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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 118 and 120. Examination of John Clay, yeoman farmer, of Whitchurch, Shropshire,...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/94/2/118
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This record is about the Folios 118 and 120. Examination of John Clay, yeoman farmer, of Whitchurch, Shropshire,... dating from 1747 Feb 16 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1747 Feb 16
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Folios 118 and 120. Examination of John Clay, yeoman farmer, of Whitchurch, Shropshire, concerning a letter he wrote to his friend Joseph, a butler at Robert Pigott's estate. The letter, saying the rebel [Jacobite] army was 9,000 strong and predicting a French landing in England, was written 'in liquor' as a joke, and handed for delivery to his neighbour Hopwood and a sheriff's officer named Taylor, of Shrewsbury [Shropshire]. Examined before Thomas Waite. Dated at Whitehall [London, Middlesex]. Enclosure:
1. Folio 119. Clay's declaration, mentioning the Lyon at Whitchurch, and character witnesses Lord Gower, Mr Lewison Gower, Sir Rowland Hill, and Sir Robert Grosvenor.
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- Folios 238-241
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