Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 833
Title	Copy of warrant from [Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford], made by Henry Alkin, to the Officers of the Peace of London, Westminster, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Essex; 26 Oct. 1704
Date	26 October 1704
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Warrant for the arrest of Dr alias Mr Sellers; alleges that Mr Sellers did read the Common Prayer in a public assembly, whilst substituting the words 'Lord the King' when he should have been referring to Queen Anne; states that this undermined the authority of the queen in the realm. Note on verso states that Mr Sellers, Mr Thornbury and Mr Castleman were 'taken at Red Lyon Square'.
Term	crimes, pro-Jacobite
	criminals, arrest of
	legal business, warrants

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA18608	Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland	1665-1714
NA29586	Alkin; Henry (fl 1704); -; clerk in Robert Harley's office?	fl 1704
NA29587	Sellers; - (fl 1704); Mr; alias Doctor; arrested for failing to pray for the queen in a public assembly	fl 1704
NA29588	Thornbury; - (fl 1704); Mr; arrested with Mr Sellers	fl 1704
NA29589	Castleman; - (fl 1704); Mr; arrested with Mr Sellers	fl 1704
NA29590	London, Justices of the Peace
NA29591	Westminster, Justices of the Peace
NA15360	Middlesex Justices of the Peace
NA29593	Surrey, Justices of the peace of
NA29594	Kent, Justices of the Peace
NA29595	Essex, Justices of the Peace of
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724