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Folios 80-81. A certificate in relation to tailors Humphrey Davies and William Meyrick,...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/52/37
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- SP 35/52/37
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1724 Sept 17
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 80-81.
A certificate in relation to tailors Humphrey Davies and William Meyrick, of Berrington, Hereford [Herefordshire], convicted at the last Grand Sessions for Glamorgan, Brecon and Radnor of horse-stealing. The certificate is from Justices Richard Carter and Edmund Probyne. Endorsed: 'Letter signed February 1725'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Crime
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SP 35
Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I
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