Wheatsheaf, Earl Street
| A Deed of Covenant dated 10th October 1782 states "...and Thomas Buswell have assigned to Charles Schumann (of Coventry, silkman), messuages with part of a timber yard, all formerly known as the WHEATSHEAF, Earl Street, Coventry (sometime occupied by Katherine Hardway and Charles Belcher, now by her and -)..."
No other references. The wheatsheaf has been a common sign since the seventeenth century and appears in several coats of arms, including the Company of Bakers and the Brewers Company. |
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