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J Scrope to Harrington see SP 36/48, f188
Catalogue reference: SP 36/46/187A
Date: 1738 Oct 25
J Scrope to Harrington see SP 36/48, f188
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Folios 31-35. Examination of Richard Morrison, a barber and wig-maker who, at the...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/90/1/31
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This record is about the Folios 31-35. Examination of Richard Morrison, a barber and wig-maker who, at the... dating from 1746 Dec 7 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1746 Dec 7
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Folios 31-35. Examination of Richard Morrison, a barber and wig-maker who, at the behest of Colonel Strickland, served the 'Pretender's son' [Charles Edward Stuart] as valet de chamber from the time the [Jacobites] left Edinburgh until the Battle of Culloden. Denied knowing the identity of a visitor from England to the quarters of 'the Young Pretender' at Bannockburn [Stirlingshire] during the Siege of Stirling Castle, and was questioned about the Earl of Traquair, Sir John Douglass, [?John] Murray [of Broughton], Lord Lovat and Doctor Barry. Also mentioned Sir Thomas Sheridan, 'the people of Manchester', and Morgan.
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- Folios 38-43
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