Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

i. Folio 22. Covering letter from Saml [Samuel] Birch, High Sheriff of Lancashire,...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/97/1/22

What’s it about?

This record is about the i. Folio 22. Covering letter from Saml [Samuel] Birch, High Sheriff of Lancashire,... dating from 1747 May 5 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Is it available online?

No, this record is not available online. However, you can order a copy. Other ways to view it.

Can I see it in person?

Yes, this record is held at The National Archives and is available to see in person. How to view it.

Full description and record details

Reference
SP 36/97/1/22
Date
1747 May 5
Description

i. Folio 22. Covering letter from Saml [Samuel] Birch, High Sheriff of Lancashire, to [Newcastle]. With receipt for 66 rebel [Jacobite] prisoners delivered to Francis Hamilton, Samuel Smith's agent, for transportation, from total of 73 prisoners. Dated at Ardwick [Lancashire]. Enclosure:

1. Folios 23-24. List of prisoners due for transportation, witnessed by George Marsh and Rachel Hyth. Prisoner names are: Charles Halket; Daniel Dingwell; Duncan McIntosh; John Cuningham; John McKenzie; Donald McDonald; Hugh Macfee; John Chamber; John Ostler; John Carnell; William Robertson; Joseph McDonald; John Buie; Peter Ferguson; John Anderson; James Anderson; William Coats; Alexander Mackeloud; John McIntosh; Donald McIntyre; William Campbell; Duncan Ore; Duncan Ore; James Read; James Henderson; James Petro; David Sharrock; Francis Brown; William McOwen; Richard Reding; Henry Bibby; Robert Singleton; John Newton; John Williamson; Alexander Cornell; George Home; John Mason; James Straton; John Cameron; John Stewart; Alexander Robinson; Margaret Dikes; Mary Shaw; Catherine McOwen; Flora McQuin; Ann McKenzie; Mary McKenzie; Ann McIntosh; Mary McDonald; Margery, alias Barbara, Carnell; Jane Herrin; Jane Cuming; Flora Cameron;?Essy Cameron; Anne Camron; Margaret McDonald; Margaret Shaw; James Shorrock; Richard Leatherbarrow; John Cottam; Hugh Johnson; Thomas Bould; Thomas Charnley; Richard Procter; Patrick McInlagart; Alice Pinmorough.

List of seven prisoners not delivered to Francis Hamilton: John Burne, discharged; Peter Bradley and Wm [William] Sickle, escaped 4 February 1747; Donald Ferguson, died October 1746; Peter Crane, died March 1747; John Pendleton and James McKarrow, discharged in court after drawing lots.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 28-30
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15417256/

How to order it

  1. View this record page in our current catalogue
  2. Check viewing and downloading options
  3. Select an option and follow instructions
View this record page

Series information

SP 36

Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

209,296 records

Within the department: SP

Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries...

16,876 records

Within the series: SP 36

Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II

37 records

Within the piece: SP 36/97

Letters and Papers. (Described at item level).

You are currently looking at the item: SP 36/97/1/22

i. Folio 22. Covering letter from Saml [Samuel] Birch, High Sheriff of Lancashire,...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.