Cheeke, Russell Tipping families: Archer of Tanworth

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Germain Colladon to William Hill. Letter. He has drawn £50 for his half year's salary, and is giving du Clos a bill for £12 for his year's salary. Comments on health and progress etc. All England in the town assembled to drink the King's health on his birthday. Endorsed by William Hill with a memorandum to write to John Biddle, joiner, at the White Swan, Nightingale Lane end, for the payment of 10 gns. to Lady Russell's cook maid Ellen Beswick. DR 37/2/Box 98/44-59 are fastened together with thread at the top left hand corner. The letters from Geneva are all presumed to be dated old style, though the letters O.S. have been added wherever Collandon has used them. Geneva, 5 Nov 1695