Letter from Robert Thorp, Newcastle
- Reference No:
- U DDSY3/1/36
- Dates:
- 1 Dec 1745
- Description:
- Collingwood recaptured after escaping from Morpeth gaol, and expected to impeach 'some Papists in this Country of Treasonable Practices'. Lord Kilmarnock's son and 17 others, ordering billets for 1,000 at Penrith, heard the Yorkshire Hunters were at Appleby and left saying they would go to Shap and Appleby but went to Lowther Hall. Volunteers from Penrith attacked them, taking 10 prisoners, mostly wounded, who were sent to York. Rest, including Kilmarnock's son, escaped
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere
