i did notice that if you search for Thursby and Northampton you find they were a prominent citizens for a few hundred years in politics and the clergy - including a peerage and there is a road named after them
sir john had Hardy as a middle name- i wonder if there was a connection to the fishing family)
there is a good chance he was a seller not a maker so that with no patents information would be limited
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