Identity area
Reference code
Crewe MS/1
Title
Documents relating to the prosecution of Margaret Rudd and Robert and Daniel Perreau for forgery
Date(s)
- 1775 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume (44 x 35 cm), containing 2 documents (ff. 1-14) and 6 other leaves (ff. 15-20) with documents pasted to the rectos. Quarter-bound.
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Archival history
The armorial bookplate of Robert, Earl of Crewe, is pasted inside the volume and his heraldic ‘garb’ is stamped on the front cover.
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Scope and content
On the spine is stamped 'Rudd and Perreau: Original Documents'. For the contents see the separate descriptions.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Foliated 1-20.
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Language of material
- English
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Publication note
See Sarah Bakewell, The Smart (2001), which contains an extensive bibliography
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- Drummond, Henry (1730-1795), banker (Subject)
- Perreau, Daniel (1733-1776), alleged forger (Subject)
- Perreau, Robert (1733-1776), alleged forger (Subject)
- Rudd, Margaret Caroline (c. 1745-c. 1798), forger (Subject)
- Drummond, Robert (1728-1804), banker (Subject)
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This description was created by A. C. Green in 2016.