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The history of Wem

by Samuel Garbet


The first feoffees of Wem School, chosen by the founder

Rowland Hill, of Soulton, esq. buried at Wem, November 7th, 1667.

Edward Astley, of Aston, gentleman, buried at Wem, December 10th, 1675.

Mr. Thomas Barnes, the elder, of the Lowe, buried at Wem July 13th, 1658.

Mr. Thomas Barnes, the younger, of the Lowe, buried at Wem, June 2nd, 1668.

Mr. Richard Jebb, of Wem, steward, buried at Newtown, March 9th, 1695.

Mr. Thomas Jebb, of Wem, mercer, buried at Wem, January 18th, 1698.

Mr. John Adams, of the Woodhouse, buried at Wem, January 11th, 1662.

Mr. Samuel Smith, of Wem, mercer, a bankrupt, in 1676.

Mr. Thomas Lovekin, of Tilley, buried at Wem, November 3rd, 1661.

Mr. Richard Higginson, of Wem.

Mr. Richard Menlove, of the Foxholes, buried at Wem, August 1st, 1674.

John Cartwright, of Wem, yeoman, buried, at Wem, September 13th, 1668.

John Sherratt, of Wem, butcher, buried at Wem, October 30th, 1685,

Mr. Robert Wilkinson, of Wolverley, buried at Newtown, November 3rd, 1679.

Mr. Thomas Acherley, of Wolverley, buried at Wem, February 24th, 1657.


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