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Examination of Richard Billinghurst, tanner, of Haslemere [Surrey] concerning [pro-Jacobite]...

Catalogue reference: SP 35/11/112

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This record is about the Examination of Richard Billinghurst, tanner, of Haslemere [Surrey] concerning [pro-Jacobite]... dating from 1718 Apr 19 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 35/11/112
Date
1718 Apr 19
Description

Examination of Richard Billinghurst, tanner, of Haslemere [Surrey] concerning [pro-Jacobite] statements made in the Angel Inn by Meredith Jones, curate, who'd 'boasted that he was at the Battle of Preston', drunk a toast to the Earl of Marr, accused the Duke of Marlborough of being 'a Judas', and accused parliament of having been bribed.

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