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K004 - Records of the Legge family of Sandwell and Patshull, Barons Dartmouth, Earls of Dartmouth
- D(W)1778 - Papers of the Legge Family, Earls of Dartmouth
  - I - Public Office and political interests
    - 1 - Political correspondence

Located At	Staffordshire Record Office
Level	Item
Alt Ref No	D(W)1778/I/i/1660
Title	Portsmouth, deposition of Thomas Hancock, Esq, mayor of Portsmouth, before Mr Hedger, justice of the peace
Date	11 Dec 1688
Description	Sir Edward Scott the Lieutenant Governor required him to grant warrants to press the town teams for work on the fortifications at Portsmouth, the mayor answered he would need the command of his Majesty or the Master of the Ordnance, the Lieutenant Governor became violent and swore that the Corporation were rebels and that he, Scott, would cut the deponent's throat etc For full description see HMC Calendar (11th Report Appendix 5), 1887, available for consultation at the Staffordshire Record Office and at the William Salt Library, Stafford