Robert Blackburne, a Lancashire gentleman immured for half a century in Newgate Prison for treason.
By: Abram, W. A.
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BookPublisher: Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Notes Vol 1, 1885 pp 45-50Description: Periodical Abstracts.Subject(s): 17c, 18c, biography, political prisoners, Jacobites
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Blackburne, from Thistleton and Newton cum Scales in Kirkham, was one of a number of men imprisoned without trial in 1696 in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate William III. He appears to have still been imprisoned in 1739.
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| Archives | Heritage Hub Cultural Hub | R942.7P2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | UNKNOWN | 267639-1001 |
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Blackburne, from Thistleton and Newton cum Scales in Kirkham, was one of a number of men imprisoned without trial in 1696 in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate William III. He appears to have still been imprisoned in 1739.