Has anyone come across Thomas Dudley of London, who was active the
end of the Sixteenth Century? In 1582 he was given a lease of the
mines in Cornwall from the Mines Royal, in partnership with John
Weston (see John Symons request for information about Weston posted a
few days ago). Some time before 1584 he and Weston granted an annuity
to one William Patteren of London. Weston was a Shropshire iron
master (apart from his mining interests) and held a lease from Robert
Dudley, Earl of Leicester. I wonder about a connection between Robert
and Thomas but I have no information about this. Anything on Thomas
(or indeed John Weston and William Patteren) would be welcome.
Many thanks
David Poyner
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