L30/15/5/14

Petition to Frederick Robinson, MP for Ripon, from Alice Beckwith, wife and Ruth Beckwith, mother of John Beckwith:

not dated c. 1781-1786

From: 1781 To: 1786

Wife & family of John Beckwith left destitute after latter imprudently entered sea service on HM's ship 'The Tortoise'. Formerly Wool Comber & Singing man in Collegiate Church of Ripon. Asking for Robinson to use his Interest in obtaining Beckwith a discharge. Signed: Francis Wanley, Dean; Sam Coates Junior; Robert Darley Waddilove, residentiary; John Lister; Same Dunne; William Ayrton, organist; Reverend S. Robinson; Isaac Godmond, Vicar in Collegiate Church; Thomas Preston; T. Walker, Alderman; William Bell; Sam Coates, Alderman; William Grimston, Alderman; R. Beckwith, Alderman; William Robinson; J. Smith; Thomas Terry; J. Hutchinson. 'The Tortoise' was lately at Dean, now thought to be at Portsmouth.

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Beckwith, Alice,
Beckwith, Ruth,
Beckwith, John,
Wanley, Francis,
Coates, Samuel,
Waddilove, Robert Darley,
Lister, John,
Dunne,
Ayrton, William,
Robinson, S.,
Godmond, Isaac,
Preston, Thomas,
Walker, T.,
Bell, William,
Grimston, William,
Beckwith, R.,
Robinson, William,
Smith, J.,
Terry, Thomas,
Hutchinson, J.

petitions, Ripon, HMS Tortoise, woolcomber