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Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
Catalogue reference: SP 35/71/62
Date: Undated [1719-1722]
Cipher key enclosed in SP 35/71/61.
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Part 2, Folio 13. A petition for mercy from Mitford Hendry, charged with murder...
Catalogue reference: SP 35/43/88
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Part 2, Folio 13.
A petition for mercy from Mitford Hendry, charged with murder following an incident in June 1721, in which he stabbed to death John Barugh. Hendry mistakenly believed Barugh was a highwayman, after the victim approached the coach in which the petitioner was travelling between Tuxford [Nottinghamshire] and Bawtry [Yorkshire]. Mentions the assizes judge Sir Littletown Powys, and the victim's widow Ann Barugh.
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