Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1069
Title	Affidavits of George Hayes, Stephen Winston and William Barcole; 23 Sep. 1710
Date	23 September 1710
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Affidavit of George Hayes; states that he heard John Pheasant (shoemaker at the Dolphin Inn in Northton) say that the Queen should explain to her subjects why she 'turned my Lord Sunderland out of his place'; says that Pheasant said that the 'Queen was not Hereditary'. Affidavit of Stephen Winston; states that he heard John Pheasant say that the Queen should 'give satisfaction to her subjects why she turned my Lord Sunderland out of his place'. Affidavit of William Barcole; says that John Pheasant said that the Queen was a 'Rebell to her father, and headed a party at Nottingham against him'. This document is undated; the date provided is based on internal evidence.
Term	courts, Assizes
	legal cases, Crown v John Pheasant
	royalty, succession
	crimes, high treason
	crimes, Jacobite

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA28983	Spencer; Charles (c.1674-1722); 3rd Earl of Sunderland; statesman and bibliophile	c.1674-1722
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29910	Pheasant; John (fl 1710); -; of Northton; cobbler; accused of making treasonous comments against Queen Anne	fl 1710
NA29911	Hayes; George (fl 1710); -; gent; of Northton; testified against John Pheasant	fl 1710
NA29912	Winston; Stephen (fl 1710); of Northton; tin plate maker; testified against John Pheasant	fl 1710
NA29913	Barcole; William (fl 1710); -; of Norton; barber; testified against John Pheasant	fl 1710
NA15001	James II (1633-1701); King of England Scotland and Ireland; succ. 1685; also styled Duke of York	1633-1701