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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Organisation |
NAS |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
JC27/84 |
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Title |
Processes, supplementary: Letter from David Dalrymple [Lord Advocate] to the sheriff of Berwick asking for a search to be made for Robert Balfour, son of Lord Burley [Burleigh], who had escaped from the tolbooth of Edinburgh in women's clothes under sentence of death for murder. Balfour is described as 'of a fine complexion, sharp nosed and a countenance rather long than round, speaks thick and after the Dialect of Fyfe'. Envelope endorsed 'Haste haste post haste' |
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Dates |
2 Jan 1710 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Level |
File |
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