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Solihull deed

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Memorandum relating to the administration of a charity for the loan of money to the poor of Solihull, according to the bequest of John Howman alias Fecknam, priest and doctor, and sometime parson of Solihull, dated 6 March 1548.

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Admin History

Administrative History John Howman, rector of Solihull 1544-1554, was nominated by Robert Throckmorton, then patron of the living. For an account of his career and a transcript of his bequest see Solihull Parish Magazine August 1882-February 1883, and J. Burman, Solihull and its School, 1939. pp. 8-9.