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A History of the County of Shropshire
… mill was worth 4 s. a year in 1291. 4 In 1553, when John Steventon was tenant, the mill was acquired from the Crown by two London speculators 5 and in 1650 Richard Steventon owned three water corn mills, probably three wheels …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… muncorn, and hay, with the tithe barn at Allscott, to John Steventon of Dothill, although a similar lease to John Eyton … rectory passed to the Crown in 1540, and in 1609 William Steventon bought the tithe estate from two speculators who … worth £120 a year. They were then said to be in Richard Steventon's possession, 50 but had in fact been sold in six …