Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 525
Title	Letter from George Chapman and G. Smyth, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], London; 6 June 1708
Date	6 June 1708
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Concerns the machinations of the 'evil workers within the citty of Hereford'; requests that the magistrates deal with them in a just fashion; implicates the following people Mark Shriall?, William Williams, Edward Powell and G. Harston. Parts of text missing due to damage to document.
Term	bribery and corruption, Hereford 1708
Term	courts, magistrates

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29275	Shriall?; Mark (fl 1708); -; High Sheriff of Hereford	fl 1708
NA29276	Williams; William (fl 1708); -	fl 1708
NA29277	Powell; Edward (fl 1708); -	fl 1708
NA29278	Harston; G. (fl 1708)	fl 1708
NA29279	Chapman; George (fl 1708)	fl 1708
NA29280	Smyth; G. (fl 1708)	fl 1708
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724