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9 items extracted from SP 36/141. (1) List of persons volunteering as officers in...
Catalogue reference: EXT 6/25
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This record is about the 9 items extracted from SP 36/141. (1) List of persons volunteering as officers in... dating from 1759 in the series Items Extracted from Classes held at Chancery Lane before 1997: Flat Documents. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- EXT 6/25
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1759
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Description (What the record is about)
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9 items extracted from SP 36/141. (1) List of persons volunteering as officers in the Militia of the North Riding of Yorkshire. (2) Return of the Somerset Militia. (3) List of persons recruited as sergeants in the Somerset Militia. (4) Certificate of the Earl of Hertford regarding the Warwickshire Militia. (5) Return of sergeants recommended to the Earl of Hertford, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire. (6) List of persons attainted at the Essex and Sussex Assizes. (7) Note from Daniel Daniels, Adjutant, recommending Giles Fry and Benjamin Lovelace as sergeants in the Somerset Militia. (8) Petition from the Mayor and JPs of Exeter, Devon on behalf of Abraham Derham. (9) Petition of Elizabeth Johnson against transportation for grand larceny.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Items Extracted from Classes held at Chancery Lane before 1997: Flat Documents
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9 items extracted from SP 36/141. (1) List of persons volunteering as officers in...
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