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Folios 146-147. A letter from Caryll [Viscount] Molyneux concerning his enquiries...

Catalogue reference: SP 31/4/83

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This record is about the Folios 146-147. A letter from Caryll [Viscount] Molyneux concerning his enquiries... dating from 1688 Oct 19 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, James II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 31/4/83
Date
1688 Oct 19
Description

Folios 146-147. A letter from Caryll [Viscount] Molyneux concerning his enquiries into 'irregularities at the regulating of corporations' in his lieutenancy. Only Lancaster [Lancashire] and Wigan [Lancashire] were regulated; and Preston [Lancashire] did not comply with the court. He has sent the deputations to the deputy lieutenants of Preston and the chief gentry of Lancashire, but they have sent them back saying they are illegal and against their conscience. Folio 148. List of deputies to whom Molyneux has sent deputations: James Holt of Castleton; Roger Mowell of Read; Edward Fleetwood; Thomas Grenehalgh; Thomas Braddell; Thomas Preston of Hooker; and Alexander Rigby. Sir Robert Brindlosse received his 'very cheerfully'.

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English
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