To be Sold by Auction by Henry Tagg,

On Monday the 23d of December, 1782, By Virtue of a Deed of Trust, at Mr Francis Colvin's, Miller, at his House in Thursford. All the Household Furniture, consisting of four-post Bedsteads, with Check and Cheney Furniture, Bedding, Blankets, Mahogany and other Chairs; Dining, Tea and Chamber Tables, Pier Glasses, Chest of Drawers, Bureau, 30 Hour Clock, China, Linnen [sic], a Copper, with Brewing and Dairy Utensils; also two Road Carts, three Horses, a Foal, Ploughs, Harrows, 14 Geese, three Shots, a Stack of Hay, a Pair of capital French Stones in the Mill, with a Dressing Mill quite new, and its Furniture, and a Boulting Mill.
N.B. Notice to Creditors.
Francis Colvin, of Thursford in the County of Norfolk, Miller, having assigned over all his Effects to David Sturley, of Kettlestone, and Henry Tagg, of Walsingham, in Trust for the Benefit of his Creditors, requests them to send their Accounts; and all Persons who stand any ways indebted to Francis Colvin, are requested forthwith to pay the same to the above within fourteen Days, or they will be sued without further Notice.
Norfolk Chronicle - 21st December 1782

1782: Francis Colvin, miller, bankrupt

Faden's map 1797: Mill

Bryant's map 1826: Mill (further south than Faden's map at TF98743417)

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