Item
Folio 28: Extract of Placard Enclosed with SP 91/31 folio 24 French.
Catalogue reference: SP 91/31/28
Date: 1741 Dec 31
Folio 28: Extract of Placard Enclosed with SP 91/31 folio 24 French.
Item
Folios 158-159. A letter from the Earl of Bristol [Gloucestershire], dated at Sherborn...
Catalogue reference: SP 31/4/88
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This record is about the Folios 158-159. A letter from the Earl of Bristol [Gloucestershire], dated at Sherborn... dating from 1688 Oct 20 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, James II. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1688 Oct 20
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Folios 158-159. A letter from the Earl of Bristol [Gloucestershire], dated at Sherborn [Sherborne, Dorset] concerning militia preparations [to meet an impending Dutch invasion]. He's met gentlemen at Dorchester [Dorset]. Advised recognising old commissions, news arms, a new listing of the force, and a new swearing-in. Before the militia can be raised again, money is also needed for reimbursement of sums paid out for them during the Monmouth Rebellion. The Earl has sent deputations and commissions to Sir William Portman and Colonel Strangways to be colonels of the two regiments of foot; and as soon as he has officers who have been identified for the horse, he will do the same for them.
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