Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 1080
Title	Petition from Roman Catholic Officers to [Robert Harley] 1st Earl of Oxford; n.d. [c.1711=1714]
Date	1711-1714 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	States that they came from France and Spain and were employed to serve in the troops paid by Queen Anne or her allyes; says that since the reduction of the troops the petitioners have been without employment; complains that many of them have sold their valuables and that some have been imprisoned for their debts, whilst others fear leaving their houses in case they 'fall into the hands of Baylifs'; makes a claim for 'commiseraon and pitty'; requests that their arrears be paid and provision be made for their futures. This document is undated; the date provided is based on internal evidence and the date of the bundle.
Term	religious affairs, anti-Catholicism
	armies, British, officers, Roman Catholic
	armies, British, reducement of
	armies, British, financial affairs
	financial affairs, debts, to Irish Roman Catholic Officers

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29929	Ireland; Roman Catholic Officers; fl c.1711-1714	fl c.1711-1714
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724

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