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Folios 37-38. Petition of John Brimley the younger. An 18 year old barber from Stony...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/97/1/37

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This record is about the Folios 37-38. Petition of John Brimley the younger. An 18 year old barber from Stony... dating from 1747 May 8 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/97/1/37
Date
1747 May 8
Description

Folios 37-38. Petition of John Brimley the younger. An 18 year old barber from Stony Stratford [Buckinghamshire] convicted at Aylesbury [Buckinghamshire] assizes of grand larceny against Thomas Wood, innkeeper of Stony Stratford. Requests remission of sentence of transportation on account of his young age and first offence. Includes a note from Thomas Wood, prosecutor, supporting petition, and signatures of the following inhabitants of Stony Stratford: John?Tembe; William Elliott; Richd [Richard] Barwell; J Jenkinson; Alex [Alexander] Townshend; Mich [Michael]?Perm; Thomas Hilliyer; John Goodday; Jn [John] Hall; Robt [Robert] Stapp; Antho [Anthony] Forfitt; Aquila Cole; Thos [Thomas] Adkins; Michl [Michael] Garment; Robt [Robert] Collett; Edward Jufcoat; Richard Rand; Jno [John] Wilmer; Matthew Potter; John Danser; Wm [William] Hartley; William Williamson; Tho [Thomas] Needle; Wm [William] Sheed; Step [Stephen] Collins; Tho [Thomas] Ward; Fran [Francis] Clarke. Note from Newcastle referring petition to judge [Sir Thomas Abney], dated 8 May 1747 at Whitehall [London, Middlesex].

Folio 39. Report by Sir Thomas Abney on the case of John Brimley the younger. Contains details of the case, and the recommendation that the sentence of transportation should be carried out. Dated 15 May 1747.

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Former department reference
Folios 46-48
Legal status
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