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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
  - II - American Papers

Located At	Staffordshire Record Office
Level	Item
Doc Ref No	D(W)1778/II/2256
Title	Lincoln's Inn, opinion of Counsel by the Attorney General (Norton) and Solicitor General (de Grey)
Date	10 Jun 1765
Description	On the status of Roman Catholics in countries ceded to the Crown in America, "We have taken Mr Pownall's letter into our consideration, and are humbly of opinion, that His Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects residing in the countries ceded to His Majesty in America by the Definitive Treaty of Paris, are not subject in those Colonies, to the incapacities, disabilities and penalties, to which Roman Catholicks in this Kingdom are subject by the laws thereof"
Extent	2 pages