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A list of persons liable to serve as militia men for Helmdon, Northamptonshire, 1777 according to Anthony Drake, constable.

Thomas Hinton, farmer	(James Hindes, sarvant)
George Hinton, farmer	Joseph Stevens, laberer
Willm. Camption, sarvant	(John Kinch, staymaker)
Thomas Stevens, weaver	Thomas Edmunds, maltster
Josiah Drake, weaver	Luke Fairbrother, famer
Willm. Gibbs, weaver	Willm. Flowers, sarvant
Willm. Hanson, juner, carpinter	Willm. Harris, sarvant
Robert Hindes, beacker	Thomas War, beacker
Thomas Branson, masoner	Willm. Caves, beacker
Uriah Giberd, laberer	Nathell Blinckow, masonder
Richard Shortland, juner, famer	Willm. Pratt, farier
Edward Shortland, famer	Willm.Powell, boocher
John Coock, sarvant	George Powell, dealer
John Blinckow, boocher	Willm Bailes, masonder
Willm. Thomason, boocher	John Bailes, laberer
John Hawkes, sarvant	Thomas Fairbrother, famer
John White, laberer	Willm. Lacey, shewmaker
Thimothy Needle, sarvant	(John Lacey, wheel rite)
John Adkins, famer	Petter Warrin, famer

Credit:- http://www.helmdon.com/history/militia_list_1777.htm

Blocks of Flats in Coventry were named after famous Coventrians. Stevens House was named after Thomas Stevens whose factory was in Cox Street, St Mary's Ward, Hillfields, Coventry (Between Cox Street, Lower Ford Street and the River Sherbourne). His weaving factory was bombed in 1940 during the 2nd World War and never re-opened.

In 1957, as it turns out, I was living about 100 yards NE from this factory location as a 'lodger' in Lower Ford Street with my friend Barry Hopkins and Family. I was an apprentice at Alfred Herbert Ltd. and attended The Coventry College of Design which opened in 1843 and was then known as The Lanchester College of Technology.

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We wish to buy Stevengraphs. One at a time or collections. We also seek photos, brochures or any item of related history.

Malcolm J Roebuck,