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Folio 274: Jenkinson to [Prior]. As prisoner at Rochelle for three and a half years,...

Catalogue reference: SP 78/157/123

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This record is about the Folio 274: Jenkinson to [Prior]. As prisoner at Rochelle for three and a half years,... dating from 1713 Sept 12 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 78/157/123
Date
1713 Sept 12
Description

Folio 274: Jenkinson to [Prior]. As prisoner at Rochelle for three and a half years, Jenkinson wrote several letters to his merchants to pay the ransom money, but to no avail. Taken hostage for brig from Bristol captured by French privateer. Asks for help to procure his release.

Date and place: 1713 Sept 12, La Rochelle.

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France

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