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Petition of George Taylor [Jacobite prisoner at Carlisle], brother of Captain William...

Catalogue reference: SP 35/6/81

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This record is about the Petition of George Taylor [Jacobite prisoner at Carlisle], brother of Captain William... dating from 1716 Dec 22 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 35/6/81
Date
1716 Dec 22
Description

Petition of George Taylor [Jacobite prisoner at Carlisle], brother of Captain William Taylor of Colonel De Burgie's Regiment.

Enclosing:

1. Affidavit of William Calderwood, recounting how he discovered a misdirected warrant in favour of George Taylor, while he was working in Preston, Lancashire, in connection with solicitor William Shaw and Sir James Montague. Mentions reprieve for Captain John Bruce, then a prisoner at Lancaster. Dated at Carlisle.

2. Affidavit of Captain William Taylor, recounting his meeting with the Prince of Wales in Portsmouth [Hampshire] and subsequent order to discharging his brother, George Taylor. Also mentions two more brothers; Robert and James Taylor. Dated at Carlisle.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I

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