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Folio 20. Henry Naylor, former servant of Sir John Shelly, to Duke of Newcastle,...

Catalogue reference: SP 36/87/2/20

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This record is about the Folio 20. Henry Naylor, former servant of Sir John Shelly, to Duke of Newcastle,... dating from 1646 Sept 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 36/87/2/20
Date
1646 Sept 16
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Folio 20. Henry Naylor, former servant of Sir John Shelly, to Duke of Newcastle, requesting mercy for Philip Hunt, 'an illiterate poor young fellow', under sentence of death in Carlisle [Cumberland], who was forced to join the [Jacobite] army by Lord George Murray. Naylor mentions his own service to Sir John Shelly and Lady Shelley. Dated at Standish Wood [Lancashire]. Filed with:

Folio 21-22. Affidavit on behalf of Philip Hunt, a barber, by widow Dorothy Jackson, of Sheffington [Shevingtons, Lancashire?], and Agnus [Agnes] Harvey wife of Hugh Harvey, weaver, of Standish [Lancashire], swearing that as Hunt 'and thousands of other persons' watched 'the Scotch rebels pass through Wigan Lane, [Lancashire] Lord George Murray forced him to accompany them. Mentions Alexander Shaw. Sworn before Charles Clarke. Dated at Carlisle [Cumberland].

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Former department reference
Folios 199
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Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15843866/

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