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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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SP 36/94/2/118
Date
1747 Feb 16
Description

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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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folios 238-241
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II

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