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Folio 106. From Joseph Walforne; Ed [Edward] Williamson; Thom [Thomas] Bes; and Paul...

Catalogue reference: SP 35/25/54

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This record is about the Folio 106. From Joseph Walforne; Ed [Edward] Williamson; Thom [Thomas] Bes; and Paul... dating from 1721 Feb 6 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 35/25/54
Date
1721 Feb 6
Description

Folio 106. From Joseph Walforne; Ed [Edward] Williamson; Thom [Thomas] Bes; and Paul Smith. To William Levison M P. Place: Stafford [Staffordshire].

A letter advising that an allegation against [John] Dearle, the head schoolmaster by Richard Berkes [Birkes] the town's reader and usher of the school, for publishing a supposed declaration by the [Jacobite] 'Pretender' [James Frances Edward Stuart], was motivated by 'spite an d malice' arising from a complaint to the Bishop over Berkes' neglect of duty. Request that the matter be referred to Lord Gower and Sir Brian Broughton, and that Pearle not be sent for form London but tried locally. Cover additionally signed by Hen [Henry] Dolphin and Wm [William] Parker.

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English
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