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LANCASHIRE REGIMENT OF MILITIA. Description Book of Captain Thomas Plumbe's Company of the Royal Lancashire Regim[en]t of Militia under the Command of the Rt Honble Lord Strange , 4 May 1761, manuscript on paper, 4 pages, oblong folio, paper wrappers (some stains, wear and contemporary annotations in ink); listing names and ages along with physical descriptions ('Fresh complection..black hair grey eyes'), place of birth, 'For what town or parish serving' and casualites; with, loosely inserted, 'Prescott division in ... West Derby and County of Lancaster', manuscript on vellum, 885 x 375mm, 1760-1762, folded; together with related manuscript material, including regiment lists, notes from regiment members and two autograph letters signed to Captain Plumbe, including orders from Whitehall, 1780, altogether 9 items.
An interesting 18th-century military record. It is likely that Captain Thomas Plumbe was connected to the family of John Plumbe (1670-1763), an important landowner in Lancashire.
An interesting 18th-century military record. It is likely that Captain Thomas Plumbe was connected to the family of John Plumbe (1670-1763), an important landowner in Lancashire.
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