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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 1, Folio 107. From Francis Papin de Prefontaine. To [George], Prince of Wales....
Catalogue reference: SP 35/67/77
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This record is about the Part 1, Folio 107. From Francis Papin de Prefontaine. To [George], Prince of Wales.... dating from [c 1715 June 1 - 1715 Dec 31] in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- [c 1715 June 1 - 1715 Dec 31]
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Part 1, Folio 107. From Francis Papin de Prefontaine. To [George], Prince of Wales.
Petition. That he has served as a chaplain in the Royal Navy for the past seven years and before that as chaplain to the British Ambassador in Constantinople; that his last ship HMS Moor was paid off 'last May [1715]' and 'being old, his constitution broke and being a Frenchman, destitute of friends, relations and all other means of supporting himself and family' he asks to be recommended to the Lord Chancellor for the first vacancy in his gift, 'as it was usual in the late King William's time during peace'.
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