Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we’re still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

Folios 14-15. Letter from Robert Stacey, Mayor of Gravesend, informing the Earl of...

Catalogue reference: SP 32/2/8

What’s it about?

This record is about the Folios 14-15. Letter from Robert Stacey, Mayor of Gravesend, informing the Earl of... dating from 1689 Sept 11 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
SP 32/2/8
Date
1689 Sept 11
Description

Folios 14-15. Letter from Robert Stacey, Mayor of Gravesend, informing the Earl of Shrewsbury that several officers and soldiers - namely John Scott, Gilbert Haron, James Drummond, Walter Cantwell, Alexander Peter and Garret Barry - that were held in Gravesend Prison made their escape; he has been searching for them all over town but hasn't found them yet. Other officers and soldiers are still imprisoned there, namely Major Darby Macharty, Adjutant Owen Macharty, Thomas Bourke, Cornelius Mahane and Miles Prance.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17364846/

Series information

SP 32

Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

209,340 records

Within the department: SP

Records assembled by the State Paper Office, including papers of the Secretaries...

2,545 records

Within the series: SP 32

Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, William and Mary

122 records

Within the piece: SP 32/2

Letters and papers. (Described at item level)

You are currently looking at the item: SP 32/2/8

Folios 14-15. Letter from Robert Stacey, Mayor of Gravesend, informing the Earl of...

Related records

Records that share similar topics with this record.