Item
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 7-9. Earl of Home to [unknown], accompanying an application for mercy from...
Catalogue reference: SP 36/88/2/7
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- SP 36/88/2/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1746 Oct 11
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Folio 7-9. Earl of Home to [unknown], accompanying an application for mercy from 'some Gentlemen of Fortune and Interest in Berwickshire... whose assistance will be very necessary next election' on behalf of two [Jacobite suspects, David Home and William Home]. William is a boy of 14 and already recommended to the King's mercy, and David is 'a man of no manner of consequence and so blind that I don't really think he could distinguish a man from a horse at two yards distance'. Dated at London. Enclosing:
Folio 8. Application for mercy on behalf of David and William Home, signed by: John Watson; Will [William] Home; Robert Johnson; John Renton; Ja [James] Home; Thomas Hay; Jo [John] Home; Ja [James]?Winram; John Douglas; Jo [John] Home; Jo [Joseph] Sinclair; John?Spottiscombe; Geo [George] Home; Jos [Joseph] Douglas.
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- Folios 238 - 241
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