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Folios 17-18. Examination of James Dowdall, at the Chequer Inn in Holborn [Middlesex]....

Catalogue reference: SP 36/78/1/17

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This record is about the Folios 17-18. Examination of James Dowdall, at the Chequer Inn in Holborn [Middlesex].... dating from 1745 Dec 22 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/78/1/17
Date
1745 Dec 22
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Folios 17-18. Examination of James Dowdall, at the Chequer Inn in Holborn [Middlesex]. Left County Sligo in Ireland aged 17. Took Master of Arts degree in Seville [Spain] and ordained as a priest. Professor at Grasse [France] and Lisbon [Portugal]. Worked for Count de Montijo, Spanish Ambassador in London. Now a member of Church of England; translates and writes pamphlets for government 'against Popery'. Copy of 'Te Deum' came from Pamphlet Shop in Strand. Does not know who prints Pretender's [Charles Edward Stuart's] declarations. Denies involvement with [Jacobite] Rebellion. Signed before Thomas Waite. Dated at Westminster [Middlesex].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 18-19
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15669195/

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II

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