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Folio 117. Information of Isaac Rawlinson, innkeeper of the Sun, Lancaster [Lancashire]....

Catalogue reference: SP 36/81/1/117

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This record is about the Folio 117. Information of Isaac Rawlinson, innkeeper of the Sun, Lancaster [Lancashire].... dating from 1746 Feb 11 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 36/81/1/117
Date
1746 Feb 11
Description

Folio 117. Information of Isaac Rawlinson, innkeeper of the Sun, Lancaster [Lancashire]. Information against Dr Burton. Saw Burton with rebels [Jacobites] in Lancaster, around 24 November 1745. He was armed, and not restrained or kept with other prisoners. Burton appeared 'Intimate' with several rebel chiefs, including Lord Elcho and their Quartermaster General, and met with 'the Prince' [Charles Edward Stuart]. Burton wanted help getting intelligence from Postmaster of Preston, but Rawlinson suspected he was a rebel spy. Taken before R G Sawrey, Justice of the Peace. Dated at Lancaster.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
Folio 136
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Open Document, Open Description
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