Manchester (Lancashire) Warrant

  • Reference
    • GB 133 RYCH/3415
  • Dates of Creation
    • 22 Jan 1774
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item.

Scope and Content

Warrant for Jonathan Brigges and William Pye, Officers of Excise, to search the house of Elizabeth Turner in Tanners Yard, Manchester, the property of 'one Mr Leak, a Noted Smuggler', for unlawfully imported coffee.

Acquisition Information

Rylands accession no. R82866. Presented to the John Rylands Library by Miss Margaret Smith, through the British Records Association, in May 1939.