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Folio 78. Petition for Royal mercy from Christopher Taylor under sentence of death...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/104/1/78

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This record is about the Folio 78. Petition for Royal mercy from Christopher Taylor under sentence of death... 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 36/104/1/78
Date
1746
Description

Folio 78. Petition for Royal mercy from Christopher Taylor under sentence of death for High Treason, stating that he was forced by the rebels [Jacobites] into joining them as they marched through Manchester [Lancashire] while he was less than eighteen years old.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Folio 104-105
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15670399/

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SP 36

Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II

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