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Folio 56. Memorial of Nicholas Glasgow [Glascoe], a [Jacobite] prisoner in irons...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/91/1/56

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This record is about the Folio 56. Memorial of Nicholas Glasgow [Glascoe], a [Jacobite] prisoner in irons... 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 36/91/1/56
Date
1746
Description

Folio 56. Memorial of Nicholas Glasgow [Glascoe], a [Jacobite] prisoner in irons at New Gaol, Southwark [Surrey], to Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, seeking to be treated as a prisoner-of-war under the terms of the cartel [of Frankfurt]. Recalls his 20 years in the French service, his commission in Dillon's regiment, his embarkation to Scotland with Lord John Drummond, and his surrender on 19 April [1746] near Riven in Badenoch [Ruthven, Inverness-shire?].

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 65-66
Legal status
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15670147/

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