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Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Catalogue reference: SP 35/71/62
Date: Undated [1719-1722]
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
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Robt [Robert] Gutch to the King, accusing the Corporation of Wells [Somerset] of...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/11/91
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- 1718 Apr 14
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Robt [Robert] Gutch to the King, accusing the Corporation of Wells [Somerset] of disloyal, [pro-Jacobite], and Catholic leanings, mentioning; the mayor Robert Taylor; Sir William Windham; Windham's steward counsellor Mallet; Sir Copelstone [Coplestone] Banfield; Bishop of Bath and Wells [George Hooper]; Charles Baron; William Wesly [?Wesley]; and his own brother, the Wells town clerk John Gutch. Also mentions refusal of local officials to collect Land Tax, and their imposition of an alternative rate, as well as a rumour of invasion led by the Duke of Ormond. Dated at Wells.
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