Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 618
Title	Letter from Brocas de Honde, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 13 Jan. n.d. [c.1703-1709]
Date	13 January 1703-1709
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Writes on behalf of Mr Joly de Farnac who has been arrested at Gravesend for attempting to pass into Holland without papers; has served the [English] nation in 'one of our French Regiments'; says that he is now poor and has 'lost his wits'; asks that Harley show pity and release the gentleman.
Term	crimes, emigration, illegal

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29371	Farnac; Joly de (fl 1703-1709); Mr; arrested for attempting to pass to Holland without papers; of Bordeaux	fl 1703-1709
NA29372	Honde; Brocas de (fl 1706)	fl 1706
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724