I am interested in John Weston, who in 1576 leased a blast furnace at
Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire from Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
The furnace used locally mined iron ore. I have been told that
Weston was associated with the Mines Royal. Can anyone confirm this,
or have they come across his name in any other context? I suspect he
may have been related to Westons involved in the Weald iron industry.
David Poyner
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