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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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Attorney General [Nicholas] Lechmere's report on the petition of [?Jacobite] James...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/18/106
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This record is about the Attorney General [Nicholas] Lechmere's report on the petition of [?Jacobite] James... dating from 1719 Nov 20 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 35/18/106
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1719 Nov 20
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Description (What the record is about)
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Attorney General [Nicholas] Lechmere's report on the petition of [?Jacobite] James Leonard, indicted for high treason committed at Calais [France], who is seeking clemency subject to transportation. He advises that the 'proper legal method' of dealing with the case would be a pardon under condition 'that he do transport himself out of Your Majesty's dominions'. Enclosure:
Petition of James Leonard, who was acquitted in Lancaster [Lancashire] but still brought in chains to Newgate [prison, London] and arraigned upon a Middlesex indictment. He promises to leave the country and not to return without licence.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15376445/
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I
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