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Folios 79-84. Examination of Peter Pattison, grocer of Cockbridge near Cockermouth,...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/78/1/79

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This record is about the Folios 79-84. Examination of Peter Pattison, grocer of Cockbridge near Cockermouth,... dating from 1745 Dec 24 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/78/1/79
Date
1745 Dec 24
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Folios 79-84. Examination of Peter Pattison, grocer of Cockbridge near Cockermouth, Cumberland. Born a Presbyterian, but 'turned Roman Catholick' two years ago. Worked as a servant for Mr Porter of Workington [Cumberland], and Thomas and Henry Salkeld, Catholic family in Whitehall, Cumberland. His wife is daughter of Thomas Bulman, salt officer; she runs public house in Cockbridge. Went to see rebel [Jacobite] army at Brampton: saw Pretender's Son [Charles Edward Stuart] having breakfast; Sir Thomas Sheridan asked him to deliver letter to Lord Barrymore in Cheshire; saw Duke of Perth at Botcherby Mill. Thomas Newby of Kendal [Westmorland] accompanied him to Cheshire. Letter delivered to Lord Buttevant, Barrymore's son. Pattison and Newby imprisoned in Chester Gaol by Justice Warburton of Hefferston Grange. Newby did not know about contents of letter. Taken before Thomas Waite. Dated at Whitehall [Middlesex].

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Former department reference
Folios 92-97
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Open Document, Open Description
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