| Description | Letter dated 29 October 1808 from Thomas Ewbank deputy Clerk of the Peace at Malton [to the War Office]. Richard Monk aged 51 years and now confined in the House of Correction at Northallerton, has confessed to being a deserter from the Herefordshire [sic] Regiment of Militia. The Court wants the War Office to arrange for the prisoner's removal
With endorsement dated 3 November 1808 that "No such name as Richard Monk appears in the returns from the Herefordshire Militia"
Note dated 11 November 1808 from Lieutenant-Colonel T. Foley of the Hereford Regiment, that a man of the name of Richard Monk belonged to the Hereford Militia during the American Wars; but they have no vouchers for the regiment from this distant period
Letter dated 15 November 1808 from F. Moore at the War Office to Thomas Ewbank deputy Clerk of the Peace at Malton, returning his letter relating to Richard Monk; with cover |