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Part 2, Folio 5. The petition for discharge of Robert Scarisbrick, John Ashton and...

Catalogue reference: SP 35/77/87

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SP 35/77/87
Date
[c 1717 Jan 1 - 1718 Dec 31]
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Part 2, Folio 5.

The petition for discharge of Robert Scarisbrick, John Ashton and John Gregson, prisoners in Newgate, after being charged, in Lancashire, with High Treason [as Preston Gentlemen, Jacobite Rebellion, 1715]. The petitioners state that they were overseas when their outlawry was pronounced, but that they surrendered themselves to the Lord Chief Justice, Baron Parker, on 23 July [?1716]. Endorsed: 'Not granted'. [Dated as per Norwich Gazette 15 March 1718, at SP 35/11/50b].

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English
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