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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 53. Petition for mercy of a 'young boy' Andrew Johnston [Johnstone], a prisoner...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/91/1/53
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This record is about the Folio 53. Petition for mercy of a 'young boy' Andrew Johnston [Johnstone], a prisoner... 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 36/91/1/53
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1746
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folio 53. Petition for mercy of a 'young boy' Andrew Johnston [Johnstone], a prisoner at Carlisle [Cumberland] convicted of high treason, arguing that he was only induced to join the [Jacobite] rebels by the 'over persuasion and threats' of his father.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Folio 62
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15670145/
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II
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