Item
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.
Item
Petition for mercy from William Webling of Gloucester [Gloucestershire] a prisoner...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/16/84
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- SP 35/16/84
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1719 May
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Description (What the record is about)
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Petition for mercy from William Webling of Gloucester [Gloucestershire] a prisoner in Newgate convicted at the Old Bailey and under sentence of death for the theft of silver forks and spoons received from 'one Gwyn', mentioning family in Norfolk, and a brother paying excise on beer. Enclosures:
Affidavit from prosecutors, Edward Cotton and Richard Duppa, now expressing belief in the innocence of Webling.
Affidavit from William Coatsworth, stating that he'd heard a man asking Webling to sell the silverware. Dated April 1719 at Fleet Street, London.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I
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