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Folio 41. Petition of James Ancrum [Ancram], of Cuffabout near Borrowstouness [Midlothian],...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/91/1/41

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This record is about the Folio 41. Petition of James Ancrum [Ancram], of Cuffabout near Borrowstouness [Midlothian],... dating from 1746 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/91/1/41
Date
1746
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Folio 41. Petition of James Ancrum [Ancram], of Cuffabout near Borrowstouness [Midlothian], a [Jacobite] prisoner under sentence of death at Carlisle [Cumberland]. Says George Irwin's claim he saw Ancrum at the rebel camp in Duddingston [Midlothian] was a case of mistaken identity. And he says he was forced by the rebels into seeking horses from Patrick Cowie and James Montrieth, servants to James Cochran, at the park of Kinneil [Midlothian], mentioning a witness, William Hunter.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folio 49
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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