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Item (folio 144) extracted from HO 47/14/23
Catalogue reference: HO 47/14/23/1
Date: 1792
Item (folio 144) extracted from HO 47/14/23
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2 individual petitions (both from Millicent Sharpless, glove maker) and 2 collective...
Catalogue reference: HO 47/21/24
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This record is about the 2 individual petitions (both from Millicent Sharpless, glove maker) and 2 collective... dating from 1797 May 19 in the series Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 47/21/24
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1797 May 19
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 individual petitions (both from Millicent Sharpless, glove maker) and 2 collective petitions (12 people, from Nottingham; and 3 people, parent's landlords) on behalf of Cornelius Sharpless. There is a covering letter to the petition from Daniel Parker Coke, MP and a letter from Millicent Sharpless to Mr Coke. Grounds for clemency: youth (11 years) afraid of the sea, suffers from fits caused by smallpox, the prisoner is of weak constitution, a tradesman is willing to take prisoner on as an apprentice and the distress of his honest parents. Initial sentence: 7 years transportation. Folios 143-149.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9175994/
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Home Office: Judges' Reports on Criminals
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