Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1056
Title	Memorandum from John Shaw regarding the 'Reducement' [of H.M. forces]; 19 Jun. 1718
Date	19 June 1718
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States the instructions for the 'Reduction' of the armed forces; refers to the instructions of the Duke of Ormond for the reducement made on 17 Jun. 1713. Memorandum from Lieutenant Frank Kingston, Northampton, Northamptonshire, 19 Jun. 1718; discusses the 'money they had att Dunkirk'.
Term	armies, British, reducement of
Term	armies, British, financial affairs

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29686	Butler; James (1665-1745); 2nd Duke of Ormonde; succ. 1688; formerly styled Earl of Ossory; Jacobite; impeached and attainted 1715	1665-1745
NA29896	Shaw; John (fl 1718); Mr	fl 1718
NA29897	Kingston; Frank (fl 1718); Lieutenant	fl 1718