Item
Duplicate of SP 78/278 f.252 [see also SP 78/f.250].
Catalogue reference: SP 78/279/3
Date: 1769 nd
Duplicate of SP 78/278 f.252 [see also SP 78/f.250].
Item
Folio 248: Petition from Francis Newton, taken hostage, when his ship the Hope was...
Catalogue reference: SP 78/268/89
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This record is about the Folio 248: Petition from Francis Newton, taken hostage, when his ship the Hope was... dating from 1765 Dec 1 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, France. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- SP 78/268/89
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1765 Dec 1
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folio 248: Petition from Francis Newton, taken hostage, when his ship the Hope was captured by a French privateer and ransomed in 1760. He has been in prison for five years waiting for the ransom to be paid.
Date and place: 1765 Dec 1 The prison at St Malo.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Enclosed in f.229.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7344363/
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