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Folio 26. Justices John Reed and Sir Edward Blackett to [Duke of Newcastle] concerning...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/85/1/26

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SP 36/85/1/26
Date
1746 July 7
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Folio 26. Justices John Reed and Sir Edward Blackett to [Duke of Newcastle] concerning the information of [Jacobite suspect] James Wilson, saying that Nic [Nicholas] Joicy [Joucy], could not be gaoled because of overcrowded prison. Also reports that Sir John Swinburn, Thomas Swinburn, Ralph Widdington, Thomas Riddle and son, Edward Charlton, 'Duno' a reputed 'papist [Roman catholic]' priest, and Edward Charlton, 'with their servants, fowling pieces and Music, have met together upon pretence of shooting upon the moors', an 'indiscreet and insolent action at this particular time'. Dated at Hexham [Northumberland]. Enclosure:

Folio 27-29. Copy of information of James Wilson servant to John Murray [of Broughton].

, concerning letters from Bourey Charlton of Readsmouth [Reedsmouth, Hexham], sometimes read aloud to [Charles Edward Stuart] by Murray's secretary Lumsdale, in which Charlton sent money and promised to support a [Jacobite] invasion of England. Mentions William Elliot and Thomas Collingwood, both now prisoners in Morpeth Gaol [Northumberland]; meeting, at Bellingham [Northumberland], Nic Joicy servant to Boury Charlton of Hepleside; and Mr Hodgson of Tone [Northumberland]. Sworn, at Morpeth, before justices [Sir Edward] Blackett, [John] Reed and Mark Anesly ou.

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Former department reference
Folios 37-40
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Open Document, Open Description
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