Reference
D2375/M/22/1/10
Title
Letter by Thomas Finderne to John Harpur, esquire, at Swarkestone, on his rightful inheritance
Date
22 Jun 1588
Description
On Harpur's mistaken report that Thomas is a bastard, when he is the son of John Finderne (brought up in Loseby), the grandson of Richard and Catherine Finderne, and that he is able to prove his claims to Finderne lands in Findern, Twyford, Stenson and elsewhere
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Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Harpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey
Language
English
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