Robert Briggs jnr
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Robert Briggs jnr -1761 to 1768+

Robert Briggs jnr was probably the son of Robert Briggs and this has been assumed for this narrative

Robert Briggs jnr was bankrupt in 1761

Whereas Robert Briggs, late of the City of Norwich, Millwright, is now a Prisoner in his Majesty's Gaol for the City and County of Norwich, in the Custody of the Sheriffs of the said City and County, and charged in Execution therein at my suit; Now, I do hereby give Notice that I intend at the next General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held in and for the said City and County of Norwich, or any adjournement thereof, which shall happen next after Twenty Days from the Publication hereof, to compel the said Robert Briggs to deliver into Court upon Oath, and Subscribe a Schedule of Account of all his Estate and Effects for the benefit of his Creditors, Persuant to the Direction of an Act of Parliament passed in the first Year of the Reign of his present Majesty King George the Third, Intitled An Act for Relief of Insolvent Debtors. Witness my hand this 11th day of July 1761. Edmund Mann.
Norwich Mercury - 11th July 1761.

Robert Briggs jnr was listed in the Norwich Poll Book of 1768 as a mill-wright in St. Swithin's.


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