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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 20. Edward Wilson [to unknown] regarding his brother, Francis Wilson, a [Jacobite?]...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/85/1/20
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This record is about the Folio 20. Edward Wilson [to unknown] regarding his brother, Francis Wilson, a [Jacobite?]... dating from 1746 July 6 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1746 July 6
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Folio 20. Edward Wilson [to unknown] regarding his brother, Francis Wilson, a [Jacobite?] prisoner in York Castle [Yorkshire]. He refers to justices Mr Metcalf and Mr Hutton; and to Lancaster [Lancashire] deputy postmaster Mr Townson. Dated at the Rolls Buildings, London. Enclosures:
Folio 21. Case of Francis Wilson, apothecary and surgeon from Askrigg [Yorkshire], who's been detained as a 'popish recusant only'. Justifies journeys made, despite a restraining order, to Kettlewell [Yorkshire], and through 'mountainous, wild country called Cam [Fells]' with an express for General Wade at Durham [Durham].
Folio 22-24. Wilson's petition, 2 copies, referring to his detention on a warrant from justices John Hutton, Wingate Pulleyn, and Leonard Smelt; his wife and six small children; and his examination in York Castle by Henry Masterman.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Folios 28-35
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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