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Sussex - Charles Baker, Joseph Baker, Stephen Hasler Challen, Henry Hopkins, Henry...
Catalogue reference: C 202/205/7
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- C 202/205/7
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1817
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sussex - Charles Baker, Joseph Baker, Stephen Hasler Challen, Henry Hopkins, Henry John Peachey (Lord Selsey), John Sprat Rainier, George Bartelott Smyth, Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Nicholas Willard, George Wyndham, Henry Wyndham; Warwick - Heneage Finch (Earl of Aylesford), William Phillips Inge, Edmund Outram; Westminster, Liberty of St. Peter - John Thomas Barber Beaumont; Wilts - Timothy Hare Altabon Earle, John Hussey, William Temple, Wadham Wyndham; Worcester - Thomas Henry Bund, Charles Crewe, John Foley, Richard Griffiths, William Lea, John Little, Edward Rudge; York E.R. - John Bell, John Blanchard Joseph Coltman, Edward Denison; York W.R. - William Alderson, Roger Carus, John Christopher Dawnay (Viscount Downe), William Morritt, Henry Walker, William Wilson Carus Wilson; Cinque Ports, Liberty of - Thomas Evance.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Navy
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C 202
Chancery: Petty Bag Office: Writ Files
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