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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 129. Petition of prisoner John Lewesly [Lewsley, Livesley], formerly an apprentice...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/87/1/129
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This record is about the Folio 129. Petition of prisoner John Lewesly [Lewsley, Livesley], formerly an apprentice... dating from 1746 Sept 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 Sept
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Folio 129. Petition of prisoner John Lewesly [Lewsley, Livesley], formerly an apprentice shoemaker at Brindle, Lancashire, aged about 17. Refers to the [Jacobites] requisitioning to shoes to buy. Lewesley claims he was forced into rebel service. Dated at Lincoln Castle [Lincolnshire]. Filed with:
Folio 130-131. Evidence of Edward Thompson, of Samsbury [?Samlesbury], Lancashire, cotton?weaver, in support of John Lewesly, describing how the two men were confronted by [Jacobite] rebels in 'Ye Sun' public house in Church Street Preston [Lancashire], who compelled Lewesley to join them, and how he avoided the same fate only on account of his short stature at about 4'6.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Folio 152
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- Open Document, Open Description
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