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Pw2Hy - Papers of the Harley Family, 1602-1738, in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection
Document Reference
Pw2 Hy 902
Title
Letter from James Bourke, to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; 1 Apr. 1712
Date
1 April 1712
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Asks the earl to look at his case; says that his grandfather forfeited his lands in Ireland in 1641 for 'taking up arms for King Charles the first and K[ing] Charles the second against the usurper Oliver Cromwell'; states that the 'small benevolence' granted by King Charles after the Restoration has been lost in the 'late revolution'; reports that the Duke of Ormond and Lord Lansdowne are assisting him in attempts to find a place in the army; asks that Oxford add his voice to their campaign.
Term
estate business, lands, forfeiture of
patronage, requests for
wars, English Civil War
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