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Crewe MS/7/f. 57r
Title
Writ of habeas corpus directed to the Marshal of the Marshalsea, instructing him to convey Lord George Gordon to the house of Justice Francis Buller in Lincoln’s Inn Fields
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- 28 Nov. 1787 (Creation)
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1 single sheet; parchment
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The date is puzzling, as Gordon was not taken into the marshal’s custody till 9 Dec. See the New Annual Register … for the Year 1787 (1788), p. 48. Perhaps the writ was issued in anticipation of Gordon’s arrest.
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Pasted into Crewe MS 7 (f. 57r).