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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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Folio 52. Petition for mercy of Richard Morison [Morrison], a barber and periwig-maker...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/91/1/52
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- SP 36/91/1/52
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1746
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Folio 52. Petition for mercy of Richard Morison [Morrison], a barber and periwig-maker of Edinburgh, now a prisoner in Carlisle Castle [Cumberland] convicted of High Treason. Argued that he never bore arms for the rebels, but only followed his profession among [Jacobite] customers in order to support his 'wife and a numerous family of young children', first in Holyrood House, and then in the field with the rebel army.
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- Folios 60-61
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- Open Document, Open Description
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